Best-selling tool to promote your school and engage students, families, and the community. Instantly download this time-saving PDF.
As a classroom teacher, I often wonder “What is my principal really thinking?” So, I asked one, and I’m pleased she was open to discussion. Connie Dunn is the principal at the middle school in my district. She has been a principal for over ten years, and before that, she was a high school English […]
15 fun and easy ideas to celebrate Administrative Professionals and Secretaries at your school. Ideas for school principals and leaders.
The best school principals utilize a combination of strategies that make themselves and others around them better thus allowing them to be successful.
What impact does a principal's leadership skills have on student achievement? It shouldn't be a surprise to you to know leadership does impact student
Teachers share the first change they'd make if they were principal, including less PD, more support, and a better environment.
The monthly checklists have been updated! Checklists are so important. Even veteran principals need to-do lists! Planning is so
Heated Parent Phone Calls - Five Free and Easy Strategies for Keeping Cool and Reaching Solutions with angry parents.
The school principal is a well-known, but often misunderstood role in schools. Learn more about the role, responsibility, and impact of a principal.
This 'Google Sheet Style' Leadership Manual helps school Principals and Senior Leaders keep all of your important leadership documentation and information in one user-friendly place. It can be kept up to date by all leadership team members and is a 'living document' for the team to use. Once you hav...
Choosing a school-wide theme holds immense significance as it sets the foundation for a year brimming with inspiration and unity. Are you aware that I possess
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Busy School Principals - plan 1 year of teacher and staff morale boosters using this method. Easy with tools to save time for school leaders.
Principals often struggle with how to organize all the tasks and meetings they have in a typical day. It can easily be overwhelming. So, I want to share with you six calendar hacks I've learned that have helped me. If you're not very familiar with Google Calendar or would like a refresher on the basics,
By Susan Stone Kessler, Ed.D., coauthor of The Principal’s Survival Guide They gave you the job. You are going to be the principal next year! You always knew this day would come, but now that it’s …
So, you want to be a principal? Are you a new principal who could benefit from the wisdom of a successful four-time principal? Could you use help preparing for a school administrator job interview? Then this is the book for you. In The Aspiring Principal 50, school leadership expert Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions aimed at assisting both new and aspiring school leaders as they work to become effective school leaders and consider making a leap to a leadership position, respectively. This book will help aspiring principals determine whether "The Principal" is truly who they want to be and help new principals grow and thrive in the principalship. Additionally, the book contains an entire chapter devoted to preparing for the school administrator job interview. Kafele infuses the book from beginning to end with succinct advice on everything from remaining focused on the principal's number one priority—student achievement—to addressing maintenance concerns, managing budget allocations, and ensuring that the school's website puts the school in the best possible light. With The Aspiring Principal 50, you can increase the likelihood that your tenure as principal will be a successful, beneficial, and healthful one. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781416627647 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: ASCD Publication Date: 05-14-2019 Pages: 128 Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)About the Author Baruti K. Kafele, a highly regarded urban educator in New Jersey for more than 20 years, has distinguished himself as a master teacher and a transformational school leader. As an elementary school teacher in East Orange, New Jersey, he was named East Orange School District and Essex County Public Schools Teacher of the Year, and he was a finalist for New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. As a middle and high school principal, he led the transformation of four different New Jersey urban schools, including Newark Tech, which went from a low-performing school in need of improvement to national recognition, and which was recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of America's best high schools. Kafele is one of the most sought-after school leadership experts in North America. He is the author of eight books, including his five ASCD best-sellers—Is My School a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Teacher 50, The Principal 50, Closing the Attitude Gap, and Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & in Life. He is the recipient of more than 150 educational, professional, and community awards, including the prestigious Milken National Educator Award and the National Alliance of Black School Educators Hall of Fame Award. He was inducted into the East Orange, New Jersey Hall of Fame, and the City of Dickinson, Texas, proclaimed February 8, 1998, Baruti Kafele Day.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction-Why This Book? xv Chapter 1 Principal Leadership Nonnegotiables 1 Chapter 2 Principal Leadership Determines Outcomes 29 Chapter 3 Principal Leadership Requires Making Tough Decisions 63 Chapter 4 Principal Leadership Requires a Commitment to Self-Care 75 Chapter 5 Thoughts to Consider for the School Administrator Job Interview 85 Conclusion 97 Bibliography 101 Index 105 About the Author 111
Best-selling tool to promote your school and engage students, families, and the community. Instantly download this time-saving PDF.
Principals navigate the dynamic complexities and subtleties of their schools every day. They promote, facilitate, and lead efforts to achieve both tangible and intangible results throughout the school community. They fulfill a role that includes counseling, budgeting, inspiring, teaching, learning, disciplining, evaluating, celebrating, consoling, and a million other critical functions. As the principalship has evolved and grown, so have the expectations of it. With that in mind, ASCD developed the Principal Leadership Development Framework (PLDF). The PLDF establishes a clear and concise definition of leadership and includes clear targets that support the ongoing growth and development of leaders. Using the Framework, principals will learn to capitalize on their leadership roles: * Principal as Visionary * Principal as Instructional Leader * Principal as Engager * Principal as Learner and Collaborator The PLDF also offers 17 criteria of effective practice that allow leaders to focus on behaviors that have the greatest direct effect on the culture and status of learning and teaching. Coupled with the PLDF are tools for self-reflection that help principals identify and strengthen their reflective habits. Whether you want to develop your own capacities or support the development of a group of principals, assistant principals, or aspiring principals, The Principal Influence can help channel your efforts in ways that promote successful teaching and student learning. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781416621447 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: ASCD Publication Date: 01-28-2016 Pages: 205 Product Dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Part I: Why Leadership? 1: The Principal Leadership Development Framework 2: Growing as Reflective Leaders Part II: Building Principal Leadership Capacity 3. Principal as Visionary 4. Principal as Instructional Leader 5. Principal as Engager 6. Principal as Learner and Collaborator 7. Reflective Leadership Awaits Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index About the Authors Show More
Personal Questions to Answer Before Making the Big Switch.
