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The Principal's Companion: Strategies to Lead Schools for Student and Teacher Success
Pam Robbins
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Description for The Principal's Companion: Strategies to Lead Schools for Student and Teacher Success
Paperback. Provides the practical resources and tools to help inservice and aspiring administrators manage the challenges of leading a learning organization and facilitating school improvement. Editor(s): Robbins, Pamela M.; Alvy, Harvey B. Num Pages: 408 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1106.
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 ... Read morein 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
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Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
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About Pam Robbins
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 ... Read morethe 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. Show Less
Reviews for The Principal's Companion: Strategies to Lead Schools for Student and Teacher Success
"As educators we are so fortunate that Pam Robbins and Harvey Alvy continue to update The Principal′s Companion. It has always been one of the "must read" books I refer to principals, and this latest edition makes it even more important and helpful to principals who face one of the toughest jobs in education today. Pam ... Read moreand Harvey combine research, practitioner expertise, and personal experiences to provide principals with a resource that will serve them well throughout their career. The topics, insights, and reflection questions make it a text that principals will find themselves returning to when they are confronting a new challenge or opportunity and seeking new information and insights. Give the gift of The Principal′s Companion to your principals. You will have given them a compact resource that touches their most pressing issues with suggestions, insights, and findings grounded in research, experience, and practice."
Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director "The revised and expanded edition of The Principal’s Companion will be a welcome addition to any principal’s professional library. The authors have crafted a vade mecum for the thoughtful, engaged… and busy! …principal. This is a user-friendly, accessible, and holistic compilation of educational philosophy, solid research, and practical, tested methodologies. It can be read from start to finish with great benefit. But due to its thoughtful structure, one can also dive into it from time to time for inspiration, expert opinion or a bit of challenge. Drs. Alvy and Robbins have made a wonderful contribution to our profession with this, their latest collaboration."
David Chojnacki, Executive Director "Alvy′s and Robbins′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. Together, they have boiled down complex ideas to practical solutions that leaders can learn from and apply in their daily routines. Through years of research, new learning, and proven experience, they have modeled the way for leaders. This book communicates the need for today′s school leaders to develop action plans that produce results. As they say, it is not a matter of ′either/or′ but rather ′and′ when addressing modern societal demands. Their guidance and reflections provide a road map for schools that will create positive student outcomes for the students they serve."
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