| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Free Downloads; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Why Change the Way I Lead? ; Why American Education Must Change: What Leaders Need to Know; The Plight of School Principals; The Good News: You Can Get Results by Changing Your Leadership; Chapter 2 The Path to Effective School Leadership ; Part I-Altering Daily Practices: The Principal as Leader of Best Practices; Part II-Spending Time on What Really Counts: The Effective Principal Tracker; Getting Started; Chapter 3 Building a Support Network for Leadership Transformation |
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Central OfficeTeachers; Support Staff; The Principal's Secretary; Parents; Linking the Support System with Objective Feedback; Chapter 4 Measuring and Driving Your Transformation ; 360° Assessments; Tools and Processes to Support Leadership Transformation; Passion as an Engine to Drive Your Leadership; Next Steps; Chapter 5 The Leadership Audit ; Purpose of the Audit; The Content of the Audit; Steps of the Audit; Final Thoughts on the Audit; Chapter 6 The Leadership Analysis ; Connecting Behaviors with Intended Outcomes; The Leadership Analysis Process; Sample Ratings; Next Steps |
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Chapter 7 The Leadership Transformation Lessons from the Field of Leadership; The Leadership Transformation Plan; Strategies to Eliminate; Strategies to Restructure; Strategies to Reassign; Strategies to Enhance; Working Your Plan; Chapter 8 The Implementation Plan ; Procrastination; Planning the Work: The First 30 Days; Working the Plan; Goal Setting at Work; Spending Time on What Really Counts; Chapter 9 The Effective Principal Tracker ; Where to Invest Your Time; Understanding the Tracker; How to Use the Tracker; Getting into the Rhythm; Chapter 10 Setting and Shaping Expectations |
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Rebuilding a Passion for ChangeFocusing on Teaching and Learning; Strengthening Relationships; Setting High Expectations; Tracker Goals for Your Consideration: Setting and Shaping Expectations; Chapter 11 Creating Disequilibrium; Modeling Change; Managing Change; Tracker Goals for Your Consideration: Creating Disequilibrium ; Chapter 12 Engaging Staff in Knowledge Transfer; Knowledge Transfer; Improving Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction; Tracker Goals for Your Consideration: Engaging Staff in Knowledge Transfer; Chapter 13 Observing and Coaching the Learning Process |
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Focused Classroom Walk-ThroughsCoaching Effective Teaching; Resolving Learning Problems; Reaching all Learners; Tracker Goals for Your Consideration: Observing and Coaching the Learning Process; Chapter 14 Expanding Knowledge and Skills; Sharing and Learning with Other Leaders; Conducting Action Research; Reading; Reflecting; Training Alongside Teachers; Tracker Goals for Your Consideration: Expanding Knowledge and Skills; Chapter 15 Keeping Your Transformation on Track ; Sustaining Change in Your Leadership; Sustaining Change in the School; The Sustained Journey; References ; Appendices |
| Summary |
This book will show principals how they can change daily practices to invest more time in the improvement of teaching and learning. It redirects leadership to effective practices in instructional leadership |
| Notes |
Appendix A: Principal's Job Description/Effective Principal Tracker |
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Print version record |
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School management and organization -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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School principals -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Educational leadership -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Educational leadership
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School management and organization
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School principals
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317924265 |
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1317924266 |
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