Leader Ready

Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring School Leaders
Timothy Cusack - Concordia University of Edmonton
Vince Bustamante - Edmonton Catholic Schools
Leader Ready
May 2023 | 168 pages | Corwin
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The solution for preparing excellent school leaders is right in front of you

The best way to prepare aspiring leaders for principalship is to offer hands-on opportunities to develop the skills they’ll need when they’re in charge. Being a principal calls for originality, innovation, and the ability to work under pressure. Yet so few assistant principals and other aspiring leaders actually get to develop these competencies in meaningful ways that prepare them to lead a school with confidence.

Leader Ready presents a framework that walks aspiring school leaders along the path to strong and independent principalship by using a mix of professional knowledge, modeling, coaching, guided experiences, and mastery experiences. Full of processes, action steps, and examples from the field, features include;

  • A research-based plan for creating better conditions for aspiring leaders
  • Guidance for achieving systemic professional growth throughout the school year
  • Analysis of school-leadership standards to inform practice
  • Voices of leaders, aspiring leaders, and experts from the field
The role of the principal is far more complex and challenging than ever before! It is critical that we guide more aspiring leaders to the role of principal. Leader Ready has the tools to help you achieve this! This book will provide aspiring leaders, principals, and district leaders with the know-how to build new generations of successful school leaders.

Contents

Foreword by Peter M. DeWitt

  • Your Guide to This Book
  • Chapter 1: An Answer to Leadership in Crisis
  • Chapter 2: Raising the Bar of Leadership Standard
  • Chapter 3: Creating a Culture for Implementation
  • Chapter 4: Planning Guided Leadership Experiences
  • Chapter 5: Attaining Mastery Experiences
  • Conclusion: Implementing the Four Roots

Appendices

Appendices

Afterword

Afterword

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Description

The solution for preparing excellent school leaders is right in front of you

The best way to prepare aspiring leaders for principalship is to offer hands-on opportunities to develop the skills they’ll need when they’re in charge. Being a principal calls for originality, innovation, and the ability to work under pressure. Yet so few assistant principals and other aspiring leaders actually get to develop these competencies in meaningful ways that prepare them to lead a school with confidence.

Leader Ready presents a framework that walks aspiring school leaders along the path to strong and independent principalship by using a mix of professional knowledge, modeling, coaching, guided experiences, and mastery experiences. Full of processes, action steps, and examples from the field, features include;

  • A research-based plan for creating better conditions for aspiring leaders
  • Guidance for achieving systemic professional growth throughout the school year
  • Analysis of school-leadership standards to inform practice
  • Voices of leaders, aspiring leaders, and experts from the field
The role of the principal is far more complex and challenging than ever before! It is critical that we guide more aspiring leaders to the role of principal. Leader Ready has the tools to help you achieve this! This book will provide aspiring leaders, principals, and district leaders with the know-how to build new generations of successful school leaders.

Contents

Foreword by Peter M. DeWitt

  • Your Guide to This Book
  • Chapter 1: An Answer to Leadership in Crisis
  • Chapter 2: Raising the Bar of Leadership Standard
  • Chapter 3: Creating a Culture for Implementation
  • Chapter 4: Planning Guided Leadership Experiences
  • Chapter 5: Attaining Mastery Experiences
  • Conclusion: Implementing the Four Roots

Appendices

Appendices

Afterword

Afterword

Resources

Free Resources

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Leader Ready

Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring School Leaders

Timothy Cusack , Vince Bustamante
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May 2023 | 168 pages | Corwin

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The solution for preparing excellent school leaders is right in front of you

The best way to prepare aspiring leaders for principalship is to offer hands-on opportunities to develop the skills they’ll need when they’re in charge. Being a principal calls for originality, innovation, and the ability to work under pressure. Yet so few assistant principals and other aspiring leaders actually get to develop these competencies in meaningful ways that prepare them to lead a school with confidence.

Leader Ready presents a framework that walks aspiring school leaders along the path to strong and independent principalship by using a mix of professional knowledge, modeling, coaching, guided experiences, and mastery experiences. Full of processes, action steps, and examples from the field, features include;

  • A research-based plan for creating better conditions for aspiring leaders
  • Guidance for achieving systemic professional growth throughout the school year
  • Analysis of school-leadership standards to inform practice
  • Voices of leaders, aspiring leaders, and experts from the field
The role of the principal is far more complex and challenging than ever before! It is critical that we guide more aspiring leaders to the role of principal. Leader Ready has the tools to help you achieve this! This book will provide aspiring leaders, principals, and district leaders with the know-how to build new generations of successful school leaders.

Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Peter M. DeWitt
  • Your Guide to This Book
  • Chapter 1: An Answer to Leadership in Crisis
  • Chapter 2: Raising the Bar of Leadership Standard
  • Chapter 3: Creating a Culture for Implementation
  • Chapter 4: Planning Guided Leadership Experiences
  • Chapter 5: Attaining Mastery Experiences
  • Conclusion: Implementing the Four Roots
  • Appendices
  • Afterword

Recent Product Reviews:

Leader Ready gets to the root of what is holding back aspiring leaders from pursuing the role of principal and provides a blueprint for supporting our future leaders. Cusack and Bustamante draw from their many years in leadership to bring us this great advice. Leader Ready is a must for every principal’s bookshelf!
Carmen Markowski, St. Joseph Catholic School
We owe emerging school leaders the conditions, strategies, and opportunities necessary to grow and succeed. Cusack and Bustamante’s work is a major step forward in the right direction!
Wayne Davies, Nelson McIntyre Collegiate Institute
Leader Ready is a must-have resource for anyone supporting the development of aspiring leaders. Cusack and Bustamante’s Universal Leadership Standards, leadership development model, and templates provide a road map for building leadership capacity.
Kelli Leavell, Bremerton School District
Any leader at any stage in their career can gain something from this book. Cusack and Bustamante’s Universal Leadership Standards provide a framework that can be utilized by even the most seasoned educational leaders for years to come!
Ryan Persaud, The International School of Curitiba
Cusack and Bustamante provide us with a vision for inspiring the most opportune yet underserved school leaders: assistant principals. The authors’ focus on informed and strategic professional growth encourages aspiring leaders to engage with the challenges of today’s school systems with confidence and wisdom.
Sam Jordan, Alaska Council of School Administrators

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