This resource shows how a portfolio can help administrators and principals engage in the reflection and continued growth necessary to create improved schools and learning. It contains hands-on, practical information on how to develop and use the portfolio to document growth, demonstrate the accomplishment of goals, and enhance performance and career advancement. This revised edition features a new section on electronic portfolios and contains expanded information on using portfolios for professional development and evaluation. There is a new focus on academic growth in administrator preparation. The chapters are: (1) "The Principal Portfolio: Why It's Needed"; (2) "What Is Included in the Principal Portfolio?"; (3) "The Principal Portfolio for Professional Growth"; (4) "The Principal Portfolio for Evaluation"; and (5) "The Principal Portfolio for Career Advancement." (Contains 18 figures and 46 references.) (SLD)
In the years since the now-classic Pioneering Portfolio Management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically -- but the results of David Swensen's investment strategy for the Yale University endowment have remained as impressive as ever. Year after year, Yale's portfolio has trumped the marketplace by a wide margin, and, with over $20 billion added to the endowment under his twenty-three-year tenure, Swensen has contributed more to Yale's finances than anyone ever has to any university in the country. What may have seemed like one among many success stories in the era before the Internet bubble burst emerges now as a completely unprecedented institutional investment achievement. In this fully revised and updated edition, Swensen, author of the bestselling personal finance guide Unconventional Success, describes the investment process that underpins Yale's endowment. He provides lucid and penetrating insight into the world of institutional funds management, illuminating topics ranging from asset-allocation structures to active fund management. Swensen employs an array of vivid real-world examples, many drawn from his own formidable experience, to address critical concepts such as handling risk, selecting advisors, and weathering market pitfalls. Swensen offers clear and incisive advice, especially when describing a counterintuitive path. Conventional investing too often leads to buying high and selling low. Trust is more important than flash-in-the-pan success. Expertise, fortitude, and the long view produce positive results where gimmicks and trend following do not. The original Pioneering Portfolio Management outlined a commonsense template for structuring a well-diversified equity-oriented portfolio. This new edition provides fund managers and students of the market an up-to-date guide for actively managed investment portfolios.
This book investigates the localised effects of reform by exploring the impact of a school improvement policy agenda on the work of three experienced principals. It presents three longitudinal case studies within a shared specific leadership context in Queensland, Australia. The case studies enable an exploration of the way the principalship in this context has evolved over time, providing deep insights into the practices and beliefs of three experienced school leaders working in a period of rapid and urgent systemic reform. The nature of global reform policy borrowing means that the research and the findings within this monograph are relevant for international audiences. The book describes a new way to understand and theorise the effects of reform policies and associated pressures on school leaders. Using post-structural theory, it provides a better understanding of the specific effects of reform policy ensembles, particularly when combined with an analysis of the ways policy and discourse work together at a wider level to create an environment that disciplines the principalship. Further, it sheds lights on the means of complying with or contesting policy influences and how the work of leaders has changed over time.
The classic personal guide for principals, updated to address today’s challenges As the leader and decision maker in your school, you know that the buck stops with you. But when you’re faced with issues that are unfamiliar or simply overwhelming, where can you turn for advice and experience? For over a decade, the answer has been The Principal’s Companion. Pam Robbins and Harvey B. Alvy’s comprehensive classic remains a standard reference for principals of all experience levels, providing a wealth of ideas, techniques, and reflective opportunities. In the fourth edition, new and updated content is delivered in an ultra-efficient format tailored to principals’ busy days. Topics range from big-picture considerations to specific tactics and strategies, including: The principal’s many roles Critical skills for effective leadership Honoring the school’s mission Working together to build a learning community Starting effectively and staying the course With an eye towards the future, The Principal’s Companion can be referred to over and over again to ensure the school’s most important executive is a strong anchor for educational success. "This has always been one of the books I recommend to principals, and the latest edition makes it even more important and helpful to principals who face one of the toughest jobs in education today." —Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director Learning Forward "Robbins and Alvy′s ability to explain the sophisticated and complex landscape of today′s connected schools in a manner that is easily understandable to both a new leader and a veteran school leader is masterful. They truly understand the role of today′s school leader in the classroom, the school, and the community." —Joshua Garcia, Deputy Superintendent Tacoma Public Schools, WA
What do professional portfolios consist of? Who are their audiences? Why should teachers and administrators use them? How are they structured? In Capturing the Wisdom of Practice, Giselle Martin-Kniep answers these and other questions, drawing on her work with more than 3,000 teachers and administrators from 400 school districts. Through excerpts from actual portfolios, Martin-Kniep illustrates how to select a range of artifacts that will lead portfolio developers to evaluate and improve their work. She also discusses using portfolios for key purposes: learning, curriculum development and assessment, research, and staff development. Readers will find many practical strategies for building and using portfolios and learn what conditions are needed for success. "I am absolutely convinced," says Martin-Kniep, "that every professional who uses portfolios in a serious way will become a better teacher or administrator."
