1st Edition

Great Assistant Principals and the (Great) Principals Who Mentor Them A Practical Guide

By Carole Goodman, Christopher Berry Copyright 2011
    168 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    168 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    Written for principals and assistant principals to read and reflect on together, this book describes the most common challenges facing today’s assistant principals – and provides practical solutions. Authors Carole Goodman and Christopher Berry examine how principals and assistant principals can develop the kinds of relationships that serve to meet the needs of students, staff, and parents. Contents include: The Difference between the Principal’s Job and the Assistant Principal’s Job, The Assistant Principal Role: What the Students Need, The Assistant Principal Role: What the Staff Needs, and Principal and Assistant Principal Communication: The Honest High-Wire Act.

    Meet the Authors Preface
    Introduction
    What This Book Is, What it Isn't, and How to Use It
    Making the Case for Strong Relationships
    Roadblocks to Assistant Principal Development: Two Perspectives
    What This Book Is and Isn't
    More...
    1. The Traditional Assistant Principal in Nontraditional Times
    Once Upon a Time
    Assistant Principal 2.0: The Evolution From Training to Leadership Development
    The Assistant Principal Assignment: Old School vs. New School of Thought
    A New Approach to the Assistant Principal Assignment: Shuffle and Deal
    More...
    2. The Difference Between Principal's Job and the Assistant Principal's Job
    The Deceiving Look of the "Glamorous Principalship"
    The Rhyme and Reason of Delegation
    The (Temporary) View from the Big Chair
    Shining a Spotlight on the Assistant Principal
    More...
    3. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Students Need
    "Getting to Know You..."
    Keeping It Positive, Keeps It Productive
    Knowing Their Name Isn't Enough: Knowing What They Need
    When What the Student Needs Has Little to Do with the Classroom
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    4. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Staff Needs
    Recognizing the Difference Between What Teachers Want and Need
    Implementing the Principal's Vision: Do You See What I See?
    Follow the (Instructional) Leader: What Does the Data Tell Us?
    Collaboration Beyond "Playing Well with Others"
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    5. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Parents and Community Need
    A Conversation with a Parent Is Rarely a One-on-One Proposition
    The Assistant Principal as Community Organizer
    The Most Important Question Concerning Parents
    Why Don't Parents Come with an Instruction Manual?
    More...
    6. Hey! What About What I Need? And How Do I Know This?
    Examining Both Sides of the Equation: Personal and Professional Needs
    Experience (and the Experience of Others) Is the Best Teacher
    The Care and Feeding of an Assistant Principal
    You Can't Take Care of Others If You Don't Take Care of Yourself
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    7. Principal and Assistant Principal Communication: The Honest High-Wire Act
    Walking the Walk
    Metacognitive Processing: Was I Just Thinking That or Did I Say it Out Loud?
    In the Loop, Part I: The Principal Never Likes Surprises
    In the Loop, Part II: The Principal's Eyes and Ears
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    8. Assistant Principal Communication: How to Effectively Connect with Others
    Learning from "The Great Communicator"
    The Risks of Putting It Out There
    ...And Speaking of E-mail
    Administrators Sometimes Need Extended Time, Too
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    9. Building the Administrative Team
    Two Powerful Building Blocks
    Assistant Principal Assignments: The Great Balancing Act
    Hey! I'm Doing All the Heavy Lifting Here!
    Competition Is Not Always a Healthy Thing
    More...
    10. Fostering Other Productive Relationships
    Choosing Your Professional Friends Wisely
    Who Is On Your Speed Dial?
    The Value of the Cohort: Mix and Match Your Own
    The Person Who Really Runs the School
    More...
    11. Help! I'm a Brand-New Assistant Principal and I'm Drowning!
    The New Assistant Principal: Bring Your Life Vest
    Your Assignment: How to Avoid Drawing the Short Straw
    Piling Your Plate Too High and Other Hazards
    Lines of Communication: Keeping Them Untangled
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    12. Why Try New Things If I Know What I Do Well?
    Logic Doesn't Always Make the Most Sense
    Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone Without "Stepping In It"
    Venturing WAY Out of Your Comfort Zone
    It Isn't the "What" of New Things, It's the "Who"
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    13. When a Crisis Hits (and It Will)
    The Lessons of 9/11
    The Most Important Resource in a Crisis: Quick Thinking and Common Sense
    When the Principal's Away
    No One Crisis is the Same as the Next
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    14. Creating Opportunities: Is There a Road Map Out There?
    Wanted: A Career GPS
    The Principal as Tour Guide
    Opportunity Comes in Different Packages for Different Reasons
    Asking for Directions Before You Get Lost
    15. What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? Suppose It's an Assistant Principal?
    I'm "Just" An Assistant Principal
    Why Have I Remained an Assistant Principal? Plenty of Good Reasons!
    I'm a Career Assistant Principal - Am I Stuck?
    Working with the Principal and (Sometimes) as the Principal
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    16. What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? Suppose It's a Principal?
    "When You Get to the Fork in the Road, Take It"
    Being in the Right Place
    ...At the Right Time
    The Prospective Principal (and Boy Scout) Motto: Be Prepared
    More...
    17. "I Love My Job, But..."
    It's All About Time
    It's Really All About How I Coordinate My Time with Others
    OK, So It's REALLY All About How and When I Structure My Day, In General
    The True Bigger Picture
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    18. A Final Word
    So What's the Priority?
    Now More Than Ever: the Principal as Mentor
    The Ultimate Principal Responsibility: Mentor and Develop Your Replacement
    Keeping It All in Perspective

    Biography

    Carole C. Goodman, Christopher S. Berry,