Real-Life Case Studies for School Administrators [Paperback]

Budget cuts, sexual harassment, ethnic issues, and a multitude of moral and legal dilemmas confront school administrators at every level. Proper training is essential in order to deal soundly with each problem that arises. Hayes provides a variety of real-life case studies that will contribute important supplemental information on specific aspects of an administrator's work. There are no simple answers to the questions raised by these cases, but their presentation will help administrators and future administrators better understand the ambiguities and difficulties in each of these cases.The obvious reality of each case study makes this book an excellent tool and provides opportunities for reflection. School Administrator

Chapter 1 The Man in the Middle
Chapter 2 A Moral and Legal Dilemma
Chapter 3 The Decision
Chapter 4 Appointing a Chairperson
Chapter 5 The Residence Requirement
Chapter 6 What to Do about the Basketball Coach
Chapter 7 The Athletic Director's Dilemma
Chapter 8 Cutting the Budget
Chapter 9 The Music Lesson Dilemma
Chapter 10 The Tenure Decision
Chapter 11 Loyalty
Chapter 12 Who Should Sing in the School Chorus?
Chapter 13 The Bond Issue
Chapter 14 Let's Not Call it Affirmative Action
Chapter 15 Is This Child Right for Inclusion
Chapter 16 They Just Can't Keep Their Mouths Shut
Chapter 17 Merit Pay
Chapter 18 Raising Test Scores
Chapter 19 The Bomb Scare
Chapter 20 Sexual Harrassment
Chapter 21 Promotion From Within
Chapter 22 The Six Pack
Chapter 23 A Career Decision (
Chapter 24 Do We Really Want to Have a Union?
Chapter 25 He Didn't Do Anything Wrong!
Chapter 26 What Happened to Academic Freedom?
Chapter 27 To Join or Not to Join?
Chapter 28 Choosing and Architect
Chapter 29 A Tough Act to Follow
Chapter 30 We Will Not Have Our Child in that Woman's Class!
Chapter 31 Authentic Assessment
Chapter 32 It Wasn't a Fair Tryout
Chapter 33 Bring inl#à