Leadership in America's Best Urban Schools

Leadership in America's Best Urban Schools
Author: Joseph F. Johnson, Jr.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317412397

Leadership in America’s Best Urban Schools describes and demystifies the qualities that successful leaders rely on to make a difference at all levels of urban school leadership. Grounded in research, this volume reveals the multiple challenges that real urban elementary, middle, and high schools face as well as the catalysts for improvement. This insightful resource explores the critical leadership characteristics found in high-performing urban schools and gives leaders the tools to move their schools to higher levels of achievement for all students—but especially for those who are low-income, English-language learners, and from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. In shining a light on the essential qualities for exceptional leadership at all levels of urban schools, this book is a valuable guide for all educators and administrators to nurture, influence, support, and sustain excellence and equity at their schools.

Principals and Student Achievement

Principals and Student Achievement
Author: Kathleen Cotton
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 087120827X

What are the direct and indirect influences of principals on student achievement? How do successful principals motivate others? What kinds of relationships do they have with parents, students, and staff? Principals and Student Achievement identifies 26 essential traits and behaviors of effective principals to show how they achieve success as instructional leaders. Based on a review of 81 key research articles from the last 20 years, this concise book examines how certain practices can affect student achievement, including: * Communication and interaction * Classroom observation and feedback to teachers * Recognition of student and staff achievement * Dedication to a safe and orderly school environment * Support of professional development of staff * Role modeling The book also reviews differences in instructional leadership between elementary and secondary principals, male and female principals, principals in high- and low-socioeconomic-status schools, and more. We all know that principals are important to student success, but few people have pinpointed exactly how they make a positive difference. At a time when principals are being asked to do more for school reform and accountability, Principals and Student Achievement provides a valuable resource for identifying what it takes to be an effective principal and, in turn, an effective school.

Navigating the Principalship

Navigating the Principalship
Author: James P. Spillane
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2019-08-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416627731

In Navigating the Principalship, James P. Spillane and Rebecca Lowenhaupt look at the major challenges of the principal position, examining how new principals adapt to the role, set an instructional agenda, and build cooperation and collaboration. They focus in particular on the dilemmas that mark the principalship—the inevitable, complicated conflicts that arise from a clash of worthwhile values and resist simple solutions, such as - Addressing the demands of various internal and external stakeholders - Accomplishing seemingly limitless tasks in limited time - Sharing leadership duties while maintaining ultimate responsibility for the school and everyone in it - Creating a safe space for teaching and learning while building bridges to the outside world - Balancing work life and home life Based on original research conducted with new principals in an urban environment, and rich with authentic voices discussing real conflicts and proven strategies, this book presents pragmatic ways to manage the most difficult parts of the job. Use it to spark both reflection and action and chart a course for effective, rewarding school leadership.

Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons

Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons
Author: Bret Allan Anderson
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2024-01-20
Genre: Education
ISBN:

There will always be a need for excellent school leaders. Bret Allan Anderson is one of these, as his career shows. Unlock the secrets to transformative leadership with Bret Allan Anderson’s Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons. This riveting journey of insights and strategies will inspire you to lead with purpose and impact. Anderson shares what he has learned as an educator and long-term administrator—lessons that transcend the world of education which would be helpful to any leader. Developing and mentoring leaders is his passion. Bret Allan Anderson has over 30 years in education—21 as a principal. He has turned around a high poverty building, and established another innovative school as a national model. Upon retiring, he founded Bret Anderson Consulting LLC. He is a leadership consultant, speaker, trainer, coach, and host of the weekly podcast Urban Principal: Leadership Lessons.

The Aspiring Principal 50

The Aspiring Principal 50
Author: Baruti K. Kafele
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416627766

So, you want to be a principal? Are you a new principal who could benefit from the wisdom of a successful four-time principal? Could you use help preparing for a school administrator job interview? Then this is the book for you. In The Aspiring Principal 50, school leadership expert Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions aimed at assisting both new and aspiring school leaders as they work to become effective school leaders and consider making a leap to a leadership position, respectively. This book will help aspiring principals determine whether "The Principal" is truly who they want to be and help new principals grow and thrive in the principalship. Additionally, the book contains an entire chapter devoted to preparing for the school administrator job interview. Kafele infuses the book from beginning to end with succinct advice on everything from remaining focused on the principal's number one priority—student achievement—to addressing maintenance concerns, managing budget allocations, and ensuring that the school's website puts the school in the best possible light. With The Aspiring Principal 50, you can increase the likelihood that your tenure as principal will be a successful, beneficial, and healthful one.

Exploring Principal Development and Teacher Outcomes

Exploring Principal Development and Teacher Outcomes
Author: Peter Youngs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Educational leadership
ISBN: 9780367404574

This edited volume examines innovative ways of preparing, supervising, and evaluating principals and explores factors that promote effective leadership practices. Chapter authors consider how principals' leadership practices affect teachers' instruction, satisfaction, commitment, retention, and effectiveness, and present evidence that principals can influence key student outcomes as well. Covering topics such as school leaders' use of time, their efforts to reduce implicit bias, how leadership practices are associated with teachers' workplace attitudes, leadership and student achievement, and how school leaders can best be supported under new federal legislation, this volume is a "must read" for educational leadership and policy faculty, school and district administrators, and researchers committed to promoting effective principal leadership.

Reflections of an Urban High School Principal

Reflections of an Urban High School Principal
Author: Bernard Gassaway
Publisher: Gassaway Alg
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2006
Genre: High school principals
ISBN: 9780976970903

In Reflections of an Urban High School Principal, Bernard reflects on some of his childhood experiences growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, New York. He also describes how he survived the NYC public school system as a student, only to return as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and superintendent. You will laugh and cry at his truths.

The Principal's Office

The Principal's Office
Author: Kate Rousmaniere
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1438448252

The Principal's Office is the first historical examination of one of the most important figures in American education. Originating as a head teacher in the nineteenth century and evolving into the role of contemporary educational leader, the school principal has played a central part in the development of American public education. A local leader who not only manages the daily needs of the school but also represents district and state officials, the school principal is the connecting hinge between classroom practice and educational policy. Kate Rousmaniere explores the cultural, economic, and political pressures that have impacted school leadership over time and considers professionalization, the experiences of women and people of color, and progressive community initiatives. She discusses the intersections between the role of the school principal with larger movements for civil rights, parental and community activism, and education reform. The school principal emerges as a dynamic character in the center of the educational enterprise, ever maneuvering between multiple constituencies, responding to technical and bureaucratic demands, and enacting different leadership strategies. By focusing on the historic development of school leadership, this book provides insights into the possibilities of school improvement for contemporary school leaders and reformers.