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Principal Mentoring

A Safe, Simple, and Supportive Approach
By: Carl J. Weingartner

Foreword by John C. Daresh

Develop a principal mentoring program that produces effective leaders and high retention rates!

This resource for school and district leaders presents a proven, sustainable mentoring model for recruiting, supporting, and retaining principals—without a lot of extra costs, paperwork, or time. The author illustrates how to help new principals succeed in areas such as improving curriculum and student achievement and enhancing school climate. The book covers: 

  • Developing supportive mentoring relationships
  • Assisting new administrators with professional growth and development 
  • Advising on district mandates, operational/funding issues, and standards
  • Fostering effective time management, communication, and self-evaluation skills

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  • Grade Level: K-12
  • ISBN: 9781412965972
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2008
  • Page Count: 128
  • Publication date: February 13, 2009
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"Weingartner practices what he preaches. He shares lessons learned from his many years of running one of the most successful principal mentoring programs in the nation. His practical and straightforward approach is grounded in the day-to-day realities and exigencies of the school principal."
—Lois J. Zachary, President
Leadership Development Services

Develop a principal mentoring program that produces effective leaders and high retention rates!

Responding to a critical shortage of school leaders, this timely and invaluable resource offers a mentoring approach that supports new principals' professional development while helping reduce the stress-and-burnout pattern that is common for many school administrators.

Based on years of successful experience, Carl J. Weingartner shows school and district leaders how to design a sustainable, adaptable principal mentoring program for urban, suburban, and rural schools—without a lot of extra costs, paperwork, or time. This book offers guidelines for recruiting, supporting, and retaining effective principals and methods for helping novice principals achieve success in areas such as improving curriculum and student achievement. The book also covers:

  • Developing supportive mentoring relationships
  • Assisting new administrators with individual professional growth plans
  • Advising on district mandates, operational/funding issues, and standards
  • Fostering effective time management, communication, and self-evaluation skills

Offering a total support system for new principals, this mentoring guide provides a proven road map for a principal mentoring plan that builds strong schoolwide leadership.


Key features

  • Focuses on mentoring with chapter-by-chapter summaries
  • Features recruitment and retention as key themes
  • Includes case scenarios
  • Incorporatescharts, graphics and points of interest in the pedagogy

Author(s)

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Carl J. Weingartner

Carl J. Weingartner has been an educator for over 46 years. He taught 11 years at the junior high and elementary levels in Gallup-McKinley County School District, Gallup, NM, Midwest City/Del City School District, Midwest City, OK and Albuquerque Public Schools District, Albuquerque, NM. He served as a junior high and elementary principal for 22 years in the Albuquerque Public Schools. He considers himself a practitioner rather than a researcher.

In 1994, he was contracted by the Albuquerque Public Schools on a part-time basis to establish and coordinate the Extra Support for Principals mentor program for first-year principals. The program has involved and supported over 210 first-year principals. He has become active in promoting mentor programs across the nation by writing and contributing to several organizational Web sites. He has written or contributed to articles and books for the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National School Boards Association, the George Lucas Educational Foundation, and to the works of independent authors. He has been asked to advise or consult with over 65 individuals or institutions across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

He has been active during his professional career in promoting education and the principalship. He served as president of several educational organizations including the National Association of Elementary School Principals/SCA-Zone VIII, the New Mexico Association of Elementary School Principals, and the Albuquerque Public Schools Principals Association. He held several offices and served on executive boards and principal committees at the national, zone, state, and district levels. Weingartner has been a member of National Association of Elementary School Principals throughout his career as a principal and has maintained his membership since his retirement in 1994.

He has received honors and recognitions, including the “National Distinguished Principal Award” from the US Department of Education in 1987. He has received “Outstanding School Administrator Awards” from the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals-Zone VIII, the New Mexico Association of Elementary School Principals and the New Mexico School Administrators Association. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from East Central State University at Ada, Oklahoma. His postgraduate work in school administration was completed at the University of New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John C. Daresh

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

1. Advocating for the Beginning Principal

Why Mentoring in Our District?

