Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: What Effective Principals Do

By Joseph J. Blase, Joseph Blase, Blase

Book Overview

Finally Practical advice from the teachers′ perspective

Learn what effective principals do to influence, motivate, and empower teachers--entirely from the teachers′ perspective.

Based on an in-depth study in which teachers detail the strategies extraordinary principals used to help them become more effective in the classroom, this second edition incorporates the most up-to-date literature to keep the core study timely and provocative. Easy-to-follow guidelines are included in each chapter.

Strategies and related practices illustrate how to:

Use the power of praise Influence by expecting and involving Encourage professional autonomy Lead by standing behind Suggest rather than direct Use formal authority positively

This book is a must-have resource for any practicing school principal or for teachers studying to be principals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803968620
• ISBN13: 9780803968622
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Corwin Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"