Full Description
Veteran educators Seifert and Vornberg utilize the six standards created by the Interstate School Leaders Consortium (ISLLIC) and used in developing and redesigning preparation programs and state certification examinations to discuss those issues faced by practicing elementary and secondary school principals. Each chapter begins with a short case study emanating from a fictitious school district and culminates with student activities that address the concepts discussed in the chapter. Questions and activities follow and provide the reader with an opportunity to apply the concepts discussed. This design makes it an ideal text for use with principal certification programs offered by higher education units and other alternative certification programs. The practice of the principalship is viewed by the authors as a systematic process that addresses the operation of a school as a set of interrelated parts and skills that work together to create a self-correcting model of student learning, teaching, and stakeholder participation. An instructor's manual is available as a separate publication.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Section I: Vision for a Community of Learning Chapter 3 1 Fort Spirit School District Chapter 4 2 Leadership in the Community Chapter 5 3 School Improvement Part 6 Section II: Instruction and School Culture Chapter 7 4 School Culture and Accountability Chapter 8 5 Curriculum Development Chapter 9 6 Principal and Instructional Leadership Chapter 10 7 Student Services and Activities Part 11 Section III: Campus and Community Collaboration Chapter 12 8 Mobilizing School and Community Resources Chapter 13 9 Principal As Director of Marketing Chapter 14 10 Site-Based Decision Making in the Campus Community Chapter 15 Section IV: Integrity and Ethics for Campus Leadership Chapter 16 11 Ethical Behavior for the Principal Part 17 Section V: Organizational Management and Operations Chapter 18 12 Budgeting within the School's Community Chapter 19 13 Leadership in Managing Human Resources Chapter 20 14 Creating Safe Schools Chapter 21 15 Facilities Leadership Part 22 Section VI: The Politics of the Educational Environment Chapter 23 16 Politics for the Principal Chapter 24 17 Economic and Policy Implications for the Principal Part 25 Appendix: Fort Spirit School District Background and Informational Data Part 26 Index Part 27 About the Author
