The Principal E-Book

Michael Fullan

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Seitenzahl: 200

Beschreibung

The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievement *** FREE Professional Development Guide Included *** Principals are often called the second most crucial in-school influencers (after teachers) of student learning. But what should the principal do in order to maximize student achievement? One of the best-known leadership authors in education, Fullan explains why the answer lies neither in micro-managing instruction nor in autonomous entrepreneurialism. He shows systematically how the principal's role should change, demonstrating how it can be done in short order, at scale. * Reveals the three key roles that administrators must play in today's schools * Explains how to choose the right versus wrong drivers of school success * Filled with "action items" to help implement Fullan's program effectively * Includes strategies that have been successfully field-tested in schools across the United States and Canada

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

COVER

CONTENT

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

PREFACE

ACCESSING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING KIT

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHAPTER ONE: Outmoded

Gasp!

Leading Learning

Maximizing Impact

This Watershed Moment

The Chapters That Follow

Still Worth a Struggle

CHAPTER TWO: Vices and Virtues

Panic Time?

Four Wrong Choices for Driving Policy

Too Broad, Too Narrow: The Transformative Versus Instructional Leader

Principal Autonomy and Micromanaging: Other Roadside Attractions

Time to Retune

CHAPTER THREE: The First Key—Leading Learning

What Key Research Tells Us

Professional Capital—a Framework for Leading Learning

Foster and Integrate

The More Powerful Way

CHAPTER FOUR: The Second Key—Being a District and System Player

Looking Out to Improve Within

Intradistrict Development

Beyond the District

Not You Alone

CHAPTER FIVE: The Third Key—Becoming a Change Agent

Change Agency

Distorted Mirrors

CHAPTER SIX: The Future Is Now

The Unplanned Digital Revolution

Planned Change: Common Core State Standards

Time to Change Careers? Or to Change Gears?

A Final Word

REFERENCES

INDEX

Guide

Cover

Contents

Start Reading

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List of Illustrations

Exhibit 2.1 Wrong vs. Right Drivers

Figure 4.1 Districtwide Coherence

More Praise for The Principal

“This revealing and powerful book comes just in time, as we launch the biggest education reform in the past fifty years. It should be required reading not only for principals, but perhaps even more importantly for those who support and lead them.”

—Laura Schwalm, CaEdPartners; former superintendent, Garden Grove, California

“After decades of studying, working with, and enhancing the lot of principals . . . Fullan’s conclusion? Principals are needed now more than ever, and he’s smack on target. He doesn’t mince words, yet instills hope and confidence. Simply great . . . this book should be on every leader’s desk. Another bullseye!”

—Willam Parrett, director, Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies, Boise State University, Idaho

THE PRINCIPAL

Three Keys to Maximizing Impact

Michael Fullan

Cover image: Walter B. McKenzie, Getty (RF)

Cover design: John Hamilton Design

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ISBN 978-1-118-57523-9 (cloth)

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ALSO BY MICHAEL FULLAN

Leading in a Culture of Change

The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help

Their Organizations Survive and Thrive

Change Leader: Learning to Do What Matters Most

Turnaround Leadership

Turnaround Leadership for Higher Education (with Geoff Scott)

Leading in a Culture of Change Personal Action Guide and Workbook