Breaking Away from the Corporate Model

Rocky Wallace has served as the principal of a U.S. Blue Ribbon School, leadership consultant to principals for the Kentucky Department of Education, and currently teaches instructional leadership classes for Morehead State University.

• Chapter 1 A Simpler TimeChapter 2 Black SwanChapter 3 Paradigm ShiftChapter 4 Principal's CohortChapter 5 Opening DayChapter 6 Learning to ReadChapter 7 LifelineChapter 8 "My Kid Can't Do Math"Chapter 9 Life SkillsChapter 10 They're Still Kids!Chapter 11 Leadership TeamChapter 12 The Road that Leads HomeChapter 13 Facing the EnemyChapter 14 The Peril of Delay Is CostlyChapter 15 Loss of a FriendChapter 16 The WriterChapter 17 Learning at HomeChapter 18 Advisor/AdviseeChapter 19 A Child's GoodbyeChapter 20 Kids Know, But Do We Listen?Chapter 21 Addressing the Unfriendly SpiritChapter 22 Talent and Potential vs. Flaws and FailureChapter 23 Principles of Servant LeadershipChapter 24 Shannon's TributeChapter 25 Closing Thoughts: Unchained (The Space Between)

A deeply personal voyage into the topic of servant leadership, with a laser focus on the authentic aspects of the principalship and the communal dimensions of schooling.