The Anatomy of a Beginning Principal

Professional Organizations

Scenario: Sharing the Wealth

Key Points

Recommended Reading

2. The Beginning of a Mentor Program

APS District Demographics

The Birth of the Albuquerque Mentor Program

Budget Justification

Selecting a Coordinator

Key Points

Recommended Readings

3. A Work in Process

The First Stages of Development

Vision and Mission Statements

Program Guidelines

Job Descriptions

Program Process

A Total Support System for New Principals

Key Points

Recommended Readings

4. Program Implementation

Step 1. The Process Begins

Step 2. The Initial Coordinator-Mentee Meeting

Step 3. Conferring With the Mentor

Step 4. The Planning Session

Step 5. The Other 5 Percent

Key Points

Recommended Readings

5. Simple Program Enhancements Make a Difference

Congratulate

Celebrate

Communicate

Appreciate

The Morale Factor

Scenarios: Extra Support for Supporters

Key Points

Recommended Readings

6. Applying the Mentoring Concept to Small School Districts

Organize a Study Committee

Purpose of the Study Committee

Scenario: A Simple Form of Mentoring

Key Points

Recommended Reading

7. The Accountability Factor

End-of-the-Year Evaluations

Alternative Assessments

Program Evaluations

ESP Ten-Year Program Assessment (1995-2005)

Key Points

Recommended Readings

8. The Art of Mentoring the Beginning Principal

Concepts for Effective Mentoring

Establishing the Mentor Pool

Suggestions for Mentors Working With Mentees

Mentoring Versus Coaching

A Coaching Concept

Simplicity

Level-to-Level Mentoring

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

Scenario: A Mentor's Wisdom

Key Points

Recommended Readings

9. Finding Time to Become an Instructional Leader

It's a Matter of Time

Time Management Suggestions

The Importance of Strong Instructional Leadership

Demographic Data for Instructional Implementation

The Evaluation Process

Scenario: Reciprocal Mentoring

Key Points

References and Recommended Readings

10. Caution, Pitfalls Ahead!

It's About Time

The Funding Dilemma

Plan, Plan, Plan

Do Not Take Stress and Burnout Lightly

Scenario: A Heavy Load

Superintendents and Upper-Level Administration

Scenario: Solve the Problem

Key Points

References and Recommended Readings

11. Reflections

References

Index

  • Foreword

Reviews

Quote by Susan Villani, Senior Program/Research Associate, Learning Innovations at WestEd: "Carl Weingartner is one of the leaders in the field of mentoring programs for new principals. He shares his thinking about mentoring, materials he used in his program for over 10 years, and stories of mentoring that exemplify the ideas he discusses.”
"Carl Weingartner is one of the leaders in the field of mentoring programs for new principals. He shares his thinking about mentoring, materials he used in his program for over 10 years, and stories of mentoring that exemplify the ideas he discusses.”
Susan Villani, Senior Program/Research Associate
Learning Innovations at WestEd
Quote by Lois J. Zachary, President, Leadership Development Services: "Weingartner practices what he preaches, and in this volume he shares lessons learned from his many years of running one of the most successful principal mentoring programs in the nation. His practical and straightforward approach is grounded in the day-to-day realities and exigencies of the school principal.”
"Weingartner practices what he preaches, and in this volume he shares lessons learned from his many years of running one of the most successful principal mentoring programs in the nation. His practical and straightforward approach is grounded in the day-to-day realities and exigencies of the school principal.”
Lois J. Zachary, President
Leadership Development Services
Quote by John B. Mondragón, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: "Weingartner has been an outstanding professional for over 30 years, and he has done an exemplary job in developing and implementing this mentoring program. I would have liked to have had a program such as this in the beginning years of my experience as a principal."
"Weingartner has been an outstanding professional for over 30 years, and he has done an exemplary job in developing and implementing this mentoring program. I would have liked to have had a program such as this in the beginning years of my experience as a principal."
John B. Mondragón, Professor Emeritus
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Quote by Bruce Barnett, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio: "Provides a rich description of the ins and outs of developing, delivering, and monitoring mentoring programs for beginning principals. Not only will these insights assist staff developers in improving their programs, but beginning principals will learn how to better manage their time, become more involved in curriculum and instruction, and reduce their stress and tendency to burn out from the hectic pace of the job.”
"Provides a rich description of the ins and outs of developing, delivering, and monitoring mentoring programs for beginning principals. Not only will these insights assist staff developers in improving their programs, but beginning principals will learn how to better manage their time, become more involved in curriculum and instruction, and reduce their stress and tendency to burn out from the hectic pace of the job.”
Bruce Barnett, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio

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