Case Studies in 21st Century School Administration

David Gray is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at The University of South Alabama. A former teacher and school principal, he teaches a number of courses in the educational administration and leadership areas. He has published extensively in journals and is a contributor to Developing the Effective Teacher: Hiring, Evaluation, and Retention Practices for the School Administrator (Aspen Publishers).Agnes Smith  is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at The University of South Alabama. She has published widely in education journals. She is a former teacher and school principal.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentGuide to Using Case StudiesA Matrix of Case StudiesCase 1: A Teacher′s Absences Create Problems: Holding Educators Accountable for Excesive AbsenceCase 2: A Good Teacher Turns Bad: Stress at Home Creates Problems at SchoolCase 3: Experienced Teachers Need Clear Expectations, Too: Handling Conflicts with Practiced EducatorsCase 4: Grandmother’s Medicine: A Medical Emergency at SchoolCase 5: Is Dismissal Justified? An Effective Teacher Faces a Moral IssueCase 6: School Property Is Missing: An Employee Is Caught StealingCase 7: Who Has the Missing Crayons? Dealing with Chronic TheftCase 8: A Good Student Earns Detention: Poor Grades for Misbehavior at SchoolCase 9: Copyright and the Computer: Regulations Governing TechnologyCase 10: Too Much Parent Involvement! Organizations Need BoundariesCase 11: Double Promotion? Parents Want Child to Skip a GradeCase 12: A Problem with Inclusion: Inadequate Resources for Special EducationCase 13: Poor Evaluations for a Teacher: Reassigning an Ineffective EducatorCase 14: Missing Booster Club Funds: Athletic Funds are LostCase 15: Mentoring New Teachers: A Transition to the ClassroomCase 16: A Gift for the Principal: “Fringe” Benefits?Case 17: Unprofessional Behavior: A Teacher Retains a Student Who Didn’t FailCase 18: It All Depends on the Numbers: Teacher Success Is Based on Test ScoresCase 19: All A′s Are Not Enough: Rewards Must Be EarnedCase 20: The Community Won’t Understand: Diversity Becomes UnpopularCase 21: Every Day Counts: School Attendance Is ImportantCase 22: Illegal Drugs At School: Zero Tolerance PoliciesCase 23: Internet Use Violations: Threats over the World Wide WebBibliographyAppendix A: ISLLC StandardsAppendix B: Annotated Suggested ReadingsIndexAbout the Authors