Changing Landscape of School Leadership

Recalibrating the School Principalship

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvM. Scott Norton

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The primary focus of the book is to emphasize the major changes in the leadership responsibilities of the school principal and to underscore the necessity for them to gain new knowledge and skills in order to direct their leadership toward meeting the new changes in school-community goals and objectives. M. Scott Norton emphasizes the fact that contemporary issues and problems must be viewed as symptoms of change. The symptoms represent administrative tasks that must be attacked by implementing the primary reason that the school principal is hired, that of leading on-going change. The leader’s responsibility focuses on school purposes as set forth in a viable school mission statement. The school’s mission statement, that all too often is set forth as a public relations perspective, must instead set forth answers to questions such as, “What is our purpose?” “Why does our school exist?” “What is our reason for being here?” “How do we meet the on-going changes that face us educationally?” The leadership of the school principal “attacks” the symptoms of change by collaborating with the school’s faculty to set forth a mission to which all members can commit. Collaboration infers a unification of members’ commitments toward the primary purposes of the school. Collaboration and opportunities to confer on an on-going basis are established. Although the school principal’s hands are often tied by such factors as lack of resources, underfunded/unfunded mandates, inability to hire and retain highly qualified personnel and constantly changing program requirements related to student testing and teacher performance evaluation, this book places emphasis on the principal’s need to become a visionary change agent in order to “attack” the ever changing symptoms of educational change.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-12-31
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt268 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor172
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475822472

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ForewordPrefaceChapter 1: What’s Happened in the Responsibilities of School Principals in the Ten Years from 2004 to 2015The Focus of Chapter 1Living the School’s VisionMeeting the Challenges of On-going ChangePre-quizDiscussion of the Answers for the Pre-quizStatus of Today’s School Principal: Retaining Principals on the JobStudent Attitudes and BehaviorsStudent Achievement and AccountabilityInclusion-Meeting the Needs of All StudentsEffective Time Management and Effective AdministrationThe Inadequacy of Preparation Programs for School LeadersDistributive Leadership Models for Meeting Program ChangesSnapshot #1-Using Teacher Talent for Resolving School ProblemsUnfunded and Underfunded MandatesJob Complexity-Job Stress—Job SatisfactionSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 2: Recalibrating the Principalship as a Leader of ChangeWhat Does a Viable Mission Statement Look LIke?Examples of School Mission StatementsThe Characteristics of Visionary LeadersThe Internal and External Environments in Which the School is EmbeddedThe Specific Benefits of Developing and Implementing the School’s Vision StatementA Mission Statement Quiz (MSQ)Discussion of the Mission Statement QuizScoring the MSQDevelopment of the School’s Mission Improvement GuideTying the School’s Mission Statement and the Improvement GuideSchool Board Policy: Guiding School Improvement PracticesLocal School Improvement StandardsExamples of Mission Improvement GuidesSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 3: Guiding the Role Changes for the Work of the School PrincipalWant Major Changes and Improvements? Then we must pay for themInvolvement of Educators in Politics is to be Avoided. Or is It?Recalibrating the Position Description of the School PrincipalThe Primary Contents of a Principal’s Position AnalysisLeadership for School Program ImprovementImplications for the Recalibration of the School PrincipalshipThe School and Power Structure AnalysisUsing an Issue Analysis Approach Being the Catalyst for Developing a Learning Culture in the SchoolHow to Know a Learning Leader When You See OneThe Learning Leadership Quiz (LLQ)Discussion of the LLQThe School Principal as the Primary Source for Providing Faculty Growth and DevelopmentEstablishing a Mentoring ProgramThe Benefits of a Mentoring for Both the Protégé and MentorQualities of an Effective MentorEstablishing an Effective Mentor Training Program SummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 4: Preparation and Licensing of School Principals: Reversing the Downhill TrendSnapshot #1-Football Practices On-line: Just KiddingThe History of Preparation Programs for School Principals: Help Wanted!New Procedures for Recruiting and Selecting School LeadersA Model for Principal Preparation Improvement ProgramsClarification of the Preparation ModelA New Look at Financing Education in AmericaThe Bachelor’s Degree Does Deserve Priority AttentionThe Master’s Degree Program for Potential Administrator CandidatesThe Continuous Improvement Program within the Administrator AcademyExamples of Administrator Academy ProgramsChecking Your ProgressPolices, Administrative Regulations and School RulesThe NEPN/NSBA Policy Codification SystemThe Davies/Brickell Codification SystemSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 5: Major Issues/Tasks, Challenges, Issues and Leadership Strategies for Attacking ThemDemands for Accountability and Leadership strategiesLeadership in ActionLightbulb Experience #1-Let’s Just Wait and SeeAttacking External Mandates and Other Program RequirementsSnapshot #5.1-Let’s Just Wait and SeeImproving School Climate: A Key for Student Academic SuccessEstablishing a Balanced Work-life for School PrincipalsParent Involvement and Support: Now It’s ControversialTeacher Personnel Issues/Problems: On the AttackHiring High Quality TeachersThe Troubled and/or Marginal Teacher ProblemCollegiality /Collaboration Time for Improving School ProgramsCollaboration and Special Project TeamsStudents with Special Needs: InclusionDealing with the School Principal’s Increasing Work LoadA Procedure for Analyzing Just How Your Time is Being SpentSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesAbout the Author

School principals face new challenges in regard to leadership responsibilities, goals and objectives. M. Scott Norton underscores the need to gain new knowledge and skills to create more effective leadership that emphasizes a collaboration with faculty in setting a mission to which all members can commit. Aspiring educational leaders will learn how to tackle the ever-changing challenges and trends encountered by school principals, and how to create a vision needed to succeed.