Principals Companion

Author : Pam Robbins
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761945154
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Pam Robbins and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the administrative leadership that most principals receive in university courses, their most useful learning occurs once they are on the job. The new knowledge--much of it the result of trial and error--is gained in relative isolation. This second edition provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities for principals to facilitate educational improvement on a daily basis. It retains the essence of the first edition while adding new strategies for addressing state and national standards, incorporating social and emotional learning, supervising and evaluating teachers to enhance the quality of student work, developing a love for learning in students, using brain-compatible teaching practices to maximize learning, using technology in meaningful ways, making data-driven decisions, sustaining effective professional development, practicing ethical leadership, and managing crises. Chapters are divided into seven parts: (1) "The Principal's Role"; (2) "Critical Skills for Effective Leadership"; (3) "Honoring the School's Mission"; (4) "Working Together to Build a Learning Organization"; (5) "Keeping the Pipes from Leaking: Adding Meaning to Traditional Practice"; (6) "Understanding Your Constituencies"; and (7) Professional and Personal Issues." Each chapter concludes with a set of reflective questions. (Contains 138 references and 14 additional readings.) (RT).

Author : Pam Robbins
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452287546
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Pam Robbins and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic personal guide for principals, updated to address today’s challenges Of all the elements needed for a successful school, a competent, responsive and visionary principal may be the most important. And for over a decade, principals of all experience levels have turned to The Principal’s Companion for ideas, techniques and reflective opportunities that help them do their jobs better. The thoroughly updated fourth edition covers big-picture strategies and day-to-day tactics such as: The principal’s many roles Critical skills for effective leadership Honoring the school’s mission Working together to build a learning community Starting effectively and staying the course

Author : Pam Robbins
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Pam Robbins and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1995-06-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the formal administrative leadership training that principals receive, the most useful lessons come with the job itself. Such knowledge tends to be gained through trial and error and achieved in relative isolation. The Principal′s Companion provides a much-needed opportunity for "collaboration" with other school leaders. Based on research with schools and educators worldwide, this accessible guide combines the most helpful tried and tested strategies with relevant leadership theory. Topics discussed by the authors include creative leadership and skills, the various roles of the principal, and how to create a "learning community". With quotes from practising principals incorporated throughout, this will prove an excellent professional resource for both practising and aspiring school leaders.

Author : Pam Robbins
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412965497
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Pam Robbins and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of the bestseller by Pam Robbins and Harvey B. Alvy serves as a personal mentor for principals and provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities to help practicing and aspiring administrators facilitate educational improvement. Principals will find guidance in such critical areas as leadership skills, developing vision and mission, teacher evaluation and supervision, curriculum, technology use, conducting faculty meetings, and more. The revised edition reflects changes taking place within a wide range of educational issues, including: Data-driven decision making and high stakes accountability Shaping school cultures to promote professional learning communities Instructional implications of brain research Social justice Social and emotional learning Examining the high school dropout crisis Ethical leadership Cyberbullying and social responsibility Federal legislation and its effect on instructional practices

Author : Pamela M. Robbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781452287577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principal's Companion written by Pamela M. Robbins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic personal guide for principals, updated to address today's challenges Of all the elements needed for a successful school, a competent, responsive and visionary principal may be the most important. And for over a decade, principals of all experience levels have turned to The Principal's Companion for ideas, techniques and reflective opportunities that help them do their jobs better. The thoroughly updated fourth edition covers big-picture strategies and day-to-day tactics such as: The principal's many roles Critical skills for effective leadership Honoring the school's mi.

