You Can’’t Make This Up!: Stories from the Field - Resolving Educational Leadership Dilemmas

InYou Can’t Make This Up! the author invites both emerging educational leaders and practicing school administrators to read a series of short stories recounted by principals and vice principals employed in schools across the United States, in Germany and Cyprus. This collection of present-day stories highlights the types of challenges school leaders encounter on a daily basis, all of which demand informed decisions, but none of which are easily resolved.

Each story is presented in a case study format, and aligned with selected elements within one of the ten Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (PSEL). At a critical juncture in each case, a series of ＂questions to ponder＂ is presented, followed by a segment describing ＂what actually occurred?＂

Linda Rae Markert, Ed.D. (1982), University of the Pacific, is Professor of Educational Leadership and Dean Emeritus of Education at SUNY Oswego. She has published articles and book chapters, and garnered research funds in education, and gender equity in technology.