The Principal's Companion
Strategies and Hints to Make the Job Easier
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 1995
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-8039-6196-8 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the formal administrative leadership training that principals receive, the most useful lessons come with the job itself. Such knowledge tends to be gained through trial and error and achieved in relative isolation.
The Principal's Companion provides a much-needed opportunity for "collaboration" with other school leaders. Based on research with schools and educators worldwide, this accessible guide combines the most helpful tried and tested strategies with relevant leadership theory. Topics discussed by the authors include creative leadership and skills, the various roles of the principal, and how to create a "learning community". With quotes from practising principals incorporated throughout, this will prove an excellent professional resource for both practising and aspiring school leaders.
The Principal's Companion provides a much-needed opportunity for "collaboration" with other school leaders. Based on research with schools and educators worldwide, this accessible guide combines the most helpful tried and tested strategies with relevant leadership theory. Topics discussed by the authors include creative leadership and skills, the various roles of the principal, and how to create a "learning community". With quotes from practising principals incorporated throughout, this will prove an excellent professional resource for both practising and aspiring school leaders.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
683 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-6196-8 (9780803961968)
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Strategies and Hints to Make the Job Easier
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Persons
Pam Robbins earned her doctorate in educational administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, she consults with school systems, professional organizations, State Departments of Education, leadership academies, and corporations throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, and South America. Her presentation topics include professional learning communities, effective teaching, how the brain learns, emotional intelligence, leadership, teaching in the block schedule, peer coaching, school culture, and presentation skills. Pam has served as a teacher, high school basketball coach, administrator, director of special projects and research, and director of training for the North Bay California Leadership Academy. She has lectured at several universities, authored and co-authored books, and developed training materials for several principals' academies.
Content
Foreword - Kent D Peterson
PART ONE: THE PRINCIPAL'S ROLE
Leader as Learner
Leader as Manager
Leader as Shaper of School Culture
PART TWO: CRITICAL SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Managing the Art of Human Relations
Getting the Job Done
Managing Time
Effectively Working with the Central Office
Forging Success through Cooperation
PART THREE: HONORING THE SCHOOL'S MEANING
Understanding, Planning and Implementing Change
Building a Vision and a Mission Together
PART FOUR: WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Enhancing Teacher Growth through Supervision and Evaluation
Maximizing Feedback about Teaching
Differentiated Professional Growth Options
Building a Collaborative School
Asking the Right Questions about Curriculum and Instruction
Fueling the Learning Organization through Staff Development
PART FIVE: KEEPING THE PIPES FROM LEAKING: ADDING MEANING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICE
Faculty Meetings
First Days of School
Tips
Ideas that Work and Align with the School's Mission
PART SIX: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONSTITUENCIES
Working with Parents and the Greater Community
Those Wonderful Kids
PART SEVEN: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ISSUES
The Newcomer to the Principalship
Taking Care of Yourself
Keeping the Professional Candle Lit
Reflections on the Principalship
PART ONE: THE PRINCIPAL'S ROLE
Leader as Learner
Leader as Manager
Leader as Shaper of School Culture
PART TWO: CRITICAL SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Managing the Art of Human Relations
Getting the Job Done
Managing Time
Effectively Working with the Central Office
Forging Success through Cooperation
PART THREE: HONORING THE SCHOOL'S MEANING
Understanding, Planning and Implementing Change
Building a Vision and a Mission Together
PART FOUR: WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Enhancing Teacher Growth through Supervision and Evaluation
Maximizing Feedback about Teaching
Differentiated Professional Growth Options
Building a Collaborative School
Asking the Right Questions about Curriculum and Instruction
Fueling the Learning Organization through Staff Development
PART FIVE: KEEPING THE PIPES FROM LEAKING: ADDING MEANING TO TRADITIONAL PRACTICE
Faculty Meetings
First Days of School
Tips
Ideas that Work and Align with the School's Mission
PART SIX: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONSTITUENCIES
Working with Parents and the Greater Community
Those Wonderful Kids
PART SEVEN: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ISSUES
The Newcomer to the Principalship
Taking Care of Yourself
Keeping the Professional Candle Lit
Reflections on the Principalship