Learning Opportunities for Principals

Lee A. Westberry

doi:10.5771/9781475865615

Summary

School principals must continue to learn and grow in their positions, as societal demands and accountability measures keep changing. Principals have become inundated with increased responsibilities often without the benefit of continued learning opportunities. Too often, district personnel are not equipped to provide the learning needed in order to support school administrators. Learning Opportunities for Principals: Methods for Meeting the Needs of Today’s Administrators is a compilation of best practices to support principal learning to include “how to” design and implement learning prospects that will not only help school administrators, but also district personnel. Learning opportunities include communities of practice, mentoring programs, coaching, and the like. Many districts have programs in place, but they do not attain the desired results because of the program design and readiness of staff. Each chapter will explain how to design an effective program and will also outline the district’s responsibility in the learning. With effective programs, principals’ burnout will be decreased, which minimizes turnover in leadership. All of which will impact student achievement results.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6559-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6561-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 118
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. 1. References No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Stepping into the Principalship No access
3. 1. Attributes of Professional Learning No access
4. 1. Adapted from Desimone (2011a, 2011b) No access
  2. Reflection and Inquiry No access
  3. Conversations No access
5. 1. Coaching No access
  2. Virtual Spaces and Social Networks No access
  3. Action Research No access
  4. Conversation Walks No access
  5. Adapted from Zepeda and Lanoue (2017) No access
6. Making System-wide Commitments No access
7. Summary No access
8. Questions for Reflection No access
9. References No access
1. 1. What Constitutes a Community of Practice? No access
  2. Merits of Communities of Practice No access
  3. Building- and District-Level Communities of Practice No access
2. How to Establish a Community of Practice No access
3. How Communities of Practice Operate: A Case from the Field No access
4. Summary No access
5. Questions for Reflection No access
6. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Principal Preparation No access
3. 1. Establishing Mentoring Programs No access
4. 1. Program Infrastructure No access
5. 1. Goal-Oriented Mentoring No access
  2. Skill-Based Mentoring No access
  3. District-Focused Mentoring No access
  4. Mentoring by School Type No access
  5. Individual Mentoring No access
  6. Small Group Mentoring No access
  7. Modalities of Mentoring No access
6. Mentoring Agreements No access
7. 1. Sample A No access
  2. Sample B No access
  3. Sample C No access
8. Principal Mentor Selection No access
9. 1. Monitoring Implementation No access
  2. Mentor Recruitment and Attrition No access
  3. Mentee Selection No access
10. Summary No access
11. Questions for Reflection No access
12. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Principal Induction Programs No access
  2. Professional Learning Communities (PLC)—Level-Specific Groups No access
  3. Personalized Principal Support—Mentor No access
  4. Personalized Principal Support—Executive Coach and Professional Development No access
  5. Building Trust and Relationships No access
  6. Managing Time No access
  7. Instructional Improvement No access
  8. Managing Personnel and the Crucial Conversations No access
3. Summary No access
4. Questions for Reflection No access
5. References No access
1. The Importance of a Growth Mindset to the Process of Performance Evaluation No access
2. Evaluation as an Experience No access
3. 1. Elements of an Effective Evaluation No access
  2. Connectedness—Principal Growth and Campus Advancement No access
  3. Formative versus Summative Process No access
  4. 1. The Mindset No access
    2. Evaluation to a Purpose and with a Co-constructed Meaning No access
    3. Characteristics of an Effective Evaluation No access
    4. Advancement of Teaching and Learning No access
    5. Formative, Not Summative No access
4. Summary No access
5. Scenarios for Clinical Preparation No access
6. 1. The New Principal No access
  2. The Principal Appraiser No access
  3. Important Considerations No access
7. 1. The New Principal Evaluator No access
8. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Micro-Credentials No access
    2. Advanced Degree Programs No access
  2. Considerations for Leaders Pursuing an Advanced Degree No access
3. 1. The Role of Collaborative Partnerships in Leadership for Change No access
  2. A Model for Collaborative Partnerships No access
  3. Developing and Sustaining Partnerships in Schools No access
4. Summary No access
5. Questions for Reflection No access
6. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Building-Level Leadership Opportunities No access
  2. District-Level Leadership Opportunities No access
3. 1. Elements to Consider No access
  2. Sample AAA Agenda: Session 1 No access
  3. AAA Sample Agenda: Session 2 No access
  4. District-Level Supported Leadership Opportunities No access
4. 1. Principal Mentor No access
  2. Assistant Principal Induction Program No access
  3. Principal Leadership Opportunities for the Assistant Principal No access
  4. District Considerations No access
  5. Building Leadership Capacity through Partnerships—Higher Education and Business No access
5. Summary No access
6. Questions for Reflection No access
7. References No access
1. Preface No access
2. Chapter 1 No access
3. Chapter 2 No access
4. Chapter 3 No access
5. Chapter 4 No access
6. Chapter 5 No access
7. Chapter 6 No access
8. Chapter 7 No access