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The School Principals? Guide to Successful Daily Practices: Practical Ideas and Strategies for Beginning and Seasoned Educators
Brock, Barbara L., Grady, Marilyn L.
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Description for The School Principals? Guide to Successful Daily Practices: Practical Ideas and Strategies for Beginning and Seasoned Educators
Paperback. Goes beyond the outward picture of excellence and provides a compendium of daily practices used by successful principals in various settings. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 557.
While many books outline the attributes of successful school leaders, few describe how those traits manifest in daily practice. The School Principals’ Guide to Successful Daily Practices goes beyond the outward picture of excellence and provides a compendium of daily practices used by successful principals in various settings. Written by former administrators who have walked in your shoes, this handy guide's strategies are based on interviews with successful leaders and are applicable in multiple contexts. Inside you will find guidelines for:
Examining your values, educational platform, and personal style
Establishing learning as a common purpose
Identifying and leading school change
Managing staff and student relationships effectively
Developing teacher leaders
The authors understand that principals are expected to have the patience of Job, the tenacity of Atlas, the compassion of Mother Teresa, and a sense of humor. The recommended daily practices will help you stay focused on the most important thingsleading effectively, promoting student achievement, and making a positive difference in students' lives.
Examining your values, educational platform, and personal style
Establishing learning as a common purpose
Identifying and leading school change
Managing staff and student relationships effectively
Developing teacher leaders
The authors understand that principals are expected to have the patience of Job, the tenacity of Atlas, the compassion of Mother Teresa, and a sense of humor. The recommended daily practices will help you stay focused on the most important thingsleading effectively, promoting student achievement, and making a positive difference in students' lives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781628737707
SKU
V9781628737707
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Brock, Barbara L., Grady, Marilyn L.
Barbara L. Brock is a professor of education and director of educational leadership at Creighton University. She has held a variety of positions in education, including education department chair, program director, elementary principal, and K12 teacher. She resides in Nebraska. Marilyn L. Grady is a professor of educational administration at the University of NebraskaLincoln (UNL). She is the author or coauthor of twenty-four books, and her research includes leadership, the principalship, and superintendent-board relations. She resides in Nebraska.
Reviews for The School Principals? Guide to Successful Daily Practices: Practical Ideas and Strategies for Beginning and Seasoned Educators
A great resource for principal network meetings or roundtable discussionsusing this book as a basis for developing parts of one’s annual performance review makes sense.” —Bonnie Tryon, Elementary School Principal of the Year (School Administrators Association of New York), Golding Elementary School, Cobleskill-Richmondville, New York A great resource for principal network meetings or roundtable discussionsusing this book as a basis for developing parts of one’s annual performance review makes sense.” —Bonnie Tryon, Elementary School Principal of the Year (School Administrators Association of New York), Golding Elementary School, Cobleskill-Richmondville, New York