Introduction to the Principalship: Theory to Practice
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Description
The latest leadership textbook from respected author team Kaplan and Owings explores how principals can effectively build a culture around student achievement. Introduction to the Principalship helps aspiring principals understand how to develop a vision for improvement, make decisions and manage conflict, build teachers’ capacity, communicate, monitor the organization’s performance, and create a school climate of mutual respect. This important book provides readers with various leadership concepts to inform their practice, as well as the cognitive and practical tools to evaluate and prioritize what leadership actions to take. Each chapter offers opportunities for readers to create personal meaning and explore new ways of doing leadership to advance a positive, person-focused environment. Providing both the theoretical framework and skills for effective practice, Introduction to the Principalship addresses the issues most urgent and relevant for educational leadership graduate students learning how to build a school culture that promotes every student’s success… [From Amazon.com]
ISBN
9780415741965
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Routledge
City
New York, NY
Keywords
School principals, School management, School organization, United States
Disciplines
Educational Administration and Supervision | Educational Leadership
Recommended Citation
Kaplan, Leslie S. and Owings, William A., "Introduction to the Principalship: Theory to Practice" (2015). Educational Foundations & Leadership Faculty Books. 1.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/efl_books/1