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Author Bellamy, Tom

Title Countdown to the Principalship : How Successful Principals Begin Their School Year
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (428 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Meet the Authors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Downloadable Templates on Our Website; 1 The Framework for School Leadership Accomplishments; How this Resource Guide Is Organized to Help New Principals; The Framework for School Leadership Accomplishments; Creating Your Personal Entry Plan; Let's Get Started!; 2 Accomplishment: Defining Learning Goals; Getting "A Feel" for Your Curriculum and Programs; Review the Content Standards and Benchmarks for Each Grade Level/Core Subject
Schedule "Student Learning" Conversations with Staff Members. Building a Positive Relationship with Curricular Leaders in Your School; Building New Staff Members' Confidence and Competence with the Curriculum; Is There a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum?; Chapter Summary; 3 Accomplishment: Providing Instruction; Understanding Your School's Instructional Focus; Review of Specific Instructional Programs; Instruction: Where Is Its Place on the Staff Meeting Agenda?; Identifying "Look For's" in the First Weeks of Instruction; Conducting Classroom Walk-Throughs
Purposes and Benefits of Conducting Walk-ThroughsDowney's Five-Step Process for the Three-Minute Walk-Through.; Informing Your Staff about Your Walk-Through Practice; Discussing Lesson Plans; Reviewing Your School's Homework Policies and Practices; Chapter Summary; 4 Accomplishment: Sustaining Student Climate; Understanding How Your Students Perceive Their School; The Facility: Is It an Environment for Teaching and Learning?; The Student Handbook: What Messages Does It Give?; Student Survey Data: What Can We Learn?; Setting the Stage and Establishing the Tone for the School Year
Building Productive Relationships With StudentsImplementing Clever Ideas to Enhance Student Climate; Start-Up Assemblies; Tradition-Building Activities; Focusing on Achievement; Support Activities; Chapter Summary; 5 Accomplishment: Providing Related Services; Identifying Related Services For Students; Why Are Related Services Important?; What Do You Need to Do Now?; Guiding Questions to Analyze Related Services; Common Related Services for Students; Helping Staff, Students, and Parents Know What Is Available; Helping Staff Access Support Services
Helping Parents and Students Access Support ServicesInforming Parents of Related Services; Assuring That Students Get the Help They Need in Time-On Time.; Chapter Summary; 6 Accomplishment: Mobilizing Resources; Identifying External Resources; Setting the Stage to Maximize Resource Use and Impact; Developing Relationships With External Resources and Contacts; Identifying External Resources and Contacts; Strategies for Relationship Building; Updating Staff; Steps to Follow; Template 10. Community Partnerships-Volunteers
Summary This book displays tools and templates for planning, organizing, and monitoring a beginning principal's daily tasks
Notes Informing Community Partners and Volunteers about School Information and Procedures
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Form Electronic book
Author Provenzano, Jackie
O' Rourke, Anne
ISBN 9781317923275
1317923278