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Authors: Chris Hitch and David C. Coley
Prime yourself for all aspects of school leadership with effectiveness strategies from educators and experts Chris Hitch and David Coley. This comprehensive and practical handbook offers research-based tools to help you fulfill all of your leadership responsibilities on time and with laser-like focus. The authors also share tips from their combined experiences as elementary, middle, and high school principals.
Executive Skills for Busy School Leaders provides examples of best practices from the business and non-profit sectors and applies them specifically to schools. Topics range from managing time and leading high-performance teams to monitoring your budget and implementing a school improvement plan. Strategies include:
- Finding time for instructional leadership
- Diagnosing the strengths and needs of your school
- Leading a multi-generational faculty
- Data-driven decision making
- Managing high-, middle- and under-performing individuals
“New principals will find this book’s many concrete suggestions handy. This book will also serve as a useful guide or book-study subject for those responsible for mentoring new principals.”
-- Joseph Brown, Principal, Walker Middle School
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
- Moving Into a New Role
- Finding Time for Instructional Leadership
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Resource Management
- Managing Individuals
- Leading the Multigenerational Faculty
- Leading High Performance Teams
- Making Sure Your School Improvement Plan Works
- Decision-Making Disabilities and How to Avoid Them
- Making Meetings Work
- Keeping Your School in a Positive Light
- Making Change Stick
- References
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