Beginning the Assistant Principalship

A Practical Guide for New School Administrators
John C. Daresh - University of Texas, El Paso, USA
Beginning the Assistant Principalship
April 2004 | 120 pages | Corwin
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Establish your goals as an assistant principal!

Effective school leaders are critical to successful schools. Your service as an assistant principal may be one of the most challenging jobs you will ever have. Rarely are you able to predict what you will be doing each day, even from one moment to the next.

John Daresh's Beginning the Assistant Principalship provides you with excellent tools to navigate your way as a new administrator. Full of ideas for you to use in your work, this valuable resource helps you ask yourself the important questions, find answers, and develop strong plans of action. Some significant topics to help you in your new job include:

  • Building a platform
  • Developing leadership skills
  • Carrying out management skills
  • Maintaining balance and perspective
  • Knowing your job
  • Using effective disagreement to your advantage
  • Building your profile as a leader
  • Listening, listening, then listening some more

Whether your intention is to eventually assume the principalship using your current job as a kind of internship, or if you have decided to make the assistant principalship a career, this excellent book considers a wide variety of topics to help you succeed!

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Dedication

Dedication

1. Neither Fish Nor Fowl

  • Problem with Definition
  • The Invisibility Factor
  • So Why Do the Job?
  • Plan for the Book
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

2. It Begins With Values

  • Case Study: Because I Believe It's the Right Thing to Do
  • Building a Platform
  • What Do You Do With the Platform?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

3. A Personal Leadership Checklist

  • Leadership Skills
  • Another Approach to Leadership Analysis
  • So What Is Educational Leadership?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

4. Carrying Out Your Management Skills

  • Apparent Contradictions
  • Formal Requirements
  • Informal Tasks
  • Throughout the Year
  • Planning for the School Year
  • Before the Year Begins
  • After the Year Starts
  • Toward the End of the Year
  • Building a Personal Plan

5. Cool Your Ego

  • Maintaining Balance and Your Perspective
  • Talk With Your Principal
  • Count to Ten ... Again and Again
  • Closing Thoughts
  • Summarizing the Chapter

6. Assist the Principal

  • Know Your Job
  • Communication is the Key
  • Developing an Action Plan
  • Summarizing the Chapter

7. Reflect Before Talking and Acting

  • Why?
  • Why Not?
  • Tips for Effective Disagreement
  • Summarizing the Chapter

8. Listen, Listen ... Then Listen Some More

  • Listen Before Deciding
  • Can You Listen Too Much?
  • A Few Tips
  • Summarizing the Chapter

9. Ask to do More

  • Building Your Profile as a Leader
  • Where Do You Begin?
  • Volunteering to do More
  • Summarizing the Chapter

10. Stay Alive Professionally

  • Read, Read, Read
  • Summarizing the Chapter

11. Stay Positive

  • Positive Attitude is a Career Builder
  • Final Observations

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Establish your goals as an assistant principal!

Effective school leaders are critical to successful schools. Your service as an assistant principal may be one of the most challenging jobs you will ever have. Rarely are you able to predict what you will be doing each day, even from one moment to the next.

John Daresh's Beginning the Assistant Principalship provides you with excellent tools to navigate your way as a new administrator. Full of ideas for you to use in your work, this valuable resource helps you ask yourself the important questions, find answers, and develop strong plans of action. Some significant topics to help you in your new job include:

  • Building a platform
  • Developing leadership skills
  • Carrying out management skills
  • Maintaining balance and perspective
  • Knowing your job
  • Using effective disagreement to your advantage
  • Building your profile as a leader
  • Listening, listening, then listening some more

Whether your intention is to eventually assume the principalship using your current job as a kind of internship, or if you have decided to make the assistant principalship a career, this excellent book considers a wide variety of topics to help you succeed!

