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What great principals do differently : eighteen things that matter most / Todd Whitaker.

What great principals do differently : eighteen things that matter most / Todd Whitaker.
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TF1196711 371.2 WHI
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Record Number 15175
ISBN 9781596672000
1596672005
Location 371.2 WHI
Author Whitaker, Todd, 1959-
Title What great principals do differently : eighteen things that matter most / Todd Whitaker. [BOOK]
Edition 2nd ed.
Published Larchmont, NY : Eye on Education, c2012.
Collation xiii, 146 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note PSD: Professor Stephen Dinham Collection
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Note 1.Why Look at Great? -- Studying Effective Principals -- 2.It's People, Not Programs -- Two Ways to Improve Our Schools -- How Open Classrooms Got Started -- Assertive Discipline: The Problem or the Solution? -- Individual Teacher Development -- Rewards: Punishment or Encouragement? -- 3.Develop an Accurate Sense of Self -- Is Your Door Open? -- Self-Awareness Is a Skill -- The Ice Cream Truck -- How Attuned Are You? -- Faculty Meeting Feedback -- Listen to the Best -- The Gift of Confidence -- 4.Who Is the Variable? -- Who Is the Variable in the Classroom? -- What If the Students Do Poorly? -- Hey, Who's Responsible for This School? -- Are High Expectations Important? -- How Do We Deal with the Demands of Others? -- 5.Treat Everyone with Respect, Every Day, All the Time -- We Never Forget That One Time -- Twenty-Four Students on the Side of the Teacher -- Perception Becomes Reality---One Way or Another -- Take a Positive Approach Each Day --
Contents note continued: Too Much Nice -- 6.Be the Filter -- How Is Your Day Going? -- The Sense of Calm -- The Angry Parent -- Raise Those Test Scores! -- When the Principal Sneezes -- Stop the Thumping! -- The One Goal of Every Faculty Meeting -- "This Is the Worst Group of Kids We've Ever Had" -- 7.Teach the Teachers -- Teachers Do the Best They Know How -- The Test Score Dilemma -- The Poor Lecturer -- Model Effective Interactions -- We Can't Teach from the Office -- Get Teachers into Each Other's Classrooms -- The Talent Exchange -- 8.Hire Great Teachers -- The Great Principal's Goal -- Wanted: Leaders! -- Hire for Talent -- Experience Is Not the Best Teacher; the Best Teacher Is the Best Teacher -- There Is No Pecking Order -- Start Induction at the Interview -- 9.Understand the Dynamics of Change -- Culture and Change -- Classroom Culture -- Climate Change -- My Dear Aunt Sally -- What Happened? -- How the Best Teachers View Change -- Challenges versus Opportunities -- Never Even See the "Before".
Contents note continued: 10.Standardized Testing -- Without Success, Tests Become the School -- Keep Testing in Perspective -- 11.Focus on Behavior, Then Focus on Beliefs -- Understand Incentives -- Let's Call Those Parents -- Let's Praise Those Students -- Let's Improve Those Instructional Practices -- 12.Loyal to Whom? -- Loyalty to the Students -- What Is Best for the Student(s)? -- What Is Best for the School? -- 13.Base Every Decision on Your Best Teachers -- What Will Your Best Teachers Think? -- Implementing a New Idea -- The Best Teachers Will Be "Fine" No Matter What -- Hey, I Said One Box of Paper Clips! -- The Principal's Pet -- 14.In Every Situation, Ask Who Is Most Comfortable and Who Is Least Comfortable -- Treat Everyone As If They Were Good -- Uncomfortable Feelings Make People Change---One Way or Another -- Pay for Performance -- 15.Understand the High Achievers -- Ignore Minor Errors -- Autonomy and Recognition -- Teacher Evaluations -- What About Burnout?
Contents note continued: 16.Make It Cool to Care -- Having a "Cool" School -- The Great Teacher -- Merry Christmas, Everyone! -- Who Are the Legends? -- Touch the Emotional Side -- 17.Don't Need to Repair-Always Do Repair -- Some Never Need to Repair---But Always Do -- Some Always Need to Repair---But Never Do -- I Am Sorry That Happened -- The Highway Patrol -- 18.Deal with Negative or Ineffective Staff Members -- We All Have Them -- The Best Teachers Know -- You Are Not a Miracle Worker -- Adults Behaving Like Children -- The Opening Session -- Make Your Presence Matter -- Day by Day, in Every Way -- Out from Behind the Desk -- The Walkthrough -- Nicely Done -- Go for What Matters -- There Isn't Anyone Else -- "Avoid" Is Not a Strategy -- 19.Set Expectations at the Start of the Year -- We Are Still Undefeated -- Why Every Year? -- Teacher Expectations for Classroom Management -- 20.Clarify Your Core.
Subject School principals
School management and organization
Educational leadership
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