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“Certification, assessment, and standards for school principals are here to stay. Elaine Wilmore takes a fresh and innovative look at how standards for school administration are tied to the very core of educational leadership. A must read for all aspiring and practicing school leaders. Bravo!”
Theodore Creighton, Executive Director
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
“This book informs school leaders how they can carry out critical leadership responsibilities that will lead to ever higher levels of academic achievement for all students.”
John H. Stevens, Executive Director
Texas Business and Education Coalition and Chairman of the Board, Texas Principals Leadership Initiative
Principal Leadership is the first book on the market that provides you with the new ELCC standards in a cohesive, easy-to-follow manner!
Finally, the new joint Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards, now recognized as the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards, are at your fingertips, ready to be applied by principals as well as administrator preparation programs.
This is first book to make the connection between the new standards and the principal's leadership role in creating and sustaining a school's culture and values. Its simple, consistent format includes:
Meeting the standards for the learning community; Creating, developing, and implementing school vision and culture; Organizing learning community resources; Establishing collaborative partnerships within the school community; Dealing with the dilemmas, politics, and professional development in school communities; Transforming the learning community
In addition to a thorough discussion of the new standards, each chapter includes easy-to-use learning tools that include “Activities for Professional Development” and reflective questions to help individuals, groups, or classes get the most from the book's practical, insightful, and easy-to-read format. Principal Leadership is a must-read for current and future school leaders who recognize the increasing complexity of the principal's role in our ever-changing, complicated world.
Our Changing World and Schools: The Need for a Learning Community
Our Changing World and Schools: The Need for a Learning Community
It is not news to hear that our world is changing. Unless you are a hermit who has absolutely no contact with the outside world, the change in American culture comes as no surprise. Society is becoming increasingly diverse in race, culture, and language. The hard-and-fast rules that once applied to gender are no more. This is particularly evident in the home and the workplace. The stereotypical two-parent household of a generation ago has steadily eroded. In the past, parents' traditional roles were for the father to go to work to support the family while the mother stayed home, taking care of the children ...
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