The Principal's Companion

by Sherman, Ross; Mixon, Jason R.; Creighton, Theodore

• ISBN13: 9780761846642
• ISBN10: 0761846646
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Summary

The Principal's Companion offers aspiring educational administrators situational exercises with the aim of improving their leadership and decision making skills. Utilizing five major sets of activities: 1) Creating the School, 2) Leading the School, 3) Preparing for Success, 4) In-basket Simulations, and 5) Case Studies, the authors introduce real life simulations as a practicum to learning and a "practice field" for implementing newly-acquired skills. Transferring theory to practice allows future educational leaders the opportunity to analyze situations in a school, synthesize overall operations of a school, and evaluate their leadership progression. The Principal's Companion serves as a tool for aspiring leaders to connect preparation to realities of school leadership. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
A Word About The Principal's Companion	p. xiii
Creating the School	p. 1
Hypothetical School Exercise	p. 2
Demographic Study Exercise	p. 3
Strategic Planning Model Exercise	p. 5
Personnel Exercise	p. 10
Interview Question Exercise	p. 12
New Teacher Induction Exercise	p. 14
School Budget Exercise	p. 16
Discipline Management Program Exercise	p. 20
Orientation Packet Exercise	p. 23
Crisis Management Plan Exercise	p. 25
Public Relations Exercise	p. 27
Special Education Exercise	p. 30
School Assessment Exercise	p. 36
Leading the School Exercises	p. 39
Principal Interview Exercise	p. 40
Management of Time Exercise	p. 42
Developing the Key Communicator Network Exercise	p. 45
Find the Power Structure Exercise	p. 47
Site-Based Decision Making Exercise	p. 49
Ethical Dilemmas Exercise	p. 51
School Board Meeting Exercise	p. 54
Effective Schools Exercise	p. 56
Preparing for Success Exercises	p. 61
Documentation Memoranda Exercise	p. 62
Proposal Writing Exercise	p. 64
Professional Credentials Exercise	p. 66
Educational Administration Portfolio Exercise	p. 71
Personal and Professional Career Planning Exercise	p. 73
Professional Growth Plan Exercise	p. 76
Reading List for the 21st Century Exercise	p. 79
Educational Administrative Literacy Exercise	p. 81
In-Basket Simulations	p. 87
Good Morning M. Principal	p. 91
Surprise Package	p. 92
Complaint from Teachers	p. 93
Breaking the Sound Barrier	p. 94
The Concerned Mother	p. 95
The Unhappy Foreign Student	p. 96
Letter from Mother	p. 97
Separation of Church and State or Freedom of Distribution?	p. 98
The Lunch Bunch	p. 99
Phone Call from Board Member	p. 100
Where Did the Money Go?	p. 101
Teacher Accolade	p. 102
Hiring a Science Teacher	p. 103
But It's Not on School Time	p. 104
Freedom of Speech, Or Violation of Policy	p. 105
The Belligerent Student	p. 106
Taxpayer Rights or Abuse	p. 107
The Physical History Teachers	p. 108
Child Abuse or Child Shenanigans?	p. 109
The Out-Of-Control Student	p. 110
The Big Test	p. 112
To Teach or Not to Teach?	p. 114
Let's Do Lunch	p. 115
The CPS Dilemma	p. 116
The Shooting	p. 117
Health Hazard?	p. 118
Personal Business or Monkey Business	p. 119
What's the Matter with Craig?	p. 121
Teacher in a Rut	p. 122
Barbara Shouldn't Be Promoted	p. 123
The Heat Is On	p. 124
My Teacher Shouldn't Say That!	p. 125
Web-surfing Down the Wrong Highway	p. 126
A Message Not Well Received	p. 127
Case Studies	p. 129
Bryson Elementary School	p. 130
Sugar Creek High School	p. 136
About the Authors	p. 145
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