1st Edition
Stand Up and Be Counted: Middle Leadership in Education Contexts
About this book 1. Beginning leading: Great leaders select themselves – or do they? 2. The boot camp of leadership: Nanson maintains that a perfectly folded sock can be a path to greatness 3. Thinking in a crisis: Panic destroys reasoned thought 4. Only the best – adopting a quality standard: The swagger stick of leadership 5. The leader as a team player: Bonding, valuing, and listening to the band 6. Setting an example – having a vision and leading from the front: Developing the courage to lead 7. The importance of planning: The cautionary tale of the Typhoon jet 8. Mark time, slow time, quick time: Time as a leadership ally 9. Becoming élite: Developing and furthering your skills: Stand still to drop dead: The need to advance your leadership skills and career 10. Leaders in context: Leadership across institutional styles 11. Swift and bold: Completing your leadership journey Notes
Biography
Trevor Kerry has been a teacher in primary, secondary, and further education. He worked for several innovative government-funded projects, as well as being a teacher educator, LEA senior adviser, and academic. He has written more than 30 education texts and is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership in the University of Lincoln, UK, and Visiting Professor at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln.
"This book is a must have for every aspiring leader in education! Through his vast knowledge and experience in the field of Educational Leadership and Management Prof. Kerry suggests ways how to hone and improve on skills to do the job in a more thoughtful and reflective way."
M. Bondin, Head of school, St. Benedict College, Malta.
"Trevor's authority in leadership development shines through the style, and diversity of anecdotal evidence and narratives. The parallels between military education, and other sectors, have not been highlighted as overtly in the literature as in this volume. The book is a great addition for refreshing policies and programmes in leadership development."
Dr Terfot A. Ngwana, Leadership Academic, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, London, UK.
