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ERIC Number: EJ381961
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Life in the Fishbowl: Revelations and Reflections of the First Year.
Davis, Stephen H.
NASSP Bulletin, v72 n512 p74-83 Dec 1988
Recounts a year in the life of a new principal. The author discovered the primary elements of survival in the fishbowl to be establishing positive school-community relations, developing patience, maintaining a global perspective on the organization's activities, and acquiring resiliency in response to the continual ebb and flow of people, ideas, and problems. Includes four references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Relations, Leadership Styles, Power Structure, Principals, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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