This is an account of how a principal combines the rational and emotional components of leadership to lead the transformation of a school. Most attempts at reform come from the outside, with people wishing to impose a curriculum and benchmarks; this book assumes that schools can transform themselves, but only when those involved in schools (especially principals) develop self-respect and achieve self-actualization. The author believes, and has demonstrated in his colleges, that a sensitive, thoughtful, proactive leadership might yet deliver the quality outcomes that the community desires from schooling.
Author(s): David Loader
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 192
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Prologue: The Exterior Principal (Professor Brian Caldwell)......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Introduction: The Transparent Principal......Page 12
1 The Alchemist Principal......Page 18
2 The Paranoid Principal......Page 33
3 The Cinderella Principal......Page 49
4 The Empty Principal......Page 62
5 The Learning Principal......Page 72
6 The Transformed Principal?......Page 83
7 The Stumble Principal......Page 93
8 The Reculturing Principal......Page 108
9 The Dreaming Principal......Page 125
10 The Big Top Principal......Page 139
11 The Journeying Principal......Page 155
12 The Frog Prince'pal......Page 163
References......Page 180
Index......Page 184
