The Assistant Principal's Handbook: Strategies for Success / Edition 1

by Jeffrey G. Glanz

Overview

Concrete suggestions, solutions, and scenarios empower assistant principals to maximize their impact, effectiveness, and satisfaction as they supercharge schoolwide achievement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761931034
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/08/2004
Series:	1-Off Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.49(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Jeffrey Glanz currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for University-School Partnership, Director of the Masters Program and the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinated the educational leadership program that led to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean University’s College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public schools. He has conducted numerous workshops and seminars internationally. Dr. Glanz has authored, coauthored, and co-edited 20 books and has many peer-reviewed article publications.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Past and Present Challenges to Assistant Principals as Instructional Leaders
2. Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
3. Clinical Supervision
4. Instructional Improvement
5. Curriculum
6. Program Development and Evaluation
7. Why Didn't They Teach Me This Stuff in Graduate School?
8. Do I Want to Remain an Assistant Principal?
Resource A: Annotated Bibliography
Resource B: Web Resources for Assistant Principals
References
Index