Author : John D. Bowser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by John D. Bowser and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Principal's Companion is a book consisting of five sets of activities designed to simulate tasks similar to those typically encountered in the principalship. Contents: Preface; A Word About The Principal's Companion; CREATING THE SCHOOL: Hypothetical School Exercise; Demographic Study Exercise; Strategic Planning Model Exercise; Personnel Exercise; Interview Questions Exercise; New Teacher Induction Exercise; School Budget Exercise; High School Scheduling Exercise; Discipline Management Exercise; Orientation Packet Exercise; Student Handbook Exercise; Public Relations Exercise; Special Education Exercise; School Assessment Exercise; LEADING THE SCHOOL: Principal Interview Exercise; Leadership Styles Exercise; Management of Time Exercise; Developing the Key Communicator Network Exercise; Find the Power Structure Exercise; Site-Based Decision-Making Exercise; Ethical Dilemmas Exercise; School Board Meeting Exercise; Effective Schools Exercise; Restructuring/Improving the Schools Exercise; PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: Documentation Memoranda Exercise; Proposal Writing Exercise; Professional Credentials Exercise; Educational Administration Portfolio Exercise; Personal and Professional Career Planning Exercise; Professional Growth Plan Exercise; Reading List for the 1990's Exercise; Educational Administrative Literacy Exercise; IN-BASKET SIMULATIONS; CASE STUDIES: Bryson Elementary School; Sugar Creek High School.

Author : Ross Sherman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780761846642
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Ross Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as a tool for aspiring school leaders to connect preparation to realities of school leadership. It transfers theory to practice by offering situational exercises, such as analyzing situations in a school and synthesizing overall operations, with the aim of improving their leadership and decision making skills.

Author : Jean Desravines
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118801172
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breakthrough Principals written by Jean Desravines and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge the achievement gap with proven strategies for student success Breakthrough Principals debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools. Based on the authors' Transformational Leadership Framework, which they developed through in-depth study of more than 100 high-gaining, high-poverty schools, the book distills findings into a practical, action-focused plan for diagnosing school needs and implementing structures, systems and practices that accelerate student achievement. Brought to life by case studies of principals who have led dramatic gains in student achievement, the book is a how-to guide for increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high-performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help students achieve. You'll learn how breakthrough principals make the school's mission a real part of both strategy and practice, and set up sustainable systems that support consistent, ongoing improvement. High-impact practices are organized into five broad categories: learning and teaching, school-wide culture, aligned staff, operations and systems, and personal leadership. The primary job of school leadership is to help students succeed. It begins with first recognizing and prioritizing areas of need, then finding and implementing the most effective solutions. Whether you work in a turn around environment, or want to make a good school better, this book will give you a set of concrete practices—illustrated through examples of real principals in real schools—that have been proven to work. Discover the primary drivers of student achievement Work toward the school's vision in staffing, operations, and systems Set the tone for all relationships and practices with good leadership Closing the achievement gap is a major goal of educational leadership, and principals are forever searching for viable methods that help them better serve their students. Breakthrough Principals unveils the details behind the success stories from across the nation to provide a roadmap to transformative gains.

Author : Jim Knight
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412994306
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unmistakable Impact written by Jim Knight and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes in simple terms exactly how schools should align and organize professional learning to ensure significant positive change in teaching and student learning. The author's partnership principles-a humanizing approach to professional learning-apply to workshops, intensive learning teams (a focused form of professional learning communities), and instructional coaching. This is the first in a two volume series that is designed to provide a simple (not simplistic) framework and a set of tools for improving teaching in schools. (The second volume, The Big Four, was proposed last year.)

Author : Myra Barrs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429515065
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vygotsky the Teacher written by Myra Barrs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly accessible guide to the varied aspects of Vygotsky’s psychology emphasises his abiding interest in education. Vygotsky was a teacher, a researcher and educational psychologist who worked in special needs education, and his interest in pedagogy was fundamental to all his work. Vygotsky the Teacher analyses and discusses the full range of his ideas and their far-reaching educational implications. Drawing on new work, research and fresh translations, this unique text foregrounds key Vygotskian perspectives on play, imagination and creativity, poetry, literature and drama, the emotions, and the role of language in the development of thought. It explains the textual issues surrounding Vygotsky’s publications that have, until recently, obscured some of the theoretical links between his ideas. It underlines Vygotsky’s determination to create a psychology that is capable of explaining all aspects of the development of mind. Vygotsky the Teacher is essential reading for students on education and psychology courses at all levels, and for all practitioners wanting to know more about Vygotsky’s theories and their roots in research and practice. It offers a unique road map of his work, connecting its different aspects, and placing them in the context of his life and the times in which he lived.