Teachers Working Together for School Success

Mario C. Martinez is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), where he teaches courses in leadership, human relations, educational change, and administration. Prior to joining UNLV, he had been an assistant professor in Educational Management and Development at New Mexico State University. His career also includes stints at the Hewlett Packard Corporation as a financial analyst and at the Governor’s Office in the State of Arizona as a Strategic Management Officer. Mario also owns MCM Consulting, which is primarily a seminar and speech delivery company, with seminar topics that include Change, Empowerment, and Personality, and Interaction. His array of career exposures has contributed to his multidisciplinary approach to thinking pragmatically about professional development, evident both in this book and in his seminars and speeches. Mario’s research has been concentrated in the areas of human resource planning, organizational structures of state educational systems, and the change and management of those systems. He has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

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• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Successful Teachers, Successful SchoolsBuilding Quality RelationshipsCollegiality for Personal SatisfactionCollegiality for School ImprovementCollegiality Can Be LearnedConclusion2. The Leadership Mindset for TeachersMisconceptions About LeadershipTeachers As LeadersYour Personal Leadership PortraitImproving Strengths and WeaknessesConclusion3. Teacher-to-Teacher: Personality and CommunicationUnderstanding Personality Increases Compatibility Assessing Your PersonalityPersonalities in ActionApplying the Concepts of Personality to Your SchoolConclusion4. The Teacher′s Role in Managing ConflictSources of ConflictRelational ConflictResource ConflictStrategies to Resolve ConflictMatching Conflicts to StrategiesConflict ProfilesConclusion5. The Growing Need for TeamworkWhat Is a Team?Effective TeamsTeam ObjectiveTeam StagesTeam MembersTeam SizeConclusion6. Working With Your AdministratorAdministrative Leadership StylesThe Work-Centered AdministratorThe People-Centered AdministratorConclusion7. Assessing Your Performance as a Teaching ProfessionalTeacher Self-Test and Assessment ProfileUsing the Teacher Assessment Profile as a Tool for ImprovementConclusion8. Working TogetherKnowing Yourself FirstUsing Tools to Improve CollegialityUnderstanding Leadership StylesConclusionReferencesIndex