Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
PART I: A PAIR OF ROOKIES
1. A New Teacher’s First Day
2. Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
3. Newcomers Find Wise Friends
Leadership Lessons I: Seeing and Solving Entry Barriers
PART II: THE POLITICAL GA
4. The Old Guard and New Principal
5. The Inclusion Wars: School Politics
Leadership Lessons II: Mapping and Mastering the Political Terrain
PART III: THE HUMAN RESOURCE LENS
6. Sagging Morale
Leadership Lessons III: Build Relationships and Empower Yourself
PART IV: THE STRUCTURAL FRAME
7. Student Discipline: Who’s Really in Charge?
8. Standards and Rubrics
Leadership Lessons IV: Align Structure With the Work
PART V: THE SYMBOLIC FRAME: BELIEVING IS SEEING
9. Changing the Guard
10. Building Confidence and Faith
11. “I’m Just a Great Teacher!”
Leadership Lessons V: Celebrate Values and Culture
PART VI: VALUES, ETHICS, AND SPIRIT
12. Teaching and Leading: Finding a Balance
13. It’s All About Values and Beliefs
Leadership Lessons VI: Problems and Dilemmas
PART VII: THE CYCLE CONTINUES
14. The Essence of Teaching: Leaving a Legacy
15. Loss . . . and Celebration
16. Passing the Torch
Leadership Lessons VII: The Enduring Sequence
References
Further Reading

About the Author

Lee G. Bolman is the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. An author, teacher, con­sultant, and speaker, he has written numerous books on leadership and organizations with coauthor Terry Deal, including best-sellers   Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit (1995, 2001) and Reframing Organiza­tions: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (1991, 1997), as well as The Path to School Leadership (1993) and Becoming a Teacher Leader (1994). Bolman holds a BA in History and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Joan Gallos, and the two youngest of his children, Christopher and Bradley. Terrence E. Deal is the Irving R. Melbo Professor at University of Southern California’s Rossier School. He is an internationally known lecturer and author who has written numerous books on leadership and organizations. In addition to those written with Lee Bolman, he is the coauthor of Corporate Cultures (with Alan Kennedy, 1982) and Shaping School Culture (with Kent Peterson, 1999).