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Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions
Dionne V. McLaughlin
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Description for Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions
Paperback. This book highlights the most difficult and complex decisions that expert high school principals make, the factors that expert principals consider and the processes that they utilize in their decision making. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Learn to make the best decisions for your school!
Essential to inspiring and improving schools, principals make complex decisions on a daily basis. This invaluable resource offers extensive case studies to explore how expert principals manage crises, navigate tough choices, and support school environments. You will find:
- Problem-solving strategies and cases focused on data analysis and competing stakeholders
- Easy-to-use checklists, robust reflection questions, and a framework to define your own professional core values
- Tools to coach and evaluate teachers, and bolster struggling students
A former elementary and secondary school site administrator, the author presents a highly sensible, cohesive, and research-based approach to ... Read moredecision-making that will greatly benefit school principals at any career stage.
"I have never seen or heard of an excellent school that did not have an excellent principal. In this important new book McLaughlin helps us to understand what it takes to become a genuine expert as a school leader by closely examining how they navigate the challenges involved in leading schools during these turbulent times."
-Pedro A. Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development
Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, New York University
"This book is a rare blend of practice and solid academic work. Dionne McLaughlin’s writing shows that she ′talks the talk′ because she has ′walked the walk.′"
-Fenwick W. English, R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership
School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"McLaughlin describes a sensible and cohesive approach to decision making and includes case studies of actual situations faced by real principals. Insights is a valuable resource for new and aspiring principals as well as experienced principals."
-C. Diane Payne, Director
Principal Fellows Program, Center for School Leadership Development, Chapel Hill, NC
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Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
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About Dionne V. McLaughlin
Dionne V. McLaughlin, Ed.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at North Carolina Central University. She is a British-born Jamaican educator who is an experienced bilingual high school and elementary school principal. Dr. McLaughlin has experience as a K-12 Director for a voluntary desegregation program in Massachusetts and as the Program Director for a Latino community-based ... Read moreorganization. Additionally, she has 11 years of experience teaching, a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Research interests include: the principalship, Blacks in Latin America, Effective teachers of African American and Latino high school students, and examining the racial context of schools. Recent scholarly works include an NCPEA article on how administrators can improve schools by learning from the experiences of African American and Latino High School Students and a Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina article, “The Cultural Symphony in Schools: Effectively Teaching African American and Latino High School Students.” Dr. McLaughlin also has another manuscript in progress for a SAGE book chapter, “New South Realities, Demographics, Cultural Capital, and Diversity” in a Guide on Educational Leadership and Management that will be published in 2015. Dr. McLaughlin has led workshops for teachers, principals and assistant principals on culturally responsive teaching, effective school practices, and making effective leadership decisions. Show Less
Reviews for Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions
"I have never seen or heard of an excellent school that did not have an excellent principal. In this important new book McLaughlin helps us to understand what it takes to become a genuine expert as a school leader by closely examining how they navigate the challenges involved in leading schools during these turbulent times. For policymakers, district leaders, parents ... Read moreand others who want to see more progress in the effort to improve our nation′s schools, this book will be an invaluable resource."
Pedro A. Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development "This book is a rare blend of practice and solid academic work. Dionne McLaughlin’s writing shows that she ′talks the talk because she has walked the walk.′ As a former elementary and secondary school site administrator. She navigates some of the most difficult and dangerous waters in school site decision making today. In the process of unpacking the nature of difficult decisions, she has not only created powerful exemplars that others can follow, but has erected models that will serve as fount of motivation and inspiration."
Fenwick W. English, R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership "This book provides administrators with real stories from those working in school administration. As an administrator, I found the book to be an excellent read."
Nicky Kemp, Assistant Superintendent "Agile and inspiring principals remain key to lifting America′s schools, to accelerate our progress in narrowing disparities in student learning. Dionne McLaughlin vividly describes the everyday challenges that face principals – coaching mediocre teachers, trying to engage dissident kids, inspiring teachers to collaborate and labor as eager professionals. It’s a masterful volume, offering ethical tenets and helpful tips for aspiring principals, a riveting balance of practical case studies and sound theories of leadership. Insights is a must read for future school leaders, policy makers, and reformers."
Bruce Fuller, Professor "In Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions, Dionne McLaughlin describes a sensible and cohesive approach to decision making and includes case studies of actual situations faced by real principals. McLaughlin provides useful information and guidance for busy principals who make a multitude of decisions on a daily basis. Insights is a valuable resource for new and aspiring principals as well as experienced principals."
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