1st Edition
The School Principal Visionary Leadership and Competent Management
Part One: Schools and Principals
1. Complex Nature of Schools
2. Principal Roles and Responsibilities
3. Effective Schools for All Students
Part Two: Leadership Expectations
4. Principal Behavior and Instructional Leadership
5. Organizing and Evaluating Instructional Programs
6. Building and Maintaining Relationships
Part Three: Managerial Responsibilities
7. Managing Material Resources
8. Managing Human Resources
9. Managing Pupil Services
10. Providing a Safe School Environment
Part Four: Vital Aspects of Practice
11. Problem Solving and Decision Making
12. Collaborative Efforts for School Improvement
13. Commitment to Being a School Administrator
Biography
Theodore J. Kowalski is the Kuntz Family Chair and Professor in Educational Administration, University of Dayton.
"An outstanding contribution to principal preparation! Written by a thoughtful scholar with extensive school leadership experience, The School Principal highlights the complex roles, responsibilities, expectations, and demands faced by principals."
--Lance D. Fusarelli, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, North Carolina State University"Kowalski has succinctly comingled theory with practice for all facets of the principalship with an emphasis on recent school reform efforts. The School Principal is an informative read for aspiring and practicing school principals and is especially suited as a required textbook for the principalship course."
-- I. Phillip Young, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of California, Davis
