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

by Gerald C Ubben, Larry Hughes, Cynthia Norris

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.

416 pages, Hardcover

Published August 29, 2016

Reviews

[Brian Tague · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for master's class. Had some things you can apply, but was pretty dry read.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this textbook very helpful. I can imagine myself referencing it in the future.

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read for grad school.