ABSTRACT

Prime yourself for all aspects of school leadership with effectiveness strategies from educators and experts Chris Hitch and David Coley. This comprehensive and practical handbook offers research-based tools to help you fulfill all of your leadership responsibilities on time and with laser-like focus. The authors also share tips from their combined experiences as elementary, middle, and high school principals. Executive Skills for Busy School Leaders provides examples of best practices from the business and non-profit sectors and applies them specifically to schools. Topics range from managing time and leading high-performance teams to monitoring your budget and implementing a school improvement plan. Strategies include finding time for instructional leadership, diagnosing the strengths and needs of your school, leading a multi-generational faculty, data-driven decision making, and managing high-, middle- and under-performing individuals.

chapter 1|16 pages

Moving into a New Role

chapter 2|24 pages

Finding Time for Instructional Leadership

chapter 3|10 pages

Data-Driven Decision Making

chapter 4|14 pages

Resource Management

chapter 5|14 pages

Managing Individuals

chapter 6|18 pages

Leading the Multigenerational Faculty

chapter 7|10 pages

Leading High Performance Teams

chapter 10|10 pages

Making Meetings Work

chapter 11|16 pages

Keeping Your School in a Positive Light

chapter 12|8 pages

Making Change Stick