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The Assistant Principal's Handbook

Strategies for Success

By: Jeffrey Glanz

Tips and tools to turn APs into VIPs!

In this truly indispensable companion, current and prospective administrators will gain concrete suggestions and solutions to maximize their impact, effectiveness, and satisfaction in this critical role. Insightful chapters are packed with straightforward ways to avoid administrative frustration yet cultivate instructional support, and the reflective exercises, real-life scenarios, and vignettes drive home key points. Discover how to:

Hone leadership skills—especially for curriculum, supervision, evaluation, and discipline
Stimulate an atmosphere of learning and achievement
Develop relationships with peers and teachers based on respect

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761931034
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2004
Page Count: 232
Publication date: April 19, 2004

Price: $41.95

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Tips and tools to turn APs into VIPs!

Long considered an under-appreciated and under-utilized position, the role of the assistant principal is finally getting the attention and respect it deserves. In this truly indispensable companion, current and prospective administrators will gain concrete suggestions and solutions to maximize their impact, effectiveness, and satisfaction in this critical position.

Uncovering major obstacles assistant principals have faced in trying to meet their personal and professional goals, The Assistant Principal's Handbook uses this perspective as a backdrop for change based on democracy, caring, and respect.

In this perceptive exploration into the assistant principal's duties, you will discover how to:

Hone leadership skills--especially related to curriculum, supervision, evaluation, and discipline
Stimulate an atmosphere of learning and achievement
Make the assistant principalship more than just a principal-in-training position
Develop relationships with peers and teachers based on respect
Share responsibilities with teachers as a way to build trust and collegiality

Insightful chapters are packed with straightforward ways to avoid administrative frustration yet cultivate instructional support, and the reflective exercises, real-life scenarios, and vignettes drive home key points.

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Author(s)

Jeffrey Glanz

Jeffrey Glanz currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for University-School Partnership, Director of the Masters Program and the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinated the educational leadership program that led to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean University’s College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public schools. He has conducted numerous workshops and seminars internationally. Dr. Glanz has authored, coauthored, and co-edited 20 books and has many peer-reviewed article publications.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. Past and Present Challenges to Assistant Principals as Instructional Leaders

2. Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

3. Clinical Supervision

4. Instructional Improvement

5. Curriculum

6. Program Development and Evaluation

7. Why Didn't They Teach Me This Stuff in Graduate School?

8. Do I Want to Remain an Assistant Principal?

Resource A: Annotated Bibliography

Resource B: Web Resources for Assistant Principals

References

Index

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