Principalship from A to Z, The (Study Guide)

by Ronald Williamson, Barbara Blackburn

Overview

Written to accompany the strategies presented in The Principalship from A-Z, the activities in this book will help you apply the leadership concepts of Blackburn and Williamson to your own experiences as principal. Here, the authors guide you through the process of turning each idea into an actionable plan for your school, allowing you to take productive next-steps immediately. The activities in this guide prompt you to ACT: Assess where you are right now. Identify your school's strengths and challenges; Consider trying something new, step out of your comfort zone, and visualize yourself implementing a better plan; and Take away a valuable idea. Put your strategy into practice as soon as today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317922933
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/09/2014
Series:	A to Z Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ronald Williamson is a professor of leadership and counseling at Eastern Michigan University. Previously, he taught at the University of North Carolina and was a teacher, principal, and executive director of instruction in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, Public Schools. Currently, he is serving as an assessment and scheduling consultant as well as editor of research briefs for the Principals’ Partnership, a program of the Union Pacific Foundation. Dr. Barbara Blackburn has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Barbara has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies. She holds a master’s degree in school administration and is certified as a school principal in North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Meet the Authors

Acknowledgements

How to Use this Study Guide

A. Achievement is the Focus

B. Beginnings, Endings, and School Culture

C. Conducting Successful Meetings

D. Data-Driven Decisions

E. Effective School and Classroom Discipline

F. Finding the Right People

G. Grading and Assessment

H. Helpful Resources

I. It's All About Instruction

J. Juggling Priorities

K. Keys to Successful Public Relations

L. Looking at Student Work

M. Managing Schedules

N. New Ideas, New Challenges

O. Ownership Means More than One

P. Professional Development Facilitates Growth

Q. Quality Teacher Evaluation

R. Recognizing the Law

S. Seeing with New Eyes

T. Teaming with Families and Communities

U. Under Pressure

V. Vision

W. Working Together for the Future

X. The X Factor

Y. Year after Year

Z. Zooming in on Future Trends