The Principal's Survival Guide: Where Do I Start? How Do I Succeed? When Do I Sleep? epub

by Susan Stone Kessler, April M. Snodgrass, Andrew T. Davis

Overview

This hands-on school leadership guide for new and veteran principals and administrators offers practical advice for leading a school successfully. Want honest student input? Try texting. Got a group of angry parents? Arrange one-on-one meetings—you’ll avoid a mob scene and give each family the attention it deserves. Trying to make a teacher feel appreciated? Shoot a quick email after stopping by his classroom and describe something cool you saw him do. It takes ten seconds but has a big impact. These tips and hundreds more are the collective wisdom of three experienced principals who know how to connect with kids, staff, families, and stakeholders, and help students succeed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631980084
Publisher:	Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Series:	Free Spirit Professional
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Award-winning educator Susan Stone Kessler, Ed.D., has been a teacher, assistant principal, and high school principal. The executive principal at Hunters Lane High School in Nashville, Tennessee, she also is a consultant and has spoken for a variety of organizations including Learning Forward, the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Dr. Kessler has been published by Principal Leadership and Educational Leadership. She lives in Nashville.
 
April M. Snodgrass, M.Ed., is an assistant principal at Hunters Lane High School in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a master’s degree in supervision and administration from Middle Tennessee State University. She has been a speaker at a variety of conferences including ASCD and has also been published in Educational Leadership. She lives in Nashville.
 
Andrew T. Davis, Ed.D., is a principal at Julia Green Elementary School, an International Baccalaureate World School for almost 600 students in kindergarten through fourth grade in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his master’s in teaching from Belmont University and his doctorate of education in leadership and strategic change from Lipscomb University. He has been a speaker at a variety of conferences including ASCD. Dr. Davis lives in Nashville.

Editorial Reviews

As a first-year principal, I often find myself asking these very questions. Reading this book has given me affirmations and added tools for my administrative toolbox. This book should be given as an accompaniment with the keys when you are assigned as the executive principal to a school.”—Miriam Harrington, Ed.S., principal, Jere Baxter Middle School in Nashville, Tennessee


“Comprehensive and insightful—this book has it all. As a principal for the past 24 years at the elementary, middle, and high school level, I find that it covers all the bases with practical and usable suggestions for principals of all levels and experience. The authors include relevant and creative strategies to help school leaders be successful. It is refreshing to read a book that encompasses a focus on students while taking care of the needs of the principal.”—Jayne Ellspermann, 2015 NASSP National Principal of the Year, West Port High School, Ocala, Florida


“This book is eye opening, easy to read, and quickly implemented. I will recommend this book to every beginning principal for years to come. It immediately sets the tone for your new role. With so many things to learn and decisions to make, this book is a great resource to help guide your daily, monthly, and year-long goals. If you have questions about teacher relations; how to document; what to document; communicating with parents, students, and teachers; and what not to communicate, this is the book for you. I wish [it] had been available three years ago when I got my first head principal job.”—Carmon Brown, principal, Simon Youth Academy at Opry Mills, Nashville, Tennessee

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