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Direct linkBush, Tony – SAGE Publications (CA), 2008
Leadership is critical to educational development and specific preparation is vital if leaders are to maximise their effectiveness. In this major new text, Tony Bush draws on his extensive international experience and research to examine the case for leadership development and assess the different modes of preparation used in Europe, including the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Developed Nations
MacKay, Louise L.; Ralston, Elizabeth Welch – 1999
This book, designed as a mentoring and training tool for experienced and new secondary school principals, is a guide for attaining what the authors call "authenticity." An authentic principal is defined as one guided by service and responsibility for students and staff. The book is written in narrative form through the eyes of a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Guides, Management Development
Download full textOhio Association of Elementary School Principals, Westerville. – 1971
In two parts, this book first defines the evaluation of elementary school principals as having two major phases, job performance and professional growth. The job performance phase establishes minimum requirements and indicates level of attainment. The professional growth phase assists principals who meet minimum requirements to become more…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Educational Administration
Bloom, Gary S.; Castagna, Claire L.; Moir, Ellen; Warren, Betsy – Corwin Press, 2005
Research shows conclusively that principals and other school leaders are essential to school improvement, and that these individuals benefit from the intensive, contextualized support that a coach or mentor can provide. But how does a coach support a school leader in mastering the professional and emotional challenges of school leadership for a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Principals, Instructional Leadership
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 2003
This publication discusses effective leadership by presenting descriptions of practices for educational leaders. It focuses on six standards, known as the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL). The California standards, generated from national standards, have been updated and refined to reflect the continuing shift…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility
McEwan, Elaine K. – 2003
This book, intended to be a hands-on guide and training tool, contains basic principles for new principals. Following an introduction, each of the book's 10 chapters focuses on one of the essential components of personal effectiveness. A highly effective principal is: (1) a communicator; (2) an educator; (3) an envisioner; (4) a facilitator; (5) a…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals
Lindley, Frederick A. – 2003
Intended for the beginning principal and the principal's mentor, this book explores the duties in the principal's first year on the job from the viewpoint of both the principal and the mentor. It emphasizes organization during the first-year principalship; tasks to be accomplished each month; leading versus managing and how both can benefit the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals, Collegiality
Alford, Betty J., Ed.; Perreault, George, Ed.; Zellner, Luana, Ed.; Ballenger, Julia W., Ed. – NCPEA Publications, 2011
This is the 2011 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). This Yearbook contains five parts. Part I, Invited Chapters, includes: (1) NCPEA President's Message, 2011 (Gary W. Kinsey); (2) Shadows and Images II (Lloyd Duvall); and (3) Micropolitics in the School: Teacher Leaders' Use of Political Skill…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, College Faculty, Professional Associations, Yearbooks
Higley, Jerry – 1974
The individual growth brought about by a principal's informal reading, writing, consultation, and travel is simple to accomplish but hard to control and evaluate. The demand for accountability has made it necessary for the schools to engage in more formal methods of inservice training. In addition to being a means of keeping principals up-to-date…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Daresh, John C. – Corwin Press, 2006
This new edition of John C. Daresh's bestseller provides the resources needed to become a strong and effective leader. The reader will find out have they can: (1) Manage others' expectations as principal; (2) Master the technical skills necessary to run a school; (3) Create and clarify a personal professional growth plan; (4) Work effectively…
Descriptors: Values, Principals, Mentors, Instructional Leadership
Lambert, Linda – 2003
This book is intended to enable educators to more fully implement the concept of leadership capacity in schools and districts. It begins by outlining the five major prerequisites for high leadership capacity: (1) skillful participation in the work of leadership; (2) inquiry-based use of data to inform decisions and practices; (3) broad involvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Perreault, George, Ed.; Lunenburg, Fred C., Ed. – 2002
The 26 essays in the volume compose the 10th annual yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. The essays examine the pressing issues facing educational leaders from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The essays are as follows: "President's Message: Professors and Practitioners: Building Bridges…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education
