The New Principal: Surviving Your First Year as Educator in Charge by Margaret Carter
This book is a six part guide to the principalship. It covers topics including:
-How to know who you are working with and how to explore their motivation.
-Who are the informal leaders in your building and how to negotiate a principal's relationship with them.
-How to evaluate your school staff and use them more effectively.
-How to determine if your community is on your side or have already lined up for a showdown with you.
This book leads principals through an examination of themselves and their motivation. It takes an unflinching look at the nature of today's principalship at all levels.
-How to know who you are working with and how to explore their motivation.
-Who are the informal leaders in your building and how to negotiate a principal's relationship with them.
-How to evaluate your school staff and use them more effectively.
-How to determine if your community is on your side or have already lined up for a showdown with you.
This book leads principals through an examination of themselves and their motivation. It takes an unflinching look at the nature of today's principalship at all levels.