Contents
Preface
eResources
Part I: Introduction
1. What is Genuine Leadership
2. Know your Staff
Part II: 4 Principles
3. Step 1: Keep your Focus on the Child
4. Step 2: Share Your Vision, NOT Your Brain
5. Step 3: Understand that Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
6. Step 4: Education is a "Contact" Sport
Part III: 3 Processes
7. Step 5: Know What You Have / What You Need
8. Step 6: Building Network Capacity
9. Step 7: Know Your Role
Part IV: 2 Goals
10. Step 8: Cultivate Student Success
11. Step 9: Cultivate Teacher Satisfaction
Part V: Conclusion
12. Step 10: Treat Others Like You Want to be Treated
13. Why Genuine Leadership
Biography
David M. Fultz is an administrator in the West Clermont School District in Ohio and an Educational Consultant for Ohio State University, USA.
"Ten Steps for Genuine Leadership in Schools explores the principles and processes which help the readers of this book attain the goals of student success and teacher satisfaction. By examining practical approaches to established educational theory, this book challenges readers to improve in key areas while validating their leadership practices."
---Matt Saferite, Professional Development Coordinator, Bentonville (AR) Public Schools and Adjunct Instructor of Educational Leadership, Bethel University
"Ten Steps for Genuine Leadership in Schools provides a terrific blueprint for all school leaders from those with vast experience to those that are just starting out. Offering great insight into how to deal with the different types of teachers in a building, this book explains the importance of keeping the student first in education and the necessity of contact with parents: each of which is a major part of school leadership. Each of the ten steps provides a number of takeaways that help implement genuine leadership in any type of school setting. I highly recommend this book at any stage of school leadership."
---Ryan Berens, Ed.D, Assistant Head of Middle School, Trinity Christian Academy (TX)
