1st Edition
Countdown to the Principalship How Successful Principals Begin Their School Year
This book displays tools and templates for planning, organizing, and monitoring a beginning principal's daily tasks.
Preface
List of Downloadable Templates on Our Website
1 The Framework for School Leadership Accomplishments
2 Accomplishment: Defining Learning Goals
3 Accomplishment: Providing Instruction
4 Accomplishment: Sustaining Student Climate
5 Accomplishment: Providing Related Services
6 Accomplishment: Mobilizing Resources
7 Accomplishment: Organizing and Supporting School
8 Accomplishment: Supporting Staff
9 Accomplishment: Supporting School Renewal
10 Accomplishment: Sustaining Family and Community Partnerships
Appendix: Accomplishments and School Leadership
References and Resources
Index
Biography
Anne O’Rourke, a former principal, central office administrator, administrative coach, and adjunct professor, is the Project Director of the New School Leadership Project at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs., Jackie Provenzano, a former principal, was named Principal of the Year by the National Center to Save Our Schools and Alive to Strive Administrator of the Year., G. Thomas Bellamy, Curriculum Consultant for the New School Leadership Project, is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington at Bothell., Karen Ballek, a former principal, has served as an administrative coach, management consultant, and adjunct professor.
