The Principal Creative Leadership for Excellence in Schools, Updated Edition

<i>For courses in the Principalship (Educational Leadership and Administration)</i></p> </p> <b>A research-based, hands-on manual on the elements of leadership for today's school principal.</b></p> </p> With its focus on the critical elements of leadership essential for today's school principals, and referencing the new 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PLES), this widely popular text combines a strong research base with a practical, hands-on approach to help aspiring leaders become effective school administrators. Organized into four sections, the book presents a vision for leadership and learning and shows how to create a positive school culture, manage the organization, and interact with the external environment. The new edition reflects the evolution in the roles of educational leaders; explores the increased tasks that are requiring principals to expand their toolboxes of skills in such areas as instructional leadership, data analysis, technology utilization, staff evaluation, and community relations; and looks at the mounting demands to rewrite their job descriptions every year. Designed to provide the ideal teaching and learning experience, this book provides: </p> <ul> <li> A comprehensive look at the full role of the principal, brought up-to-date with the latest issues and challenges facing educators today, with references to the new 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (which replace ISLLC standards). </li> <li> A balance of research-based information and hands-on ideas and applications. </li> <li> Cases and other learning aids that bring the concepts into focus. </li> </ul> <b> <br></p></b>