Joseph P. Batory

Joey's Story (eBook, ePUB)

A Portrait of a School Leader

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The twists and turns and influences of life that helped shape the career of this award-winning school administrator form a story worth telling and sharing with anyone who works or aspires to a career in education. The book is a revealing look at the author's childhood spent growing up in a large city and the people and events that helped to shape his passionate philosophy and beliefs about public education. Joey's Story is filled with poignant messages about leadership and schooling in America. It is also a tale of passion and courage regarding public education that will provoke thought and debate among practitioners and the public at large.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461663584
• Artikelnr.: 38313984

Autorenporträt

Joseph P. Batory was the Upper Darby (Penn.) School District's Superintendent of Schools from 1984 until his retirement in 1999. He is the author of "Yo! Joey!" A Book about School Leadership published by ScarecrowEducation in 2002,

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Prologue
3 Chapter 1The Bully
4 Chapter 2 It's All About Dreams
5 Chapter 3 Reflections on my Work in Camden City
6 Chapter 4 My Life in Academia
7 Chapter 5 Community Turmoil
8 Chapter 6 Back into the Fray
9 Chapter 7 Personnel Adventures
10 Chapter 8 A Stroke of Fate
11 Chapter 9 Philosophy Drives Leadership
12 Chapter 10 The Visibility Factor
13 Chapter 11 About School Boards and Food
14 Chapter 12 The Arranged Marriage
15 Chapter 13 A Visit from the FBI
16 Chapter 14 My Students
17 Chapter 15 The Slush Fund
18 Chapter 16 The Silence of the Shepherds
19 Chapter 17 The Insanity Speech
20 Chapter 18 The Private Sector and the Schools
21 Chapter 19 The Moral Vacuum
22 Chapter 20 An Author Unpublished
23 Epilogue
24 A Summary of the Messages in this Book
25 References