Full Description
This book is a must read for anyone who has a passion for leadership. Fitzpatrick's style and story presentation could be a blueprint for any leader in any profession. His insights into building a culture of leaders, through mentoring and distributing responsibility in growing the capacity of an organization while celebrating and affirming people are the tenants of his approach to authentic accountability, where people when feeling valued become invested and perform at a high level! In the book Fitzpatrick shares the POCDICE theory, the seven key processes of Leadership that every aspiring and seasoned leaders must become good at, while never becoming complacent in improving in their roles. They are: planning, organization, communication, decision-making, influence, coordination, and evaluation.
School Leadership and Governance in American schools is at a crossroads. Fewer candidates are entering this noble and honorable profession. We need great leaders for our schools and districts to flourish. This book is designed to inspire candidates to consider school and district leadership while giving insight into school governance from the principalship, superintendency, and Board of Education levels.
Contents
Foreword- The Honorable James E. Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin (2003-2011)
Preface: What I can offer you in your quest to be an Educational Leader!
Introduction
Chapter 1: Do I have the Pedigree to Lead?
Chapter 2: Everything Starts with Culture
Chapter 3: POCDICE: The Processes of Educational Leadership
Part 2: Leadership at the Building Level
Chapter 4: The Principalship: Instructional Leader or Manager?
Chapter 5: Hiring Great People: From Recruitment to Induction
Chapter 6: Selecting and Developing Assistant Principals
Chapter 7: Teacher Evaluation: A Reflective Look at Current Practice
Chapter 8: The Importance of Support Staff, Visibility, and Supervision in a Building.
Chapter 9: Decision Making -When the Tough Ones Come Your Way!
Part 3: The Superintendency, Board of Education and Life Balance:
Chapter 10: The Superintendency-Cannot do it alone!
Chapter 11: The Board of Education and Superintendent: Roles and Relationships!
Chapter 12: Life Balance
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