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Escaping the School Leader's Dunk Tank: How to Prevail When Others Want to See You Drown
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About Escaping The School Leader's Dunk Tank: How To
Product Description Have you ever felt as if a supervisor, coworker, or even your own school board was trying to sabotage you?No school leader is immune to the effects of discrimination, bad politics, revenge, or ego-driven coworkers. If you've ever worked in such conditions, you know that adversaries can make your job as a school leader miserable. But even if you're lucky enough to be thriving in your current role, you've probably seen leaders whose careers have been tanked by difficult and demanding circumstances. You may even wonder from time to time, "Am I next?"In Escaping the School Leader's Dunk Tank, Rebecca Coda and Rick Jetter interviewed superintendents, principals, and other educational leaders across the nation who have faced "dunk tank" situations. Through real-life stories and by sharing insightful research, the authors (who are dunk tank survivors themselves) equip school leaders with he practical knowledge and emotional tools necessary to survive and, better yet, avoid getting "dunked."You'll learn:-Which emotions may be triggering your adversary's negative behaviors.-How to recognize the most common tactics used against school leaders.-Why building positive relationships is important to your survival.-What you may be doing to hurt others' careers...or even your own.-How to redefine yourself and reclaim your life and career if you've ever been "dunked."The keys to prevailing are being proactive, learning to recognize the warning signs of adversarial conditions, and responding quickly and wisely. Escaping the School Leader's Dunk Tank will show you how. Review " Escaping the School Leader's Dunk Tank tackles challenges that school leaders will face at some point in their careers. This book provides a unique and thorough analysis of types of adversarial conditions, and the powerful stories that the authors collected from school leaders across the nation will provide leaders a chance to reflect, plan, and think about how they might prevail in their roles." -- Todd Whitaker, Professor at Indiana State University, internationally recognized education expert, and author of more than 40 books, including What Great Principals Do Differently "This book doesn't just address the elephant in the room; it rides it out of the room! A very REAL look at school politics and typical adversarial conditions that leaders face along with practical tools for thriving in any school leadership role." -- Annette Breaux, international educational expert and author of The Ten-Minute Inservice "I'm calling a home run right now! Bold, unconventional, and arguably the 'realest' school leadership book you will ever read. Rebecca Coda and Rick Jetter definitely don't pull any punches. With riveting case studies that highlight the good, the bad, and the ugly . . . I've never read a more honest assessment of politics in education and how to rise above the perils to pursue excellence for kids. Escaping the School Leaders' Dunk Tank is one of those rare books that you won't want to end." -- Brad Gustafson, 2016 NAESP Distinguished Principal Award Winner and author of Renegade Leadership "Looking at the 6 years where I have been an administrator and the last 5 years as a principal, it does get lonely at the top. The feeling that someone is always criticizing your every move is palpable, and the isolation effect of the position breeds the feeling of a closed space. This book has answered many of the hard lessons I have learned about school leadership, especially in being a very young administrator. To take and put the leadership position into a focused context is a moment of relived experience in every word that is read, and any aspiring administrator would be best served to read this book over and over again. In fact, I would highly recommend this book to any school leader, seasoned or neophyte. Rebecca and Rick have come up with practical, yet meaningful, strategies to leverage this dream position to build better relations
