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The Principal's Guide to the First 100 Days of the School Year:
Creating Instructional Momentum
ISBN: 9781596672024
Product Code: 7202-4
©2012 / 7 X 10 inches / 144 pages
Shawn Joseph possesses a deep understanding of what both new and experienced principals want and need to know. All school leaders will find this book encouraging, informative, and relevant to their experiences.
-Todd Whitaker
Professor, Department of Educational Leadership,
Bayh College of Education, Indiana State University
An invaluable resource for school leaders, this book blends successful, research-based practices with practical day-to-day exemplars and guidance.
-Gregory E. Thornton, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools
About this Title
For veteran principals, new principals, and aspiring principals, this book is a valuable resource for building instructional momentum during the beginning of the school year. Educational leadership expert Shawn Joseph guides administrators through five key areas:
- Vision
- Instructional Leadership
- Politics
- Data
- Planning
With detailed timelines, practical advice, and ready-to-use resources, Joseph explains the essential steps to leadership success that will continue throughout the school year.
Contents
Introduction
1. Become the Great Communicator: The Power of a Shared Vision
2. Lead Others by Design
3. Think Like a Mayor
4. Party Like a Data Rock Star
5. Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
Master Timeline for the First 100 Days
Resources
References
Reviews Write a review
An invaluable resource for school leaders, this book blends successful, research-based practices with practical day-to-day exemplars and guidance. —Gregory E. Thornton, Ed.D. Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools
Shawn Joseph possesses a deep understanding of what both new and experienced principals want and need to know. All school leaders will find this book encouraging, informative, and relevant to their experiences. —Todd Whitaker, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Bayh College of Education, Indiana State University
The strengths of The Principal’s Guide to the First 100 Days of the School Year are the variety of examples, forms and charts in each chapter, the reflection questions, the timeline of activities listed from July to October and the annotated reading resources listed at the end. —Paul A. Shaw, Director of Educator Ethics, Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Related News & Media
Shawn Joseph quoted in District Administrator.
The Principal's Guide to the First 100 Days of the School Year: Creating Instructional Momentum was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of School Administrator.
Shawn Joseph was highlighted in the May 2012 issue of School Administrator.
The Principal's Guide to the First 100 Days of the School Year: Creating Instructional Momentum was reviewed in the April 2012 issue of Book News, Inc.
Shawn Joseph was interviewed in School Leadership Briefing.
Shawn Joseph congratulated in Johns Hopkins Alumni News.
The Principal's Guide to the First 100 Days of the School Year: Creating Instructional Momentum was reviewed in the popular education blog The Next Generation of Educational Leadership.
