Beschreibung:
This guide addresses the ground level, more mundane issues that confound principals daily and offers simple yet provocative answers to the befuddling things that require the principal's attention and demand the principal's mindful responses.
Based on 40 years of experience, author, Raymond Lemley, provokes thinking in this guide that addresses the ground level, mundane issues that confound principals daily. The book offers simple yet provocative answers to the befuddling things that require the principal's attention and demand the principal's mindful responses. It consists of 45 sections that present and explain a topic or theme. Readers will find an extensive profile of responses pointing to behaviors that will make him/her successful if put into practice and applied to the daily duties of the principalship. Bibliography included. Written specifically for principals about principals.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Engage Passionately With All That You Do
Chapter 4 2. Bring Your Best to the Job
Chapter 5 3. Build the School's Vision
Chapter 6 4. Focus on the School's Vision
Chapter 7 5. Live the School's Vision
Chapter 8 6. Define and Lead the Culture in Your Organization
Chapter 9 7. Go Find Talent
Chapter 10 8. Focus on the Tasks Your Teachers Need to Perform
Chapter 11 9. Pay Attention to Effective Teaching
Chapter 12 10. Be an Instructional Leader
Chapter 13 11. Define Expectations for Everyone in the Organization
Chapter 14 12. Develop a Passion for Outcomes
Chapter 15 13. Teach, Model, and Expect Loyalty
Chapter 16 14. Work for the Small Gains
Chapter 17 15. Make Policy Make Sense
Chapter 18 16. Reward Success in Your School
Chapter 19 17. Spend Time with Students
Chapter 20 18. Understand the Nonrational
Chapter 21 19. Talk About Your Own Success
Chapter 22 20. Talk About the Successes Around You
Chapter 23 21. Respond Quickly to Needs
Chapter 24 22. Take Some Time for Yourself
Chapter 25 23. Stay Intellectually Challenged
Chapter 26 24. Share Information the Organization Needs
Chapter 27 25. Address Small Problems Early
Chapter 28 26. Keep Things Simple
Chapter 29 27. Anticipate Confusion
Chapter 30 28. Encouraging Collegiality
Chapter 31 29. Seek the Simplest Plan
Chapter 32 30. Keep Every Meeting Agenda to a Few Key Points
Chapter 33 31. Emphasize Positive Activities
Chapter 34 32. Support Healthy Behaviors
Chapter 35 33. Encourage Autonomy For Your People
Chapter 36 34. Explain What Needs Explaining; Then Stop
Chapter 37 35. Provide Lots of Feedback
Chapter 38 36. Fix What's Fixable; Walk Away From the Rest
Chapter 39 37. Avoid the Urge to Overcontrol
Chapter 40 38. Plan for Change
Chapter 41 39. Avoid Fighting Useless Battles
Chapter 42 40. Respect Experience Wherever You Find It
Chapter 43 41. Keep Track of What's Easily Lost
Chapter 44 42. Plan For Stress in Your Life
Chapter 45 43. Understand the Ambiguity
Chapter 46 44. Keep the Organization Healthy
Chapter 47 45. Understand What Is There When You Get There
Chapter 48 Appendix A: A Checklist for Principals
Chapter 49 Appendix B: A Leadership Behavior Inventory
Chapter 50 Additional Resources
Chapter 51 About the Author