Table Of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Part I. The Principal's Many Roles
• 1. Leader as Learner
• Principal as Lifelong Learner
• Learning in Many Contexts
• The Expanding Role of the Principal
• A Global Perspective
• When Old and New Ideas Converge
• Reflections
• 2. Leader as Manager
• Instructional Leadership Requires Effective Management
• Management Responsibilities and Strategies
• Crisis Management Planning
• A Final Observation Regarding School Management
• Reflections
• 3. Leader as Shaper of School Culture
• Core Values and Beliefs Are the Heart of Culture
• The Physical Environment Reflects Core Values: Portraits of Practice
• Rituals Display Core Values and Call Attention to What Is Important
• Celebrations Call Attention to What Is Important
• How People Spend Time Reflects Core Values
• Norms Are the Unwritten Rules of Culture
• Powerful Stories Communicate and Reinforce Cultural Values
• Reading, Transforming, or Shaping a Culture
• Final Thoughts on Culture
• Reflections
• Part II. Critical Skills for Effective Leadership
• 4. The Art of Human Relations: Getting the Job Done
• Task and Relationship Behaviors
• Differentiated Support
• Personality Styles
• Recommendations for Skillful Human Relations
• The Role of Emotions in the Organization: Remembering the Heart
• Reflections
• 5. Managing Time: Leading With Purpose
• Brevity, Fragmentation, and Variety
• Techniques for Time Management
• Managing Bifocally
• Multitasking: A Modern-Day Solution or Hazard?
• Final Thoughts on Using Time
• Reflections
• 6. Effectively Working With the Central Office: Coordinating Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development
• Caught in the Middle
• How Is the School District Governed?
• Communication Between the Schools and the Central Office
• The District Office as a Teaching and Learning Center
• The District Office and Principal Evaluations: Partnering for Success
• Management Tips for Working With the Central Office
• Maintaining a Strong Relationship Between the Central Office and the School
• Forging a School and Central Office Partnership: Putting Staff and Student Learning First
• Reflections
• Part III. Honoring the School's Mission
• 7. Understanding, Planning, and Implementing Change
• Guiding the Change Journey: Three Questions
• Understanding Change
• Change Brings Loss and Resistance
• Change Influences Individuals and the Organization
• Failure, Risk-Taking, and Conflict: Ingredients for Change
• Strategies to Promote Trust
• Classical Insights Regarding Change and Continuous Improvement
• Three Phases of Change
• A Look at Change From the Individual's Perspective
• Stages of Concern
• Some Final Thoughts on Change
• Reflections
• 8. Building a Vision and a Mission Together
• Reflecting on Vision and Mission
• Why Have a Shared School Vision and Mission?
• School Activities That Highlight the Mission
• Mission-Building Activity
• Developing Yearly School Improvement Goals to Accomplish the Mission
• Reflections
• Part IV. Working Together to Build a Learning Community
• 9. Enhancing Teacher Growth Through Supervision and Evaluation Practices Designed to Promote Student Learning
• Issues and Dilemmas
• Essential Ingredients for Successful Supervision
• Effective Instructional Strategies
• Brain-Compatible Teaching Practices
• Guidelines to Successfully Navigate Through Required State and District Teacher Evaluations Frameworks
• Increasing Teacher and Administrative Understanding Through Reflective Clinical Supervision
• Tips for Conferencing and Observing
• Walk-Throughs, Instructional Rounds, Snapshots, or Drive-Bys
• Guidelines Related to Evaluation and Legal Concerns
• Final Thoughts on Supervision and Evaluation
• Reflections
• 10. Maximizing Feedback About Teaching: Differentiated Professional Growth Options
• Reflections on Feedback
• Creating the Environment for Maximizing Feedback
• Building a Foundation: Getting Started
• Moving Toward Collaborative Feedback
• Differentiated Professional Growth Options: How the System Works
• Sources of Feedback: Categories and Approaches
• Self-Assessment: Establishing Benchmarks of Progress
• Individual Reflection and Institutional Renewal
• Reflections
• 11. Building a Collaborative School: The Power of Teacher Leadership and Community
• Portrait of a Collaborative School: A Professional Learning Community
• An Image of Reality: Obstacles to Collaboration
• The Case for Collaboration
• Moving Toward Collaboration
• Necessary Conditions for a Collaborative School
• Teacher Leadership and the Collaborative School
• The Principal and Collaboration
• Some Final Thoughts on Collaboration
• Reflections
• 12. Fueling the Learning Organization Through Professional Development
• Why Professional Development?
• Professional Development Defined
• Standards for Professional Learning
• Creating a Context Where Professional Learning Thrives: Some Guidelines
• Leadership Teams and Professional Learning
• Optimizing the Individual's Professional Learning Experience
• Central Office Support for Professional Learning
• Final Thoughts on Professional Learning
• Reflections
• 13. Faculty Meetings: A Tool for Capacity Building
• Faculty Meetings as Learning Opportunities--Getting Started
• The School Mission and Faculty Meetings
• Increasing Teachers' Roles in Faculty Meetings
• Some Successful Faculty Meeting Strategies: Stories of Practice
• Faculty Meeting Strategies That Work!
• A Final Thought
• Reflections
• 14. Asking the Right Questions About Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Getting to Know the C.I.A.
• We Live in Interesting Times
• Asking the Right Questions
• Continuing the Curriculum Discussion
• Reflections
• Part V. Starting Effectively and Staying the Course
• 15. First Days of School
• Logistical Concerns
• Beginning-of-the-Year Faculty Meetings Set a Tone
• Departmental and Grade-Level Meetings
• Orienting Teachers Who Are New to the School
• Teacher Time in the Classroom
• Welcoming Students and Parents
• Be Visible on the First Days of School
• Reflections
• 16. Tips: Ideas That Work and Align With the School's Mission
• Organizing Your Time
• Additional Helpful Ideas to Stay On Task
• Tips From a Superintendent: What Makes a Successful 21st Century Principal
• The School Budget: Common Sense Efficiency Tips Based on the Mission
• Providing Experiences to Celebrate the School's Culture
• Tips on Opening a New School
• Tips on Using Technology to Enhance a Principal's Performance
• Using Tips in Your Setting
• Reflections
• Part VI. Embracing Your Constituencies
• 17. Working With Parents and Partnering With the Greater Community
• Effectively Communicating With Parents
• Building Bridges With the Parent Community
• Additional Ways to Bring Parents and Community Members Into School
• Broadening School Support and Partnerships
• Community-Based Organizations
• Seeking School Support Through Educational Grants
• Reaching Out and Working With the Media
• A Reflection on Partnering With Parents and the Community
• Reflections
• 18. Making a Difference for Students: The Heart of the School
• The Challenge of Excellence and Equality, Social Justice, and School Leadership
• "Those Kids" and Their Stories
• The Right to Be a Child and to Make Mistakes
• Maximizing Opportunities for Students With Disabilities
• Response to Intervention (RTI)
• School Discipline: The Principal's Role, the Discipline Gap, and Promising Options
• Broad Disciplinary Guidelines
• Reducing Bullying Behavior
• Cyberbullying and Social Responsibility
• Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
• Graduating America's Youth: Making Progress on a Long Road
• Student and Teacher Resiliency
• Final Thoughts on "Those Kids"
• Reflections
• VII. The Principal's Professional and Personal Worlds
• 19. The Newcomer to the Principalship
• Problems That Challenge New Principals
• A Profile of the New Principal
• Helping Prospective and New Principals Make the Grade
• Practical Suggestions for Newcomers
• Final Thoughts on the Newcomer Experience
• Reflections
• 20. Taking Care of Yourself
• Achieving Success Over Stress
• Taking Control of Time
• Towards Realizing the Vision: A Personal Mission Statement
• Gaining Perspective by Spending Time With Students
• Body and Mind: Healthy and Ill Together
• Reflections
• 21. Keeping the Professional Candle Lit
• Institutionalizing Professional Learning
• Reflection as a Tool
• A Principal's Portfolio
• Other Growth Opportunities
• Reflections
• 22. Reflections on the Principalship
• Serving the School Community
• Where Do We Go From Here?
• The Good School
• Take Time to Smell the Roses
• Reflections
• References and Additional Readings
• Index