THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: a complete management guide: Leadership, Policy and Operations for Principals, Administrators, and Lay Leaders. This item is unavailable.THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: a complete management guide: Leadership, Policy and Operations for Principals, Administrators, and Lay Leaders

Essential for: PRINCIPALS OF JEWISH SCHOOLS (AT ALL LEVELS!) - ADMINISTRATORS - SCHOOL PRESIDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS - SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION - PD, TRAINING COURSES, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS - JEWISH COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS A complete practical manual for Jewish school management - the first and only book of its kind. Written for High Schools, it is also of interest to professionals and lay leaders at every level of the Jewish school system. In simple, clear language, it gives principles and practice for every area of school operations. Suggested 'scripts' are provided for many difficult situations. Contents: 1 The Quality of the School / 2 The Principal / 3 The Board of Directors / 4 Management and Structure / 5 The instruments of Change / 6 The General School Programme / 7 The Jewish Programme / 8 Managing Tensions between 'General' and 'Jewish' / 9 Managing Staff / 10 Problematic teachers / 11 Managing Students / 12 Discipline, Rules etc. / 13 Managing Parents / 14 Managing Community / 15 Managing non-Academic Issues / 16 Fundraising and Alumni / 17 Memo - To: The Principal "... Paul Shaviv is one of the great Jewish educators of our time ... he has produced an indispensible guide to how to achieve excellence in Jewish education" - Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. "...an invaluable and unprecedented contribution to the field.." - Rabbi Josh Elkin, PEJE " ... this is going to be the standard reference book on Jewish school management from now on. All school leaders - novice or veteran, lay or professional - must have this book on their shelf -- if not on their desk" - Dr. Marc N. Kramer, RAVSAK. "I loved this book - one of the most interesting and informative books on leading a school I have ever read. It was like being guided through a school by a wise, witty and hugely experienced practitioner ... Packed with intelligent insight and practical advice ..." - Alastair Falk, UJIA, London UK ORDERS PROCESSED DIRECTLY BY AMAZON.COM

Paul Shaviv Contact: paulshaviv1800@gmail.com Paul Shaviv heads PAULSHAVIVConsulting, a management consultancy specialising in Jewish and non-Jewish independent schools (www.paulshavivconsulting.com) He has headed two of North America's largest and most important jewish Schools - most recently, RAMAZ in Manhattan, one of North America's flagship schools (1,150 students, co-ed, N - 12). For fourteen years prior to that, he was Director of Education at TanenbaumCHAT, Toronto - North America's largest Jewish Community High school (9 -12), with 1,500 students. Under his leadership, the school doubled in size, established a complete new branch north of Toronto, and attracted over $50m. of capital investment. It had over 200 staff, including over 60 teachers of Jewish Studies and Ivrit. TanenbaumCHAT is regarded as a leading private school in Toronto, and a leading Jewish school worldwide. Over several decades Paul Shaviv held leadership posts at six Jewish schools on three continents, spanning a wide spectrum of Jewish ideologies and affiliations. He has published and lectured widely on Jewish education, Jewish history, Jewish affairs, and on Jewish school management, policy and vision. Paul Shaviv was born in 1949, in the UK, and is a graduate of both Cambridge and Oxford universities. He and his late wife Judy z'l lived in Israel for eight years in the 1980's. In 2011 he married Michelle Stein. He has three married children, and at the time of writing, nine beautiful grandchildren! In 2009 he was awarded the Max M. Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora.