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Book Synopsis First Time Principals in a High Stakes Accountability Urban School District by : Kathy Maria Warren Augustine
Download or read book First Time Principals in a High Stakes Accountability Urban School District written by Kathy Maria Warren Augustine and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this mixed method study is to examine what new principals say they learned and the sources of the learning that inform their thoughts and actions as instructional leaders. The research questions proposed for this study emphasize who (new principals), what (their espoused theories and theories in use as instructional leaders based on prior learning), where (high-stakes accountability environment), and how (they interpret their actions and the influence of those actions on the school culture and climate). The two research questions proposed for this study ask: (1) What do new principals say they learned about leading instruction? and (2) What were the sources of their learning? In this study, empirically-based standards and theories of meaning, learning, and action, provide an understanding of the origin of theories in action and are the foundation for instrument development and qualitative analyses on the link between the sources of acquired knowledge, espoused theories, and theories in use.
Book Synopsis Keys to Success for Urban School Principals by : Gwendolyn J. Cooke
Download or read book Keys to Success for Urban School Principals written by Gwendolyn J. Cooke and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-11-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must read for practitioners of educational leadership and students alike! Offers powerful strategies, recommendations, and resources to successfully lead school reform. The checklists are invaluable tools to bring about the cultural shift needed to focus all stakeholders on teaching and learning." —Roy F. Davenport, Principal, Alfred E. Beach High School, Savannah, GA Urban principals face unique challenges that deserve unique solutions. How can urban principals meet the challenge of educating students in environments that routinely include poverty, violence, aging infrastructure, lack of funding, cultural differences, and high levels of turnover? This accessible manual offers powerful tools and practical guidance to ensure that urban principals succeed as school leaders. Gwendolyn J. Cooke provides tried-and-true, research-based strategies for initiating, stabilizing, and sustaining effective practices. Each chapter includes reflective thinking activities to help school leaders assess needs, and set and achieve goals. This second edition examines the challenges the current educational environment and links the ISLLC standards to seven keys of leadership: Control: manage the school community by building consensus Caring: create a school climate that invites students to learn, grow, and explore Change: use effective strategies to implement constructive change processes Charisma: cultivate your own charismatic potential Communication: strengthen your ability to communicate in different settings Curriculum: provide instructional leadership by harnessing the power of curriculum Courage: find the courage needed to take risks that will move your school forward Use these proven strategies to increase your leadership capacity and effect real change in your school!
Book Synopsis The 12 Laws of Urban School Leadership by : Sean B. Yisrael
Download or read book The 12 Laws of Urban School Leadership written by Sean B. Yisrael and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 12 Laws of Urban School Leadership was written to give urban school principals strategies for successfully implementing change, and achieving systemic reforms. The book also gives aspiring and novice principals a window into the real issues that affect the prinicpalship, and the circumstances that can determine success or failure. Veteran principals can also learn how to better deal with some of the most challenging issues associated with students, parents, staff, and community members. This is an essential resource for any school leader working in an urban, or public school setting.
Book Synopsis Beginning the Principalship by : John C. Daresh
Download or read book Beginning the Principalship written by John C. Daresh and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principals are today’s newest superheroes, and every superhero needs a mentor. Daresh and Alexander offer encouragement in a practical hands-on guide to help principals navigate the challenges of leadership. Discover how to: Drive student learning as the primary mission of the school Deal with others’ expectations of you as principal Master the technical skills needed to run an efficient school Create and clarify a personal professional growth plan Work effectively with the greater community and parents Celebrate instructional and non-instructional staff in a positive school culture Don’t just survive. Read this guide and thrive!
Book Synopsis The Complex Challenge of Urban High School Reform the Need for Deeper Principal Reflection by : Ed Manansala
Download or read book The Complex Challenge of Urban High School Reform the Need for Deeper Principal Reflection written by Ed Manansala and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With waves of reform initiatives rolling into schools from external sources demanding quotas and sanctions, how does a principal effectively reflect, assess, and learn from past reforms and day-to-day experiences? Studies of the urban high school principalship lack a "thick description" (Geertz, 1973) of the principals' hour-by-hour daily challenges and the way principals think about those challenges. The purpose of the study was to describe and analyze the urban high school principalship from an in-depth perspective of a principal involved in an intense high school reform effort at his school. The principal in focus is also the author of the study. This study utilized a qualitative exploratory case study design detailing, describing, and analyzing the principal's activities, thinking, and leadership qualities. The unique strength of the exploratory case study is its ability to deal with a full variety of evidence beyond what might be available in a conventional historical study. This study will add to the "neglected area of inquiry" of exploring the internal mental processes and practices cited by Leithwood (1988). The findings of this study, the in-depth description and analysis of the urban high school principalship, revealed clear themes of thinking, questioning, and confrontation of conflicts I experienced as a principal. The findings of this study identified two final emergent themes that captured recurring patterns of significance. They reflect the complexity of educational reform, not only in the pursuit of addressing high-stakes accountability measures, closing the achievement gap, and preparing students for college, but also in the developing thoughts in the mind of the practicing principal. It is important that, in the context of complex educational reform, principals would practice the discipline of deep reflection and critical analysis of their leadership practices to ensure they are leading schools where students are achieving meaningful learning. This research also serves as a springboard for further research and for informing the practice of those who are principals and for those who are preparing to be principals.
Book Synopsis First-year Principals in Urban School Districts by : Susan Burkhauser
Download or read book First-year Principals in Urban School Districts written by Susan Burkhauser and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principals new to their school face a variety of challenges that can influence their likelihood of improving their schools0́9 performance and their likelihood of remaining the principal. Understanding the actions that principals take and the working conditions they face in the first year can inform efforts to promote school improvement and principal retention, but the research on first-year principals0́9 experiences is limited. This report examines the actions and perceived working conditions of first-year principals, relating information on those factors to subsequent school achievement and principal retention. The study is based on multiple sources of data that were collected to support the RAND Corporation0́9s seven-year formative and summative evaluation of New Leaders. New Leaders is an organization that recruits, selects, prepares, and supports school leaders to serve in urban schools. The authors found that (1) over one-fifth of new principals leave within two years, and those placed in schools that failed to meet adequate yearly progress targets are more likely to leave; (2) there were no strong relationships among principals0́9 time allocation, student achievement, and retention; (3) teacher capacity and cohesiveness were the school and district conditions most strongly related to student outcomes; (4) principals0́9 reported future plans were not strongly related to retention.
Book Synopsis The Warrior Principal: New Leadership for Urban Schools by : Sean B. Yisrael
Download or read book The Warrior Principal: New Leadership for Urban Schools written by Sean B. Yisrael and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Warrior Principal: New Leadership for Urban Schools is a marriage between the Art of War and effective school leadership principles. It describes the mentality and actions school principals need in order to spearhead the process of successfully reforming a failing and/or struggling urban public school. This book also instructs principals on how to deal with resistance caused by change, district- and building-level politics, and ineffective staff members. It also provides a framework for improving staff morale, boosting student achievement, delegating authority, and creating a positive school culture.
Book Synopsis The New School Leader for the 21st Century by : Edward H. Seifert
Download or read book The New School Leader for the 21st Century written by Edward H. Seifert and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2002-10-16 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran educators Seifert and Vornberg utilize the six standards created by the Interstate School Leaders Consortium (ISLLIC) and used in developing and redesigning preparation programs and state certification examinations to discuss those issues faced by practicing elementary and secondary school principals. Each chapter begins with a short case study emanating from a fictitious school district and culminates with student activities that address the concepts discussed in the chapter. Questions and activities follow and provide the reader with an opportunity to apply the concepts discussed. This design makes it an ideal text for use with principal certification programs offered by higher education units and other alternative certification programs. The practice of the principalship is viewed by the authors as a systematic process that addresses the operation of a school as a set of interrelated parts and skills that work together to create a self-correcting model of student learning, teaching, and stakeholder participation. An instructor's manual is available as a separate publication.
Book Synopsis You’re the Principal! Now What? by : Jen Schwanke
Download or read book You’re the Principal! Now What? written by Jen Schwanke and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A principal’s job is astonishingly complex, and its competing demands can be overwhelming, especially in the first few years. In this book, Jen Schwanke, a principal herself, provides a mentor’s guidance to steer new principals through the period of adjustment and set the foundation for a long and rewarding career. The topics you wish your graduate program had covered are covered here—directly, practically, and without the jargon. Drawing on her own experience, Schwanke provides strategies for tackling the most common yet most daunting challenges of the principalship, including * Establishing productive professional relationships * Building and maintaining a positive school culture * Resolving conflict among staff and parents * Providing effective instructional leadership * Supporting students’ social-emotional needs * Conducting staff evaluations and delivering feedback * Keeping up with district, state, and federal mandates * Managing the facility and the budget * Providing focused and effective professional development * Prioritizing responsibilities * Learning from student and schoolwide data * Planning for growth and change * Working through behavior and discipline issues * Hiring high-quality teachers and supporting new ones * Leading effective meetings * Maintaining balance The standalone chapters provide easy access to the solutions you need for the situations you face. Along with real-life scenarios and critical tips for success, you’ll find helpful models of what to do, what to say, and how to say it. This book is a source for ideas any time you encounter a problem and think, “Now what?” It’s the beginning of an ongoing conversation about the wonderful and rewarding work of being a principal.
Book Synopsis An Urban District Case Study of High School Principals' Perceptions of the Influence and Impact of Standardized Assessments on Their Leadership Practices by : Scott Christopher Fike
Download or read book An Urban District Case Study of High School Principals' Perceptions of the Influence and Impact of Standardized Assessments on Their Leadership Practices written by Scott Christopher Fike and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyon City School District (CSD), an urban center located in up-state New York serves over 37,000 students spending $9,900 annually with 91% of its students receiving free or reduced lunches and 74% of its population classified as racial minorities. Lyon CSD also possesses the second highest number of SURR schools outside of New York City under No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) regulations. Bearing this in mind, as well as the increasingly critical eye cast on the actions of high school principals in an era of accountability reforms, this study posed the following three questions: (1) What are high school principals' perceptions of high-stakes, standardized assessments; (2) What are their self-described daily practices in response to these assessments; and (3) To what extent are their self-described practices consistent with their perceptions? Six principals from Lyon were selected to represent the three main categories of NCLB school classification, AYP, SRAP, and SURR, and participated in multi-part, three-session interviews. The first two interviews focused on gaining an understanding of these principals' perceptions of standardized assessments with the final interview focusing on their daily practices in response to these assessments. Principals reported that: (1) instructional time is perceived as lost as a result of the assessments; (2) classroom pedagogy is often becoming standardized and reduced to a skill and drill process; (3) external social factors are a significant negative influence on students' academic performance; and (4) intensification of cognitive and emotional demands and stress on students and teachers resulted in less attention to students' social and emotional well-being. Principals' responses also suggested that: improved test scores serve as the principals' de facto school vision; test data, while delayed in being returned, are not often used for diagnostic purposes; and curricula are being narrowed with the inclusion of tested subjects such as reading in other non-tested subjects in ways that suggest displacement of, rather than a claimed integration with, other subject matter.
Book Synopsis High Stakes Education by : Pauline Lipman
Download or read book High Stakes Education written by Pauline Lipman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the ways in which schools in urban areas are shaped and influenced by social, economic and political forces within the social environment. Utilizing research from schools in Chicago, the book will show how schools attempt to.
