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The Spirited Principal
Author: Rebecca Wheat

If you are a principal, assistant principal, or are preparing for one of these positions, this new book will be immediately helpful to you. The proven, practical strategies, clearly presented and illustrated with short case histories, will help you more effectively perform both everyday and major tasks, deal with common problems, and build conse... more »nsus for decision making. In short, this new book provides tools that help you improve the learning environment in your school and help you become a more effective principal. 2001, 128 pages, 6x9, hardcover From the Foreword This compact and easily readable volume contains concrete information designed to assist principals make each minute of every day the most productive for all students and staff."" The author, Becky Wheat demonstrates all the best qualities of human relations, decision-making, instructional leadership, and community engagement. Her book is a living work, invaluable for principals at any level. Its language is direct, and its suggestions readily applied. I encourage you to keep this book at your side and read its pages often. It provides motivations and practical insights that will help you through a day and throughout a career. Jack McLaughlin, Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction From the Author's Introduction This book is designed to answer some persistent questions. How can the principal create a governance structure where many voices are heard? How can the principal create this structure and have limited meetings? How can a very real sense of school community be created? What specific structures engender community? Is it possible to prioritize the many responsibilities a principal has? What specific ideas will help in prioritizing? As a principal in a variety of setting, working with very diverse populations, I have developed strategies that have helped me immensely. This book represents a practical distillation of these strategies, which can be put in place immediately as you begin or continue your principalship. Every recommendation in this book has been tested in a range of schools. Contents Foreword/Introduction 1. Trust: Trust With and About Staff Trust With Families Trust With Children Trust With Staff Trust An Actual Vignette 2. Governance: Creating a Governance Structure A Great Spring Survey: Getting and Using Feedback Planning and Carrying Out Community Meetings Making Meetings Work Governance Among Staff Chapter Summary Vignette Governance 3. Prioritize: People's Feelings Deadlines Ask for Help Prioritizing Your Priorities Folders, Folders Everywhere Reflection Prioritizing from a Distance Prioritizing A Real Life Example 4. The Power of Listening: Listening to Parents Boundaries Listening to Staff Listening to the Broader Community Conclusion Listening An Actual Vignette 5. Reflection on the Principalship: Teachers' View: Great Principals from the Teacher's Perspective Communities within a Community Confidence in the School Environment 6. Principals' Reflections: The Challenge and Success: Challenges and Frustrations Meetings and Challenges: Success as Motivation Common Thread Sage Advice 7. Community: Creating a Nurturing School Community The Principal as Starting Point Newsletter Parent Advocates Family Nights Program Collaboratives Community Among Children Building Community with the Larger Community Conclusion What It Means to be a Member of a Welcoming School Community 8. Test Scores 9. Conclusion: Ways to Strengthen the Principalship: Mentoring Training in Facilitation Ongoing Support Groups Help Given by a Point Person in Budgets and State and Federal Mandates Awareness that with so Many Additional Programs, An Administrative Assistant is Often Needed Final Thoughts: the Evolution of a Principal Appendices: Elections Kaner's Decision Maki

ISBN-13: 9781885432094
ISBN-10: 1885432097
Publication Date: 8/15/2001
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Proactive Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
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