
The School Principal: Visionary Leadership and Competent Management
Theodore J. Kowalski
Over the past two decades, efforts to improve schools have significantly modified role expectations for principals. Today, school-level administrators are expected to be both visionary leaders and competent managers. Based on the conviction that administration is an amalgam of leadership and management, The School Principal emphasizes the need for practitioners to apply conceptual skills to make "what to do" decisions, to apply technical skills to make "how to do" decisions, and to apply relational skills to engage in democratic decision making.
Kowalski frames the book with a discussion of the nature of schools, the roles of principals, and their need ... Read more
Special Features:
- Vignettes introduce the subject matter in the context of common challenges faced by practitioners.
- Knowledge-Based Questions and Skill-Based Activities prompt readers to engage with and reflect on the chapter content.
- The School Principal aligns with the Educational Leadership Consortium Council (ELCC) Standards.
Treating principals as concurrently visionary leaders and competent managers, this excellent text addresses the needs of aspiring and practicing principals, providing the tools to build effective and efficient schools.
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Lance D. Fusarelli, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, North Carolina State University "Kowalski has succinctly comingled theory with practice for all facets of the principalship with an ... Read more