The Principal's Companion: Strategies and Hints to Make the Job Easier - Couverture souple

Robbins, Pamela M.; Alvy, Harvey B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761945156 ISBN 13 : 9780761945154

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 2003

Synopsis

`This book adds extremely relevant knowledge and skills for innovative reformers and for more traditional leaders alike. It provides a solid set of interesting and shrewd suggestions that can be used immediately by practising principals′ - From the Foreword by Kent D Peterson, Professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Despite the administrative leadership training that most principals receive in university courses, their most useful learning doesn′t occur until they are on the job. And the new knowledge - much of it the result of trial and error, success and failure - is gained in relative isolation, simply because there is no one else at that responsibility level within the school. Pam Robbins, an educational consultant and Harvey B Alvy, a practicing principal, offer a well-organized, interactive manual for the role of principal. They have worked with hundreds of schools, educators, and other organizations around the world, collecting data that form the basis for The Principal′s Companion. This easy-to-read book combines the most helpful `tried-and-true′ strategies with the most relevant leadership research and theory. The authors discuss creative leadership and necessary skills, the wide variety of roles played by principals, how to create a `learning community,′ personal and professional issues, and much more. Quotes from practicing principals are included throughout the book, and readers are encouraged to jot down their own reflections about each chapter theme.

The Principal′s Companion is a rare opportunity to `collaborate′ with other principals - an excellent professional resource that will be referred to again and again. Ideal for practicing and aspiring principals, it is also highly useful as a text for administration courses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Pam Robbins earned her doctorate in educational administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, she consults with school systems, professional organizations, State Departments of Education, leadership academies, and corporations throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, and South America. Her presentation topics include professional learning communities, effective teaching, how the brain learns, emotional intelligence, leadership, teaching in the block schedule, peer coaching, school culture, and presentation skills. Pam has served as a teacher, high school basketball coach, administrator, director of special projects and research, and director of training for the North Bay California Leadership Academy. She has lectured at several universities, authored and co-authored books, and developed training materials for several principals’ academies. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761945156
• ISBN 13: 9780761945154
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible