Why the Principalship? Making the Leap from the Classroom

by Brubaker, Dale L.; Williams, Misti

• ISBN13: 9781607097723
• ISBN10: 1607097729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This book provides step-by-step, concrete advice for aspiring school administrators as they strive to achieve principal certification. Each chapter's snapshots illustrate key challenges that face principal candidates. The last third of the book includes exercises that help candidates and mentors, as well as colleagues, move through the program. Written in an easy-to-read manner, the book invites continued conversation.

Author Biography

Dale L. Brubaker is professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and has served on the faculties of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He has authored or coauthored more than twenty books on leadership and cultural studies in education. Misti Williams is clinical assistant professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She is the principal investigator of a research project on sustained staff development on the performance of assistant principals in their current roles and as newly appointed principals.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: "A Leap of Faith"	p. 1
Now What? Leaving Teaching on a High Note: "One Foot In and One Foot Out"	p. 13
Composing a Meaningful Personal Curriculum while Taking Educational Administration Courses	p. 23
Negotiating a Successful Internship	p. 41
Seeking a Position as an Assistant Principal	p. 51
First Days on the Job as an Assistant Principal	p. 63
Appendixes	p. 115
Selecting a School Principal Licensure Program	p. 117
The "Table Manners" of Graduate Student Leadership in a Principal Preparation Program	p. 119
The Power of Critique	p. 122
Dealing with Contradictions in Principal Preparation Programs and Beyond	p. 124
The Joy of Teaching and Leading	p. 126
Working Alone and Working in a Team	p. 127
A Personal Leadership Change and Conservation Inventory	p. 129
Traits of Outstanding Leaders	p. 130
Job Interviewing and the Creation of Learning Communities	p. 132
Conveying a Belief in Self in a Job Interview and Beyond	p. 133
What Works and Doesn't Work in Doing Professional Development	p. 135
Preparing to Give Leadership to Educational Reform Efforts	p. 136
How Good (and Comfortable) Are You as a Public Speaker and Listener?	p. 139
Guidelines for Going on Television	p. 141
Sources of Power Available to You as an Educational Leader and Decision Maker	p. 143
Some Thoughts on Professional Development Leadership	p. 145
Sample Candidate Resume	p. 147
References	p. 151
Index	p. 157
About the Authors	p. 167
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