This book advances discussion and disseminates knowledge and global perspectives on what school leadership looks like, how it is enacted and under what circumstances, and when or where lessons might be portable. This book has wide appeal for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners considering school leadership and how to support it…

The publication is advice designed to help employers in all schools with staffing and employment issues, and to inform their decision making. It advises on matters contained within the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 for maintained schools and for independent schools, which include academies and free schools, the Education (Independent…

This issue brief is part of a larger study of California continuation high schools begun in 2007. While the first phase of the study examined various alternative education options throughout the state, this second phase focused on 23 higher performing continuation high schools in California selected based on multiple student outcome measures. This…

The basic principles of time management are clustering similar activities, doing one thing at a time, and buffering yourself from messages that you either do not want at a particular time or do not need at all. (Author/IRT)

Provides time management strategies for principals who also teach. Advises organizing schedules, files, and materials, delegating routine tasks, coordinating forms and aadministrative structures, communicating directly and through conversational memos, building a cooperative staff, planning for systematic performance evaluation, and other hints.…

In 1990, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration identified 21 Performance Domains that define the basis for exemplary principal performance. Chapter 1 of this book challenges the principal to consider the 21 Domains in terms of the entire leadership performance of the school. Chapter 2 considers the unique role of the 21 Domains…

This book is written by two successful school principals that have provided practical lessons and activities that will build the leadership capacity of anyone who reads it. Included in this book are ways to increase collaboration with reciprocal benefits for leaders and followers and ways to develop and sustain top performance in leadership.…

Supervision is a method of teaching staff to act in more conscious ways--of providing them with deeper insights into the events surrounding them. To demonstrate this process, a guide for teachers and administrators who want to create good school climates and foster professional growth among staff members is presented here. The text uses a…

The purpose of this book is to help professional librarians gain administrator support for the library media center. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1, "Setting the Stage," explores the challenge and aspects of accountability that can be lost in the pressures of daily accomplishment. It details the personality characteristics found…

Presents 14 general guidelines for effective school management related to delegating responsibility; maintaining building attractiveness; maintaining a relaxed, positive attitude; dealing with parents and teachers effectively; hiring the best staff; listening to staff critics; learning what to ignore; walking the hallways; visiting classrooms; and…

Purpose: The study is a two-stage inquiry into the influence of high school principals and department chairpersons on the nature of science and mathematics teachers' community of practice participation. Of particular interest is the extent to which formal leaders influence the formation of productive communities of practice and the extent to which…

Students seeking certification in supervision and those seeking certification in educational administration were compared in order to examine differences in leadership styles. One hundred forty-nine educational administration students and 121 supervision students participated in the study at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Four…

Stresses the role of the elementary school principal in a school's science program. Provides ideas for getting the principal involved in your science program. Discusses some of the advantages of getting the school administrator personally involved in the school science program. (CW)

Counsels new superintendents to assess staff strengths and deficiencies before devising a plan that uses everyone's talents (even those of "turkey" principals) to fullest advantage. Strong communication and supervisory skills and firm administrative policies are essential to target weak performers and determine when transfers or dismissals might…

Distinguishes between the principal's roles as "manager" and "leader" in presenting the change agent functions of the principal. Outlines the results from a study of principal behavior that found that most principals and teachers see principals as action-oriented and change directed. (MD)