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The Lighter Side of Educational Leadership

By: Aaron Bacall, Corwin Press, Inc.

A sense of humor is essential for effective leadership!

As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers some needed perspective with these lighthearted cartoons. Whether used as a master set of overheads for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at education and school leadership will provide a moment to laugh at ourselves and add a little levity--and poignancy--to our workdays.

Intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths that surround us, these illustrations are ideal for:

Staff training days
Conference presentations
Classroom lectures

… and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761978596
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2002
Page Count: 96
Publication date: February 27, 2002

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Description

A sense of humor is essential for effective leadership!

As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons. Whether used as overheads for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at education and school leadership will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity—and poignancy—to your workday.

Intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths that surround us, these illustrations are ideal for:

Staff training days
Conference presentations
Classroom lectures
Community meetings
Internal communications

…and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!

Author(s)

Aaron Bacall

Aaron Bacall’s works have appeared in many publications: The School Administrator, Technology & Learning, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Reader’s Digest. He has worked as a teacher, a principal curriculum writer, for the New York City Board of Education, an antibiotic research chemist, and now as a full-time cartoonist and the coordinator of medical programs in continuing education at the College of Staten Island in New York. He is a member of the National Cartoonists Society and is on the Board of Governors of the Cartoonists Association.

Corwin Press, Inc.

Reviews

"A delightful cartoon collection that cheerfully takes on educational leadership with on-target humor that is both funny and clever."

Carol Sonnenblick, Director
Adult Education, The College of Staten Island, NY

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