This third edition of the bestseller by Pam Robbins and Harvey B. Alvy serves as a personal mentor for principals and provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities to help practicing and aspiring administrators facilitate educational improvement. Principals will find guidance in such critical areas as leadership skills, developing vision and mission, teacher evaluation and supervision, curriculum, technology use, conducting faculty meetings, and more. The revised edition reflects changes taking place within a wide range of educational issues, including: Data-driven decision making and high stakes accountability Shaping school cultures to promote professional learning communities Instructional implications of brain research Social justice Social and emotional learning Examining the high school dropout crisis Ethical leadership Cyberbullying and social responsibility Federal legislation and its effect on instructional practices
File Type: PDF Simple General Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows you, the Principal, to appoint a person you trust, the Agent, to have broad and sweeping powers regarding the Principal’s property and affairs. The Principal can change their mind by revoking the powers granted to the Agent at any time. The Principal can avoid conservatorship (due to incapacitation, incompetency, or function non-socially) by enacting durability provisions. This book contains easy instructions, detailed information, and legal forms to help carry out your power of attorney. The book consists of (01) one Simple Power of Attorney (General), (06) six Supporting Documents, (05) five Miscellaneous Forms, (02) two Recommended Forms, and (04) four Appendix. This Power of Attorney has an estate planning focus that provides options, depth, and flexibility while maintaining uniformity with built-in and optional (Durability Provisions) safety features. This E-book includes online access (URL Links) to the above-mentioned documents and forms in the following Digital Versions ( PDF, DOCX, DOC, and ODT ) on the Download Form File page. If the E-Book (PDF) is able to be downloaded as an independent file, then the above-mentioned documents and forms are attached to the E-Book (PDF). Thus, giving you the ability alter, edit, fill out, and print these documents and forms in a professional manner. Best for short-term (less than five years) use with an Agent whose honor is beyond reproach and doubt. Key Details: • Names only one Agent • Effective Immediately • Define Expiration Date • Built-In Safety Features Options: • Durability Provision Features: • Flexible / Modular • In-Depth / Detail • Options / Choices • Easy to use / Intuitive Digital Formats: • PDF • DOCX • DOC • ODT Power of Attorney: Simple General Power of Attorney Supporting Documents: Acknowledgment of Appointment by Agent Acknowledgment of Resignation by Agent Affidavit of Full Force and Effect Revocation in Whole Revocation in Part(s) Revocation of Agent Miscellaneous Forms: Statement of Wishes Personal Information Worksheet Notification / Contact List Personal Documents Locator Legal Documents Locator Recommended Forms: Affidavit of Principal's Health State Assets & Liabilities Worksheet Appendix: Appendix A: Insurance Suggestions & Resource Guide Appendix B: Directions for Prudent & Safe Investing Appendix C: Attorney Suggestions & Resource Guide Appendix D: Steps for Credit Repair & Statute of Limitations These Appendix can serve as an Addendum to any Power of Attorney ( POA ), Complex Power of Attorney ( CPOA ), Simple Power of Attorney ( SPOA ), Durable Power of Attorney ( DPOA ), Special Power of Attorney ( SPOA ), Enduring Power of Attorney ( EPA ), Lasting Power of Attorney ( LPA ) or any relevant Legal Document or Form. The Appendix has a Legal Estate Planning focus with a Practical Guide / Legal Education for Individuals that like to Do It Yourself ( DIY ) for Legal Self Help.
Despite the administrative leadership that most principals receive in university courses, their most useful learning occurs once they are on the job. The new knowledge--much of it the result of trial and error--is gained in relative isolation. This second edition provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities for principals to facilitate educational improvement on a daily basis. It retains the essence of the first edition while adding new strategies for addressing state and national standards, incorporating social and emotional learning, supervising and evaluating teachers to enhance the quality of student work, developing a love for learning in students, using brain-compatible teaching practices to maximize learning, using technology in meaningful ways, making data-driven decisions, sustaining effective professional development, practicing ethical leadership, and managing crises. Chapters are divided into seven parts: (1) "The Principal's Role"; (2) "Critical Skills for Effective Leadership"; (3) "Honoring the School's Mission"; (4) "Working Together to Build a Learning Organization"; (5) "Keeping the Pipes from Leaking: Adding Meaning to Traditional Practice"; (6) "Understanding Your Constituencies"; and (7) Professional and Personal Issues." Each chapter concludes with a set of reflective questions. (Contains 138 references and 14 additional readings.) (RT).
