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Informationen zum Autor Todd DeMitchell spent eighteen years in the public schools holding positions from substitute teacher to superintendent, including principal of a K-8 school. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Education and the Justice Studies Program at the University of New Hampshire, where he specializes in school law, collective bargaining, and educational policy. Klappentext Reasonable and prudent principals must know the law of negligence and apply its theory to the crush of activities and expectations of leading a modern school. In most schools, the in-house legal expert is the principal. This book assists, through case studies, legal analyses, and practical applications, principals to be the legal leader of their school. Zusammenfassung Reasonable and prudent principals must know the law of negligence and apply its theory to the crush of activities and expectations of leading a modern school. This book assists! through case studies! legal analysis! and practical applications! principals to be the legal leader of their school. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface: On Being a Principal Part 3 Part I: Introduction and Research Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Research on Liability and the Principal Part 6 Part II: Case Studies Chapter 7 Case Studies Part 8 Part III: Tort Liability and Its Defenses Chapter 9 Tort Liability Chapter 10 Defenses to a Finding of Negligence: When an Accident Happens-What Next? Part 11 Part IV: Applications of Tort Liability Chapter 12 Hazing: More than an Innocent Injury Chapter 13 Negligent Hiring: Did We Hire the Wrong Person? Chapter 14 Educational Malpractice Chapter 15 Sexual Abuse of Students: Case Studies on Liability Chapter 16 Vicarious Liability for Harm Caused by School Employees Chapter 17 Do Not Resuscitate Orders: The Psychological Impact of a Do Not Resuscitate Order Chapter 18 Safety Plan, Communication, and the Press Chapter 19 The Proactive, Prudent Principal Part 20 Part V: Appendices Chapter 21 Appendix A: Case Studies Revisited Chapter 22 Appendix B: Handbook Policy on Supervision Chapter 23 Appendix C: Tort Liability Handout Chapter 24 Appendix D: Liability and the Science Lab Chapter 25 Appendix E1: Tort Scenarios Chapter 26 Appendix E2: Discussion of Tort Scenarios Chapter 27 Appendix F: Local Legal Issue: Their Cup Runneth Over Chapter 28 Appendix G: Selected Cases for Discussion Chapter 29 Appendix H: Tort Liability Test Chapter 30 Appendix I: Court Case: The Toothpick and the Ear...
