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Dionne V. McLaughlin - Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions - 9781483351193 - V9781483351193
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Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions

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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 more

"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

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781483351193
SKU
V9781483351193
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-99

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 more

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 more

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