92 Tips from the Trenches: How to Stay in the Game as an Educational Leader

HEADLINES!

• Teachers Vote No Confidence in Principal
• Superintendent Fired Over Vacation Days
• Principal Resigns after Affair with Security Guard
• Middle School Principal Resigns After DUI Arrest
• Assistant Superintendent Fired for Credit Card Charges

WHAT IF YOU COULD AVOID LOSING YOUR JOB BY EMBRACING JUST ONE OR TWO TIPS IN THIS BOOK? Dr. Marilou Ryder, retired school superintendent, and Dr. Tamerin Capellino former school principal share personal tips and stories to help you SURVIVE AND THRIVE as an educational leader. There are thousands of books written to help people excel at their jobs once promoted. There are few books if any, that focus on aspects of leadership that can chip away at your career, cause you to lose your job, or worse yet, make you lose your will to lead.

This book will make your journey a little easier by offering effective tools and Insider Tips to Stay in the Game! Research suggests an impending crisis is in store for school leaders. Many quality educators shy away from the job and our nation’s school districts are in desperate need of quality principals, district leaders, and superintendents. Many leaders are promoted too soon without adequate training and only last a year or two. The job is difficult and takes an enormous amount of expertise, dedication, and leadership competency to succeed. Note to Superintendents: Purchase a copy of this book for every school administrator in your school district.

92 TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES: How to Stay in the Game as an Educational Leader include topics such as building relationships, becoming aware of social media, telling the truth, sharing power, decision making, and a host of other important areas. This book offers practical advice leaders can use to build their leadership skill set and stay at the top of their educational leadership game. Sometimes, it’s the small things that leaders may not even be aware of or soft skills not taught in your administration courses that go unmentioned in leadership circles.

Readers will learn:

1. How to recognize leadership areas that can hurt them professionally
2. How to target behaviors that can cause followers to turn in a negative direction
3. How to successfully leverage winning leadership strategies to make a difference for students and stay at the top of their leadership game.

"As co-authors, we have both worked in the trenches, walked in your shoes, and know that is fairly easy to trip up at the educational leadership line. And sometimes, it’s the small things that you may not even be aware of, or soft skills not taught in your administration courses, that go unmentioned in leadership circles."

Dr. Marilou Ryder serves as Associate Professor of Education in the EDD program for Organizational Leadership at Brandman University, part of the Chapman University System. Marilou holds a master's degree from Syracuse University and received her doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the University of La Verne in 1998. Dr. Ryder's scholarly interests range widely, from the history of women in leadership to that of mentoring teachers to become future school leaders. Her dissertation entitled, "The Impact of Male Gender Dissonance on Women's Potential Eligibility for Advancement to the Position of Superintendent" was later published as a popular book, entitled, The SeXX Factor: Breaking the Unwritten Codes that Sabotage Personal and Professional Lives, by New Horizon Press in 2003. She recently authored Rules of the Game: How to Win a Job in Educational Leadership, a professional guide book that offers "Insider Tips" and "Trade Secrets" to help educational leaders reach their career goals

Dr. Tamerin Capellino serves as an Assistant Professor of Education and was instrumental in the design and successful launch of a new doctoral program in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University, part of the Chapman University System. During her tenure at Brandman she has also served in several key leadership roles including Chair of the Educational Administration program, Chair of the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership, and Instructional Designer. For this work, she was named School of Education Faculty Member of the Year in 2013. Tamerin holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the University of La Verne. Dr. Capellino is active in scholarly pursuits and is known for her lively and informative presentation skills and has presented at a variety of conferences for both small and large groups across the state.