Principal, The: Creative Leadership for Excellence in Schools, Updated Edition, 8th edition

For courses in the Principalship

A research-based, hands-on manual on the elements of leadership for today's school principal. With its focus on the critical elements of leadership essential for today's school principals, and referencing the 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. Organised into four sections, the book presents a vision for leadership and learning and shows how to create a positive school culture, manage the organisation, and interact with the external environment. This 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 utilisation, staff evaluation, and community relations; and looks at the mounting demands to rewrite their job descriptions every year.