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Dedication

Dedication

1. Neither Fish Nor Fowl

  • Problem with Definition
  • The Invisibility Factor
  • So Why Do the Job?
  • Plan for the Book
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

2. It Begins With Values

  • Case Study: Because I Believe It's the Right Thing to Do
  • Building a Platform
  • What Do You Do With the Platform?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

3. A Personal Leadership Checklist

  • Leadership Skills
  • Another Approach to Leadership Analysis
  • So What Is Educational Leadership?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings

4. Carrying Out Your Management Skills

  • Apparent Contradictions
  • Formal Requirements
  • Informal Tasks
  • Throughout the Year
  • Planning for the School Year
  • Before the Year Begins
  • After the Year Starts
  • Toward the End of the Year
  • Building a Personal Plan

5. Cool Your Ego

  • Maintaining Balance and Your Perspective
  • Talk With Your Principal
  • Count to Ten ... Again and Again
  • Closing Thoughts
  • Summarizing the Chapter

6. Assist the Principal

  • Know Your Job
  • Communication is the Key
  • Developing an Action Plan
  • Summarizing the Chapter

7. Reflect Before Talking and Acting

  • Why?
  • Why Not?
  • Tips for Effective Disagreement
  • Summarizing the Chapter

8. Listen, Listen ... Then Listen Some More

  • Listen Before Deciding
  • Can You Listen Too Much?
  • A Few Tips
  • Summarizing the Chapter

9. Ask to do More

  • Building Your Profile as a Leader
  • Where Do You Begin?
  • Volunteering to do More
  • Summarizing the Chapter

10. Stay Alive Professionally

  • Read, Read, Read
  • Summarizing the Chapter

11. Stay Positive

  • Positive Attitude is a Career Builder
  • Final Observations

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Establish your goals as an assistant principal!

Effective school leaders are critical to successful schools. Your service as an assistant principal may be one of the most challenging jobs you will ever have. Rarely are you able to predict what you will be doing each day, even from one moment to the next.

John Daresh's Beginning the Assistant Principalship provides you with excellent tools to navigate your way as a new administrator. Full of ideas for you to use in your work, this valuable resource helps you ask yourself the important questions, find answers, and develop strong plans of action. Some significant topics to help you in your new job include:

  • Building a platform
  • Developing leadership skills
  • Carrying out management skills
  • Maintaining balance and perspective
  • Knowing your job
  • Using effective disagreement to your advantage
  • Building your profile as a leader
  • Listening, listening, then listening some more

Whether your intention is to eventually assume the principalship using your current job as a kind of internship, or if you have decided to make the assistant principalship a career, this excellent book considers a wide variety of topics to help you succeed!


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Dedication
  • 1. Neither Fish Nor Fowl
  • Problem with Definition
  • The Invisibility Factor
  • So Why Do the Job?
  • Plan for the Book
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings
  • 2. It Begins With Values
  • Case Study: Because I Believe It's the Right Thing to Do
  • Building a Platform
  • What Do You Do With the Platform?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings
  • 3. A Personal Leadership Checklist
  • Leadership Skills
  • Another Approach to Leadership Analysis
  • So What Is Educational Leadership?
  • Your Personal Plan
  • References
  • Additional Suggested Readings
  • 4. Carrying Out Your Management Skills
  • Apparent Contradictions
  • Formal Requirements
  • Informal Tasks
  • Throughout the Year
  • Planning for the School Year
  • Before the Year Begins
  • After the Year Starts
  • Toward the End of the Year
  • Building a Personal Plan
  • 5. Cool Your Ego
  • Maintaining Balance and Your Perspective
  • Talk With Your Principal
  • Count to Ten ... Again and Again
  • Closing Thoughts
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 6. Assist the Principal
  • Know Your Job
  • Communication is the Key
  • Developing an Action Plan
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 7. Reflect Before Talking and Acting
  • Why?
  • Why Not?
  • Tips for Effective Disagreement
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 8. Listen, Listen ... Then Listen Some More
  • Listen Before Deciding
  • Can You Listen Too Much?
  • A Few Tips
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 9. Ask to do More
  • Building Your Profile as a Leader
  • Where Do You Begin?
  • Volunteering to do More
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 10. Stay Alive Professionally
  • Read, Read, Read
  • Summarizing the Chapter
  • 11. Stay Positive
  • Positive Attitude is a Career Builder
  • Final Observations
  • Index

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