A Year in the Life

The Real Life Experiences of Your First Year Working as a School Building Administrator in a Public School

Jedrek Pillar

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9798216334316
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

If you are a new school building administrator, a teacher who is thinking about going into school building administration, or just someone who is interested in what happens behind the scenes in public schools, then you want to read this book. In this book you are the new building administrator and you are charged with turning around a school building and culture that is currently a mess. You find yourself responsible for handling all of the shocking, heartbreaking, frustrating, perplexing, eye-opening, amusing, challenging, rewarding, discouraging, and humbling situations that come your way in your first year on the job. This book shows you what you can look forward to as a school building administrator, takes you through the wild and unpredictable situations as they play out, and offers suggestions for how to handle these issues going forward. So, if you are a school building administrator, a teacher, or just curious about what may take place at your child's school, then turn this book over and start reading. You likely won't stop once you get started.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Here You Go
• Chapter Two. You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
• Chapter Three. A Day in the Life of a School Administrator—Part I
• Chapter Four. A Day in the Life of a School Administrator—Part II
• Chapter Five. A Day in the Life of a School Administrator—Part III
• Chapter Six. A Day in the Life of a School Administrator—Part IV
• Chapter Seven. A Day in the Life of a School Administrator—Part V
• Chapter Eight. No Meds
• Chapter Nine. You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
• Chapter Ten. Keep Your Hands to Yourself
• Chapter Eleven. You Just Don’t Understand
• Chapter Twelve. Let’s Get Ready to Rumble
• Chapter Thirteen. The Benefits of Being the Bad Cop
• Chapter Fourteen. The Honeymoon Is Over
• Chapter Fifteen. It’s Not My Problem
• Chapter Sixteen. Role Models
• Chapter Seventeen. Those Who Can’t Do, Teach
• Chapter Eighteen. The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far
• Chapter Nineteen. The Art of Discipline
• Chapter Twenty. Comic Relief
• Chapter Twenty-One. Real Life
• Chapter Twenty-Two. Priorities
• Chapter Twenty-Three. A Visit from a Furry Friend
• Chapter Twenty-Four. March Madness
• Chapter Twenty-Five. When Push Comes to Shove
• Chapter Twenty-Six. Not My Child
• Chapter Twenty-Seven. Things Are Not Always as They Appear
• Chapter Twenty-Eight. The Final Push
• Chapter Twenty-Nine. Food Fight
• Chapter Thirty. Help Who You Can
• Chapter Thirty-One. School’s Out for Summer