A valuable resource to institutions of higher education and various state and national superintendent organizations and agencies, The Dark Side of Educational Leadership provides valuable insights into specific resiliency behaviors that contribute to superintendents' abilities to overcome the trauma associated with being a professional victim. Specifically illuminating those issues that contribute most often to the victimization of superintendents, well-researched chapters demonstrate strategies employed by superintendents to prevent similar issues from causing additional pain.
Author(s): Walter S. Polka, Peter R. Litchka
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 220
CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD: THE LEADER AS VICTIM......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 12
Ch01. VICTIMS......Page 18
Ch02. HELP WANTED......Page 36
Ch03. MOBBING......Page 50
Ch04. THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING TO ME......Page 68
Ch05. BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING......Page 82
Ch06. I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS......Page 100
Ch07. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING......Page 114
Ch08. YOU NEVER KNOW......Page 132
Ch09. A BROKEN HEART FOREVER......Page 144
Ch10. FAMILY MATTERS......Page 160
Ch11. NO SUPERINTENDENT LEFT BEHIND......Page 176
Ch12. COMPASS: A SURVIVAL GUIDE......Page 188
APPENDIX: THE PROFESSIONAL VICTIM STUDY (2006)......Page 196
REFERENCES......Page 216
