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Thursday, December 29
Turnaround Specialist-Oh My!
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on Thu 29 Dec 2005 10:56 AM EST
If you caught John Merrow’s report on The Turnaround Specialist, about a specially trained principal in Richmond Virginia on News Hour with Jim Lehrer, you saw the honest depiction of a school in turmoil . If you missed it, you can read the transcript on WGBH and download the audio on a podcacst at the same site. more »
Wednesday, December 28
Letters to the School Community
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on Wed 28 Dec 2005 05:42 PM EST
Here are two of my letters to the school community from 2002. If you have some interesting letters or memos , post them here, or email them to me and I'll post them more »
Tuesday, December 27
Writings from The Past
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on Tue 27 Dec 2005 10:14 AM EST
I am taking vacation week to post on Leadership Help some of my own writings . I always considered myself a reflective principal. I also learned over the years how important it was to let the school community know what I was thinking. Here is a message I read over the P.A. the morning after the Columbine School Shootings. more »
Monday, December 26
New principals find satisfaction at city schools
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on Mon 26 Dec 2005 10:48 PM EST
NEW BEDFORD -- The same realization strikes Kevin Sullivan at the Phillips Avenue School and Cynthia Trinidad at the G.H. Dunbar School: An elementary school principal's work is never done.
Editor's note: As part of an occasional series, The Standard-Times is chronicling the experiences of Kevin Sullivan and Cynthia Trinidad, two first-time school principals, during the 2005-06 academic year. more » Thursday, December 22
City Officials Put Academy for Principals Under Review
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on Thu 22 Dec 2005 08:07 AM EST
Now, more than a year after Shimon Waronker became principal, M.S. 22 has fewer fights in the hallways; test scores have risen; and most students come to school wearing their new uniform of khakis and white shirts. But at J.H.S. 8, the principal, Adrienne Lloyd, was transferred to a different school last February after tensions with teachers grew so serious that the teachers' union gave her a symbolic "shame award." more »
Wednesday, December 21
The Principal’s Flyer Volume 1 Week of December 19-23, 2005 Number 16
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on Wed 21 Dec 2005 07:45 AM EST
Michael Welch, principal of Framingham Massachusetts High School, sends out this flyer each Monday to teachers, school staff, and parents, and posts it on the school web site.
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Tuesday, December 20
District puts its foot down in effort to cut 'hall-walking'
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on Tue 20 Dec 2005 10:11 AM EST
When he saw two female students ignoring a school police officer's command to stop, South Philadelphia High School principal Kevin King took off in fast pursuit. more »
Sunday, December 18
Parents, principal at odds
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on Sun 18 Dec 2005 10:00 PM EST
She said she welcomed opportunities to improve her weaknesses, but felt she had been judged more harshly for her shortcomings than a white principal might have been: ''How come other leaders in the school system are not put on a hot seat like I was?" more »
Friday, December 16
PREPARING AND SUPPORTING "WHOLE LEADERS"
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leadershiphelp.org
on Fri 16 Dec 2005 05:09 PM EST
In terms of school leadership, the whole leader refers certainly to instructional, managerial, and organizational acumen. In its 2000 report, “Reinventing the Principalship,” IEL wrote that “ …schools of the 21st century will require a new kind of principal, one whose role will be defined in terms of instructional, community, and visionary leadership.” Today, we expand that definition to one that makes clear and emphasizes the importance and impact of personal attributes such as integrity, ethics, moral courage, and personal strength. more »
Thursday, December 15
Turning Principals into Thoughtful Leaders
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on Thu 15 Dec 2005 08:26 PM EST
In today’s frenetic education environment, there’s virtually unanimous agreement that Leadership Matters. Jonathan Kozol said that the principal is the heart and soul of every public school in America. I firmly believe that school improvement and student success begins and ends with principals. Every school needs and deserves a highly qualified leader. Unfortunately, the current state of school leadership is worrisome. more »
Interest builds in Minnesota's new teacher pay plan
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leadershiphelp.org
on Thu 15 Dec 2005 09:47 AM EST
On my other web site-School Doc-I have been highlighting various alternative pay programs for teachers, trying to distinguish them from the traditional notion of “merit pay”. The latter usually leaves the pay scale in place but gives bonuses to those teachers who are deemed more effective. more »
Wednesday, December 14
The Principal’s Flyer
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on Wed 14 Dec 2005 10:15 AM EST
Michael Welch, Principal of Framingham High School in Massachusetts sends out this weekly flyer- a mix of philosophy and nuts and bolts. more »
Tuesday, December 13
Crucial Year Can Be Precipice or Springboard
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leadershiphelp.org
on Tue 13 Dec 2005 01:36 PM EST
Salandy lived in a low-income part of Alexandria. Only one parent was at home. But there was a spark in Salandy, a yearning for something better that Walsh could recognize in his tone of voice, his choice of friends, his promising grades. Walsh was principal of the Minnie Howard School, one of the few schools in the country that has only ninth-graders, and she had made it a rule that her students would all get very personal attention. more »
Monday, December 12
Study: Tenure means job security
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on Mon 12 Dec 2005 05:19 PM EST
Illinois teachers rarely fired if they have tenure, according to investigation by newspaper group ...Many ... more »
A Principal's Operating Procedure
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leadershiphelp.org
on Mon 12 Dec 2005 07:00 AM PST
Principals must strike a balance between monitoring teachers and having a laissez-faire policy of letting them use their own working formulas for inspiring children and getting the job done. more »
Sunday, December 11
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leadershiphelp.org
on Sun 11 Dec 2005 06:33 AM PST
Leroy Houston doesn't bother to listen to the call when his bedside phone rings at 6 a.m.
The 15-year-old Seabreeze High sophomore already knows it's a recorded message from Assistant Principal Jacalyn Jones telling him it's time to get up for school. more » Tuesday, December 6
Principal Coaching Initiative
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on Tue 06 Dec 2005 11:26 AM PST
Principal Coaching
WHAT IS COACHING? A coach has generally been thought of in athletic training, but in recent years, the ... more »
Happy Holidays? "Keep it low-key.”
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leadershiphelp.org
on Tue 06 Dec 2005 10:51 AM PST
After returning from Thanksgiving holiday, teachers and staff at school meetings in many school districts are accustomed to hearing the principal's precautionary message: “Keep it low-key.” more »
Thursday, December 1
The Benefits of Being a MBWA Principal
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leadershiphelp.org
on Thu 01 Dec 2005 12:10 PM PST
In In Search of Excellence, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, Jr., introduced a management technique called MBWA, an acronym for "managing by wandering around" or "managing by walking about." It's a style that is the ideal description of many of the best principals' leadership styles. Those principals spend a great deal of time "walking about," working with and observing teachers and students.see whole article-Pawlas on Principals more »
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