The School Leadership Survival Guide

<p><em>The School Leadership Survival Guide: What to Do When Things Go Wrong How to Learn from Mistakes and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst</em> is intended as an uncommon guide for school leaders and a resource they can turn to when confronted with issues they might not normally face in typical practice. The book serves as a bridge between research and day-to-day school leadership and is intended to help leaders and school communities improve in areas they routinely avoid. In this sense the book is meant as a go to resource for principals those who train and teach them and scholars. Although authors recognize the complexity of issues raised in the book each chapter has a How to What to do or Why You Should ethos in order to give the book a unifying structure and help provide a practical translation of research and theory into practice. Some of the issues addressed include: How to elevate student voice; How to navigate religious conflict in the school and community; How to improve support for LGBTIQ students; Why You Should develop a natural disaster plan; How to work against racism in the school and community; How to practice inclusion in the school; How to make a vision and mission come to life; How to manage relationships with difficult people; What to do when there is racial tension in the community; How to learn the history of your school and community-and why that matters; How to guide and support a leadership team and; What to do in a school with low trust.</p>