The Principal's Companion
Author | : Pam Robbins |
Publisher | : Corwin Press |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2009-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781412965491 |
ISBN-13 | : 1412965497 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Principal's Companion written by Pam Robbins and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of the bestseller by Pam Robbins and Harvey B. Alvy serves as a personal mentor for principals and provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities to help practicing and aspiring administrators facilitate educational improvement. Principals will find guidance in such critical areas as leadership skills, developing vision and mission, teacher evaluation and supervision, curriculum, technology use, conducting faculty meetings, and more. The revised edition reflects changes taking place within a wide range of educational issues, including: Data-driven decision making and high stakes accountability Shaping school cultures to promote professional learning communities Instructional implications of brain research Social justice Social and emotional learning Examining the high school dropout crisis Ethical leadership Cyberbullying and social responsibility Federal legislation and its effect on instructional practices