Today's school principal has a plethora of duties and responsibilities. Among many others, he/she is expected to supervise and monitor teacher progress in the classroom. Too frequently in the past, principals performed largely management duties in schools, but now each principal must also assist in teaching and learning situations. How might the…

Argues that supervisors and teachers need to plan cooperatively to develop a quality curriculum to assist pupils to achieve optimally. Discusses flexibility in leadership, openness to innovation, and visions of the future. (SR)

The school principal's role in assisting teachers to excel at various types of reading instruction is discussed. This paper addresses several types of reading instruction and principal involvement: (1) guiding primary grade instructors to value their students' personalized reading experiences through familiarity and with demonstration of new…