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

By Gerald C Ubben, Cynthia J Norris, Larry W. Hughes, et al.

Book Overview

With its focus on the critical elements of leadership essential for today's school principals, this widely popular resource combines a strong research base with a practical, hands-on approach to help aspiring, new, and experienced educators become effective school administrators. Organized into four sections, The Principal 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. The Updated 8th edition includes references to the new 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134606981
• ISBN13: 9780134606989
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"