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Essentials for New Principals: Seven Steps to Becoming Successful, Key Expectations and Skills
| Author: |
Sorenson, Richard D. |
| Binding: |
Paperback
|
| List Price: | $38.99 |
| Our Price: | $7.70 CAD |
| Qty Avail: | 1 |
| ISBN: | 9781475871906 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
| Page Count: | 153 |
| Publication Date: | 12/5/2023 |
| Size: | 9.00" l x 6.00" w x 0.39" |
| Series: | N/A |
| Category | Subject |
|---|---|
| Education | Administration |
| Education | Leadership |
| Education | Professional Development |
Essentials for New Principals is a practical, research-based guide designed to help new and aspiring school principals develop the knowledge, leadership skills, and professional confidence needed to succeed in the principalship. Richard D. Sorenson organizes the book around seven essential steps, beginning with developing a personal plan for success and understanding the critical skills, expectations, responsibilities, and attributes associated with modern school leadership.
The book examines the principal's roles as lead learner, instructional leader, personnel supervisor, operations manager, and protector of a safe and effective learning environment. It also explores contemporary challenges facing administrators, including teacher shortages, changing technology, social media, activist parents, controversial issues, and the continuing effects of the pandemic. Later sections address building productive relationships within the school community, understanding school culture and longstanding traditions, managing change, and working effectively with policies, regulations, and legal responsibilities.
Case studies, discussion questions, practical examples, and leadership applications connect the concepts to situations principals may encounter in their schools. Overall, the book serves as both an introduction to the principalship and a practical professional-development resource for administrators seeking to build effective leadership practices and successfully navigate the complex academic, organizational, legal, and interpersonal demands of leading a school.
