BRAVO Principal!
BRAVO Principal!

Author: Sandra Harris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 131752974X

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It is only through effective leadership actions that principals can become outstanding leaders. By building relationships that value all stakeholders—including teachers, students, parents, and community members—your actions will lead to a thriving school. This book provides you with the tools for emphasizing shared purpose, caring, integrity, and honesty so you can Build Relationships with Actions that Value Others. In this updated edition, you’ll find out how to: Establish trusting relationship based on mutual support, respect, and empowerment. Demonstrate cultural responsiveness by embracing diversity and integrating multicultural awareness throughout the curriculum. Employ creative concern-solving strategies and address conflicts with students, parents, and staff. Develop a learning culture to nurture student and teacher achievement. Each chapter concludes with a set of review questions to help you to reflect, evaluate, and improve upon your leadership skills. Filled with suggestions for actions that you can apply today, this book shows you how to become a BRAVO Principal!

Agency
Agency

Author: Roderick Munday

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0199230374

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This new work provides a useful and accessible reminder of the principles of agency law for experienced practitioners, as well as an invaluable guide for students looking for an approachable text on this topic.

The Deliberate and Courageous Principal
The Deliberate and Courageous Principal

Author: Rhonda J. Roos

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781952812354

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Fully step into your power as a school principal. By delving deep into five essential leadership actions and five essential leadership skills, you will learn how to grow in your role and accomplish incredible outcomes for your students and staff. Author Rhonda J. Roos provides clear direction for establishing a vision, reframing conflict, leaning into the positive, and much more. Study the five essential actions and five essential skills all leaders must adopt to develop successful, high-achieving schools. Discover how to create a collective vision and learn next steps to move progress forward. Observe strategies to maintain a positive outlook as you hone your leadership skills. Review the most effective ways to manage time, organize meetings, and address other common concerns shared by principals at every level. Receive reflection questions, next steps, and reproducible templates to deepen understanding of effective leadership. Contents: Introduction Part 1: Essential Leadership Actions Chapter 1: Establish a Vision Focused on Learning Chapter 2: Clarify the Essential Work Chapter 3: Create Teams to Move the Work Forward Chapter 4: Take Action (Instead of Being Busy) Chapter 5: Lead Effective Meetings Part 2: Essential Leadership Skills Chapter 6: Build Relationships Chapter 7: Reframe Conflict Chapter 8: Hold People Accountable Chapter 9: Lean Into the Positive Chapter 10: Turn Inward Closing References and Resources Index

The Principal
The Principal

Author: Michael Fullan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1119422353

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The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievement *** FREE Professional Development Guide Included *** Principals are often called the second most crucial in-school influencers (after teachers) of student learning. But what should the principal do in order to maximize student achievement? One of the best-known leadership authors in education, Fullan explains why the answer lies neither in micro-managing instruction nor in autonomous entrepreneurialism. He shows systematically how the principal's role should change, demonstrating how it can be done in short order, at scale. Reveals the three key roles that administrators must play in today's schools Explains how to choose the right versus wrong drivers of school success Filled with "action items" to help implement Fullan's program effectively Includes strategies that have been successfully field-tested in schools across the United States and Canada

Leadership Standards in Action
Leadership Standards in Action

Author: Cade Brumley

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 161048391X

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"Case studies of exceptional principals as servant-leaders"-- Provided by publisher.

I'm the Principal
I'm the Principal

Author: Stephen Dinham

Publisher: ACER Press

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1742865011

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The 'I'm the Principal' project utilised the Australian Professional Standard for Principals as a framework to consider key aspects and contributors to principal learning, action, influence and identity through interviews with 50 practicing principals drawn from the various sectors and levels of Australian school education.

The Principal's Guide to Time Management
The Principal's Guide to Time Management

Author: Richard D. Sorenson

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2016-03-18

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1506340822

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Make the most of your time—and your leadership Is your school’s vision getting buried under paperwork? If you spend more time picking up pieces than putting them together, this is your book. Written by seasoned school principals, this plan of action will get you back to the essence of your job: instructional leadership. By using educational technology to maximize efficiency, you’ll improve teaching, student achievement, resource management, and school culture. This comprehensive guide features: Easy-to-follow, single-topic chapters Standards–based scenarios and questions Time-management self-assessments Easily adaptable experiential exercises Strategies for battling the “silent time thief”

Leading With Passion and Knowledge
Leading With Passion and Knowledge

Author: Nancy Fichtman Dana

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1412967058

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Become the “head learner” in your school by engaging in action research! Action research can serve as a critical element in the professional development of principals, administrators, and school leaders. Award-winning author Nancy Fichtman Dana guides leaders in identifying and exploring areas of interest for principal research, including staff development, curriculum development, individual teachers, community/culture building, leadership skills, building management, and school performance. With a step-by-step approach, this resource: Helps principals develop a question, collect and analyze data, and share the results of their inquiry Includes numerous examples of actual principal inquiry Provides exercises to guide principals through their own inquiry projects