Staying on Track: An Educational Leader's Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ensuring Personal and Organizational Success

"...an exciting guide to help aspiring educational leaders develop."Terrence E. Deal, Professor of Education, Vanderbilt University "...Moving, realistic, and candid....Every would-be and present administrator would benefit from reading this book." Seymour B. Sarason, Author and Professor of Psychology Emeritus Filled with practical, useful ideas to help you get (and keep!) your career going in the right direction. All school administrators should make this book a part of their personal learning plan. We are using it as a part of our intensive leadership training program." Richard E. Maxwell, Deputy Executive Director, Buckeye Association of School Administrators Is your administrative career moving along like you want it to? Are you getting closer to your ideal job? This book will help you deal with the pressures, pitfalls, and opportunities that face educational administration leaders. If you are on track, and especially if you′re not, Brubaker and Coble will teach you how to identify and prevent "derailment." Use this guide to assess your chances for derailing. The authors give you precise information for avoiding potential career derailment. You′ll find out how to continue your self-development in order to become a more valuable asset to your school district and your board. The strategies here will help you start or keep your forward momentum. You′ll learn what you may be doing to sabotage your prospects for promotion (or retention) and how to take steps to remedy the situation. Become--or remain--an effective, creative school administrator. Help colleagues and staff use their talents to benefit themselves and the organization. This practical, step-by-step guide is designed to help you create an atmosphere in which derailment can be prevented, or at least, minimized. Professors of ed admin will find this book a valuable asset for courses on subjects from faculty administration to leadership in education.

Dale L. Brubaker is Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has also served on the faculties of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He received his doctorate in foundations of education from Michigan State University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on education and educational leadership, including CREATIVE CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP (Corwin), STAYING ON TRACK, (Corwin), and CREATIVE SURVIVAL IN EDUCATIONAL BUREAUCRACIES.

Larry D. Coble is Managing Associate with School Leadership Services, A Division of The Coble Professional Group, a leadership and management consulting organization, and Director of the Collegium for the Advancement of Schools at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He provides speeches and seminars on leadership nationwide. He was a Senior Program Associate at the Center for Creative Leadership and served as assistant principal, principal, and superintendent in school systems in North Carolina. His most recent superintendency was in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received his doctorate in educational administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is coauthor of STAYING ON TRACK (Corwin).