Book Synopsis Elementary School Principals in Action by : Wafa Hozien
Download or read book Elementary School Principals in Action written by Wafa Hozien and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concerns itself with the daily dilemmas of the elementary school principal and understanding the practical application of school leadership while improving the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (2015) competency. In order to improve PSEL (2015) competency, each case study is aligned to multiple standards. The case studies in this book can be a powerful tool for learning school leadership. It gives readers the opportunity to gain experience making decisions in the face of uncertainty, much as they will have to do every day when they are in the field or when they are ready to work in their chosen field. The result of candid interviews with school officials in America’s public schools, school improvement organizations, city and state departments of education, the case studies in this book explore complex issues in school leadership from school budget management to navigating parental concerns in the social media age. Each case study tells a detailed story which stops mid-action, asking the reader to imagine themselves into the shoes of a decision-maker facing a tough choice. As a result of these case studies classroom discussions are lively, and most important, there isn’t a single right answer. Readers practice taking positions and defending them based on the available evidence, while developing communication and critical thinking skills. This book is a must read for any emerging school leader.
Book Synopsis Turnaround Principals by : Kishia C. James
Download or read book Turnaround Principals written by Kishia C. James and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a progressive perspective of turnaround principals and adds to the current turnaround school literature. It includes stories of the lived experiences of three critically conscious principals’ journey to school transformation. The turnaround principals in this book disrupted cultures of oppression in predominantly African American schools. Through the power of transformative leadership these school leaders improved the academic outcomes for students as well as the working conditions of teachers and staff.
Book Synopsis Becoming a School Principal by : Sarah E. Fiarman
Download or read book Becoming a School Principal written by Sarah E. Fiarman and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principal’s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary one, offering few opportunities to reflect with colleagues. What does it take to manage the work of continuous improvement—to push staff members constantly to operate outside their comfort zones? What dilemmas and challenges must principals confront? How can school leaders learn from their mistakes and move forward? In Becoming a School Principal, Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a school principal committed to enacting a powerful vision of leading and learning. Drawing thoughtfully on the literature of school reform and change leadership, Fiarman discusses a wide range of topics, including empowering teachers, building trust, addressing racial and economic inequities, and supporting a culture of continuous learning, as well as thornier issues such as learning to use authority skillfully, dealing with resistance, and managing supervision and evaluation. The book addresses common challenges and highlights missteps as well as successes. A contributing author to several leading books on school reform and instructional improvement, Fiarman engages readers in a lively, frank, and revealing conversation about building the vision and capacity to provide effective instruction for all students and the intensely personal process of learning to lead.
Book Synopsis The Principal and Accountability by : Shirley Jean Hansen
Download or read book The Principal and Accountability written by Shirley Jean Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Principal's Office by : Kate Rousmaniere
Download or read book The Principal's Office written by Kate Rousmaniere and published by SUNYPress. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of principals in the United States. The Principals Office is the first historical examination of one of the most important figures in American education. Originating as a head teacher in the nineteenth century and evolving into the role of contemporary educational leader, the school principal has played a central part in the development of American public education. A local leader who not only manages the daily needs of the school but also represents district and state officials, the school principal is the connecting hinge between classroom practice and educational policy. Kate Rousmaniere explores the cultural, economic, and political pressures that have impacted school leadership over time and considers professionalization, the experiences of women and people of color, and progressive community initiatives. She discusses the intersections between the role of the school principal with larger movements for civil rights, parental and community activism, and education reform. The school principal emerges as a dynamic character in the center of the educational enterprise, ever maneuvering between multiple constituencies, responding to technical and bureaucratic demands, and enacting different leadership strategies. By focusing on the historic development of school leadership, this book provides insights into the possibilities of school improvement for contemporary school leaders and reformers.
Book Synopsis Urban School Principal Leadership Preparation by : James David Smith
Download or read book Urban School Principal Leadership Preparation written by James David Smith and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
