Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1-Heroes in the Hallways Introduction Principal Makes House Calls Manufacturing Our Future Telling Your School's Story Leading By Example Culture Wins Out! Authentic Leadership Heroes Are Built Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 2-Look Deep Inside: See What Students and Staff Really Bring to School The Invisible Backpack A Culture Of Relationships A Culture Of Resources A Culture Of Interventions A Culture Of Wisdom Seeing The Invisible Super Hearing And Dangerous Thoughts Gap Kids Hidden Strength Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 3-True to Life Leadership and Learning Lies We Tell Ourselves And Believe High Risk Means High Rewards Growth Challenge on FORWARD Rubric Failure Is An Option Hide Your Mistakes And Weaknesses Front Runners Win Settling Sustainability Consensus Innovation Is For Crazy People Leaders Must Be The Loudest Voice Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 4-Unleash the Voice and Choice of Students Is Your Hearing Good? School Reform Through Student Voice Social Media And Student Voice Letting Students Lead Gauge Your Student Voice Level Student Choice School Showcase Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 5-Lead Like an Alien: Out of This World Ideas to Produce Hero Students Break Down Historical Barriers Procrastinators Produce Bells Are Barriers Grades Matter Most Repetition Is Wrong Tradition Holds Us Down Homework Helps Think Differently Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 6-Build Resilience: Raise Your Grit Score WHADITW Perfection Before Action? Public Praiser This Too Will Pass The Distractor The Overbearing Octopus Passive Resistance Negative Self-talk Hero Solutions For Students Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 7-Go Big or Go Home: Empower Students to Be Global Game Changers! Shoes For Esperanza Give A Hand Kangaroo Cup Saddle Innovation Rain Garden Ocean Cleanup Think Big, Act Big Expand Your View Leading Big Hero Sighting Hero Training Chapter 8-Be Courageous: Risk It All for What's Right Origin Stories Super Courageous Fortitude Courage To Be Authentic Courage To Ask For Help Courage To Be True Courageous Conversations Courage To Shatter The Status Quo Hero Sighting Hero Training References
The future depends on leaders who can foster heroism in others. This book will help school leaders build heroes who are ready to take on the future.
Dr. Bill Ziegler is a high school principal in Pennsylvania. He was recently honored as the 2016 Pennsylvania Principal of the Year, the 2015 National Association of Secondary School Principals Digital Award Winner, and was selected to serve on the United States team of School Leaders to the Great Leaders Summit in China. Dr. Ziegler has over 24 years of service in public education where he has served as a school leader for 20 years. Bill was recently selected to serve on the team to rewrite the NASSP/NAESP Breaking Ranks publications for school leaders. He has served as a high school social studies teacher, high school assistant principal, middle school principal, and he currently serves as a high school principal. Bill also earned Apple Teacher certification and was recently selected to participate in an Apple Research Study for School Leaders. Bill is honored to be part of the Corwin Consulting Team that provides high quality professional development to school leaders. Dr. Ziegler also serves as an adjunct professor at Temple University in their Masters of Education department. Bill is very active in his state; he served as the President of the Pennsylvania Principals Association in 2014 and 2016 and was honored to be selected as Treasurer and Southeast Regional Representative for the same association. Dr. Ziegler presents regularly around the world on School Leadership. He has presented at national conferences such as the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Association of Curriculum & Supervision Development, International Society for Technology in Education, and many more. Bill spoke on Capitol Hill to lobby for better ERate coverage for schools throughout the United States. Bill is the owner of Chase Learning (https://chaselearning.org), a private educational consulting firm designed to provide high quality and engaging professional development to strengthen school leaders throughout the United States. Personally, Bill is married to his beautiful wife, Kim and they have two high school aged children. Bill can often be found fly fishing in the streams of PA, cheering on his favorite Philly sports teams, or playing his saxophone. Watch Bill's video Dave Ramage, Ph.D. has been a public school educator for 29 years. He spent eleven years as a middle school music teacher in grades six through nine at Souderton Area SD in suburban Philadelphia, and then became the Coordinator of Technology Staff Development for the same district. Dave moved to middle school administration as an assistant principal and principal. He currently leads Pottsgrove Middle School. Dave was a 2005 national finalist in the Technology Leaders award sponsored by Technology & Learning magazine. He has presented at conferences including PETE & C, NECC, and PASCD. Dr. Ramage has done adjunct teaching since 1998 for several universities including DeSales University, California University of Pennsylvania, and currently for Drexel University. He received his BS in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College, M.Ed. in Computers in Education from DeSales University, and Ph.D in Educational Leadership and Technology Learning from Drexel University. Dave and his wife Diane have three children who currently practice their lifelong learning in high school, college and graduate school. One of Dave's favorite quotes is from Dennis Sparks who reminds us, "At school, everyone's job is to learn." Dave is excited to lead his staff and grow a learning community that improves instruction, innovates with technology, values critical thinking, and cares for the achievement of every student. Stories of student successes always find their roots in strong relationships and Dr. Ramage is humbled and blessed to be a partner in this vital work.