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The Principalship from A to Z
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Sections
« prev | next »- Achievement Is the Focus
- Making Decisions Through a Lens of Achievement
- The Principal’s Role in an Achievement-Oriented School
- Instructional Leader with Inspiration
- Principal as Human Resource Developer
- Principal as Change Agent
- Measuring Achievement
- A Final Note
- Beginnings, Endings, and School Culture
- Climate or Culture
- Critical Rituals: Beginning and Ending the Year
- Beginnings Set the Tone
- Endings Leave a Mark
- Conducting Successful Meetings
- What is the purpose of the meeting?
- What is being decided?
- What Is the Purpose of the Meeting?
- What Is Being Decided?
- Who Decides?
- What Are the Meeting Standards and Norms?
- Data-Driven Decisions
- 1. Determine what you want to know
- Determine What You Want to Know
- Collect Data
- Analyze the Data and Results
- Set Priorities and Goals
- Using Data to Set Priorities and Make Decisions
- Effective School and Classroom Discipline
- Discipline Policies
- Share with Parents and Students
- Expectations Versus Rules
- Classroom Rules
- Finding the Right People
- Finding the Right People
- Checklist forAssessing Interview Protocol
- Keeping the Right People
- Effective Communication
- Engagement in Significant Tasks
- Valuing and Respecting Different Points of View
- Finishing with the Wrong People
- Key Administrative Actions When Considering Dismissal
- Grading and Assessment
- Formative Assessment
- Grading
- Recognize Value
- Shift the Emphasis
- Provide Clear Guidelines
- Require Quality Work
- Communicate Clearly
- Be Patient
- General Principles
- Helpful Resources
- Groups You Should Know
- Web Sites
- Web-Based Tools
- Frank Buck’s Recommended Tools
- Books
- It’s All About Instruction
- Establish norms of collaboration
- Establish Norms of Collaboration
- View Instruction from a Student’s Perspective
- Strategically Focus on Instruction
- Close the Achievement Gap
- Provide a Rigorous Learning Environment
- Provide a Personalized Learning Environment
- Role of Principals
- Juggling Priorities
- 1. Assess where you are and where you want to be
- Assess Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
- Begin with a Mental Adjustment
- Create Structures to Support Your Vision
- Keys to Successful Public Relations
- 1. Sharing your knowledge about your issues
- Sharing Your Knowledge about Your Issues
- One-Page Fact Sheet
- Elevator Speech
- Presenting Yourself Well to the Media
- Tips for Dealingwith the Media
- Understanding Opposition
- Building a Network
- The Final Point: Editing Yourself
- Tips for EDITING
- Looking at Student Work
- 1. Aligning expectations with standards
- Aligning Expectations with Standards
- Developing Consistent Expectations
- Analyzing Strengths and Weaknesses
- Managing Schedules
- Starting the Conversation
- Scheduling Options
- Elementary School Schedules
- Middle and High Schedules
- Rubric for Effective Schedules
- Rubric
- New Ideas, New Challenges
- Ways People Respond to Change
- Reasons for Resisting Change
- Value
- Maslow’sNeeds
- Success
- How to Respond
- Strategy 1: Build Relationships and Involve People
- Strategy 2: Establish a Common Base or Context
- Strategy 3: Provide a Clear, Concrete Result
- Strategy 4: Have a Structure That Supports Success
- Strategy 5: Focus and Refocus the Conversation
- Ownership Means More than One
- Delegation of Responsibilities
- Shared Decision Making
- Benefits and Challenges
- Planning for Shared Decision Making
- Leadership Teams
- Site-Based Management
- Professional Development Facilitates Growth
- Contemporary Professional Development
- Standards for Professional Development
- Key Lessons from Award-Winning Schools
- Quality Teacher Evaluation
- Role of the Instructional Leader
- Purposes of Evaluation
- Teacher Practice
- Professional Learning and Teacher Growth
- Formative or Summative
- Supervision or Evaluation
- Supervision vs Evaluation
- Three-Step Model
- Pre-observation conference Planning
- Planning or Pre-Observation Conference
- Observation
- Post-Observation Conference
- DiscussionPrompts
- Recognizing the Law
- Sexual Harassment
- Religion and the Schools
- Student Groups or Organizations
- Prayer in Schools
- Guidelines for Principals
- Student Privacy
- Students with Disabilities
- Discipline of Students with Disabilities
- Section 504
- Seeing with New Eyes
- Types of Instructional Walk-Throughs
- Student-Focused Walk-Throughs
- Sample Guide Based on Goldberg’s Questions
- Three-Minute Walk-Through
- Sample Applications of Walk-Throughs
- Monthly Instructional Focus: Summarizing and Note Taking
- Teaming with Families and Community
- Strategy 1: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
- Strategy 2: Create and Support Authentic, Meaningful Roles
- Strategy 3: Provide Support and Resources
- Strategy 4: Support the Larger Community
- Under Pressure: School Safety
- The Foundation
- Safety Plans
- Safe and Caring Climate
- Discipline
- Anti-Bullying/Violence Prevention
- Advocacy
- Access
- Dealing with a Crisis
- Prepare and Prevent
- Respond and Recover
- Vision
- Creating a Personal Vision Statement
- Ethics and Integrity
- Creating a Schoolwide Vision
- Moving from Statement to Implementation
- Vision as a Motivational Tool
- Gather Data and Assess Your Progress
- Working Together for the Future
- Benefits of Professional Learning Communities
- Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
- Who Thrives in a Professional Learning Community?
- Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community
- Shifting the Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community
- Structures of a Professional Learning Community
- The X Factor: Special Populations in Your School
- Basic Legal Concepts
- Race
- English as a Second Language— Linguistic Minorities
- Immigration Status
- Homeless Status
- Gender
- Handicapping Condition
- Year After Year: Sustaining Success
- Dynamics of the Change Process
- Stages for Launching an Initiative
- Tapping into Motivation for Support
- Zooming in on Future Trends
- Responding to Change
- How Should I Respond?
- Bibliography
- Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008
- Standard 1
- Standard 2
- Standard 3
- Standard 4
- Standard 5
- Standard 6
- Standard 1.0
- Standard 2.0
- Standard 3.0
- Standard 4.0
- Standard 5.0
- Standard 6.0
- Standard 7.0
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