The Principal Reboot: 8 Ways to Revitalize Your School Leadership

by Jen Schwanke

Overview

Today's school principals face unprecedented challenges that can overwhelm even the most dedicated among them. What can they do when their initial enthusiasm for the job begins to deflate, when the demands of the job seem to outnumber the rewards? How can they regain the energy that propelled them early in their career?

The Principal Reboot answers these questions with specific advice on how to reignite passion in addressing the many aspects of the principalship, including

* Defining a school's values and mission through rebranding;
* Strengthening relationships with staff, students, and community;
* Leading renewed efforts to improve instruction;
* Developing teacher leadership;
* Using data effectively and innovatively; and
* Improving operational procedures and processes.

Sharing the wisdom gained from colleagues and her own experience as a principal, author Jen Schwanke offers an engaging, accessible account of the ups and downs of the job, along with helpful, step-by-step suggestions for how to reinvigorate a flagging career and restore the joy that comes with making a school the best that it can be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416628811
Publisher:	ASCD
Publication date:	03/16/2020
Pages:	172
Sales rank:	1,083,315
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jen Schwanke has been an educator for more than 20 years, teaching or leading at all levels. She is the author of You're the Principal! Now What? Strategies and Solutions for New School Leaders, published by ASCD. She has written for Choice Literacy, Education Week Teacher, Principal, and Principal Navigator and presented at conferences for ASCD, as well as NAESP, Battelle for Kids, and various state and local education organizations. She has provided professional development to various districts in the areas of school climate, personnel, and instructional leadership. She is an instructor in educational administration at Miami University and has served on several state-level committees and workgroups focused on best practices in school leadership. She is currently a principal for the Dublin City School District in Dublin, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 Rebrand

Evaluating and Recommitting to Values and Mission 5

2 Reconnect

Finding New Ways to Engage with Your School and Community 22

3 Reinvest

Expanding Relationships with Staff and Students 48

4 Revamp Instructional Leadership

Shaping Instruction for Today's World 72

5 Reenvision Teacher Potential

Catching the Growing Wave of Teacher Leadership 92

6 Reframe Data

Gaining Fresh Insight into Student Growth and Achievement 110

7 Revisit Operations

Reviewing Procedures and Resources to Reclaim Operational Excellence 131

8 Relax, Rediscover, Revive

Bringing Joy Back to the Principalship 150

References 165

Index 166

About the Author 173