Steps to success : what successful principals do everyday /
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Steps to Success
- Steps to Success: What Successful Principals Do Every Day
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Daily Step #1
- Where Have You Been
- Where Are You Going?
- Yes, It's a Journey!
- Who Are You? Who Do You Want to Be? Where Do You Want to Go?
- A Time to Think, a Time to Reflect: A Brief Leadership Model for Embracing the Day, Embracing the Leadership Role
- Mastering a Set of Essential Leadership Skills to Embrace Daily Challenges
- Embrace Involved Service
- Final Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study Application- Chasing Lions: Embracing Involved Service
- Chapter 2
- Daily Step #2
- Getting Organized and Staying Organized-A Daily Process
- Areas of Relevant Leadership Preparedness
- Behaviors of the Organized and Prepared Principal: A Leadership Assessment
- Eat the Frog: A Brief Leadership Model for Being Both Organized and Prepared
- Final Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study Application-Prepared and Organized: One Principal's Journey
- Chapter 3
- Daily Step #3
- What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
- The Situational Principal
- Shared Leadership
- Supporting Novice Faculty
- Investing in New and Experienced Faculty
- In with the New, Out with the Old: A Principal Conundrum?
- Delegating: A Mentoring Act, Not a Dumping Act
- Connecting to Students
- From New Principals to Successful Principals
- Encouragement, Inspiration, and Motivation
- Trust but Verify
- Final Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study Application- "And I Wanted to Be a School Principal!"
- Chapter 4
- Daily Step #4
- Anticipating the Work Day and Work Week
- Checking the Pulse
- Mindfulness
- Culture, Goals, and Honesty: Principal Guides to Better Anticipating, Adjusting, and Learning
- Adjusting for Everyday Events
- Handling Crises
- Mindful of "Top-Down" Dictates and Demands: Principals on the "Frontline"
- Understanding Similar Events May Have Different Outcomes
- Final Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study Application-Strangers, A True Story of Principal Leadership: Anticipating, Adapting, Adjusting, and Learning!
- Afterthought
- Chapter 5
- Daily Step #5
- What Do You Bring to the Table?
- Unconscious or Implicit Bias
- Successful Principals and Implicit Bias
- Addressing Bias
- The Principalship and Marginalized Groups
- Communication: A Key to a Successful Principalship
- Juan's Story: "Yo Hablo Español?"
- Successful Principals Encourage Alternative Views and Embrace Opposing Views
- Never "No" but "Let's Arrange to Meet"
- Successful Principals Embrace Diverse Personalities and Perspectives
- How to Work with Difficult Teachers
- Final Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study Application-What Are You Doing or What Should You Be Doing?
- Chapter 6
- Daily Step #6