Calling a Snow Day

How Local Politics Influence School Decisions

Richard D. Tomko (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

124 Seiten

2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-7211-8 (ISBN)

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Educational administrators are faced with making decisions on a daily basis that affect the operations of their district, building, or organization. Nearly all of these decisions are based on the needs and influence of local stakeholders and constituent groups. Calling a Snow Day: How Local Politics Influence School Decisions is a tool to help leaders in education identify, understand, and be able to maneuver around any and all obstacles that would influence decisions based on the needs of the constituent and stakeholder group and not just the system as a whole. These decisions that impact the stakeholders of an educational system can be influenced by a political landscape which can be both beneficial and detrimental to the progress that the administrator is looking to make in consideration of their tenure in district.

Dr. Richard Tomko has been a school administrator for the last 24 years in both private and public educational systems. He was recognized by Education Week in 2023 as a Leader to Learn from for exhibiting innovative solutions to fix some of the most pressing challenges facing K-12 schools in this critical period of our history.

Acknowledgement

Educational Leadership Defined

You Make the Call!

The Coaches Corner

Chapter 1: Calling a Snow Day

Chapter 2: The Decision-Making Process

Chapter 3: Influencing Matters

Chapter 4: Avoiding the Political Tsunami

Chapter 5: Navigating Local Politics

Chapter 6: Considerations for Polioptics in Local Decision Making

Chapter 7: Forming Local Alliances

Chapter 8: Building Partnerships

Chapter 9: Directed Informational Leadership

Chapter 10: Stakeholders as Defined in Educational Settings

Chapter 11: How to Engage Stakeholder Groups

Chapter 12: The Importance of Feedforward and Feedback Loops

Chapter 13: Gadflies

Chapter 14: How to Spot Political Machines

Chapter 15: Surveying and Surviving Political Trends

Chapter 16: The Playbook of Politics for Educational Leaders

Chapter 17: The Importance of Protecting Others

Chapter 18: Transparency 101

Chapter 19: Et tu, Brute?

Chapter 20: Knowing When to and Planning Your Exit

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2024
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4758-7211-9 / 1475872119
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-7211-8 / 9781475872118
Zustand	Neuware