The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact - Hardcover

Fullan, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118575237 ISBN 13: 9781118575239

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2014

Synopsis

The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievement *** FREE Professional Development Guide Included *** Principals are often called the second most crucial in-school influencers (after teachers) of student learning. But what should the principal do in order to maximize student achievement? One of the best-known leadership authors in education, Fullan explains why the answer lies neither in micro-managing instruction nor in autonomous entrepreneurialism. He shows systematically how the principal's role should change, demonstrating how it can be done in short order, at scale. * Reveals the three key roles that administrators must play in today's schools * Explains how to choose the right versus wrong drivers of school success * Filled with "action items" to help implement Fullan's program effectively * Includes strategies that have been successfully field-tested in schools across the United States and Canada

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Review

?This revealing and powerful book comes just in time, as we launch the biggest education reform in the past fifty years. It should be required reading not only for principals, but perhaps even more importantly for those who support and lead them.? ?Laura Schwalm, CaEdPartners; former superintendent, Garden Grove, California ?After decades of studying, working with, and enhancing the lot of principals . . . Fullan?s conclusion? Principals are needed now more than ever, and he?s smack on target. He doesn?t mince words, yet instills hope and confidence. Simply great . . . this book should be on every leader?s desk. Another bull?s-eye!? ?Willam Parrett, director, Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies, Boise State University, Idaho ?I just read The Principal and I am on fire and in love. I couldn't put it down! Fullan's uniquely succinct brilliance for soaring above the noise and clutter that bogs us down is incredibly energizing and inspiring.? ?Alice Thomas, president and CEO, Center for Development and Learning, Metairie, Louisiana

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Praise for The Principal

"At a time when the role of school leader is simultaneously vital to the success of teachers and students and yet at its most complex, Fullan offers a new view. In the way that only Fullan can--sensibly, with slight irreverence, and ahead of the curve--he challenges us to think about the principalship as not only 'realistically doable, ' but scalable: music to those of us who want to see students perform to greater heights and teachers given the support they need to be their best."
--Vicki Phillips, Director of Education, College Ready, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"Principals are being called upon to serve as instructional leaders who supervise and evaluate teachers into better performance, one at a time. Fullan reveals this strategy for what it is--'a bloody disaster.' He redefines the principalship and provides the specific, high-leverage steps leaders can take to improve their schools. This should be required reading for all principals and those interested in improving education."
--Richard DuFour, education author and consultant

"Fullan has done it again! The Principal has reignited my passion for education the way the What's Worth Fighting For trilogy did twenty-five years ago. This book takes the principal into a wonderful new space with insights and tools to lead learning--never more crucial than now."
--Avis Glaze, Edu-quest International Incorporated; former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario

"Fullan challenges the status quo and opens up a new and exciting future by systematically laying out what truly effective principals should do to have maximum impact on learning, and on the system as a whole."
--Margery Evans, chief executive officer, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, Melbourne

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118575237
• ISBN 13: 9781118575239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192