Practical Strategies for School Principals

Coulter was a speaker in one of the workshops. After my first year as an administrator, I wanted someone to tell me how to organize all of the information that was coming across my desk. This is the book with answers. Coulter has many years of experience as a high school principal.

His organizational strategies are already in place in my office. Some of the ideas are common sense; others are innovative.

I would recommend this book to anyone who shuffles many papers, has many meetings, and is responsible for many people. This book is straightforward, practical, and full of tips that I will continue to use. It was one of the education books that I actually enjoyed reading and thought gave me useful information. Coulter's book is awesome.

Coulter has written a book that from beginning to end is not only helpful but valuable to me as a third year principal. I compare my situation to a pretty good golfer who is looking to improve. It that case, now is the time to pick up well written articles for Golf Magazine and get something from them. Nelson's book does not cover unfamilar topics It provides priceless insights about very familiar topics. I have already read the book once,and am more than half-way through it again.

This book will lower my handicap at the principalship. I loved this book! I loved the conservation style of the book and reading it felt like a conversation with an old friend- I found it calming and focusing. The suggestions and advice are practical and easy to implement; the tech world would call these "turn key" solutions!

Another assistant principal at school read the first couple of pages and described it as a "warm blanket.

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See and discover other items: There's a problem loading this menu right now. This book clearly delineates the role of the school leader in creating a learning-centered environment for students through collaboration, a relentless focus on instruction, building staff capacity, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Herron, assistant superintendent for academic services, Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, Williamsburg, VA Envision the angst any new or veteran principal encounters when facing the cold, hard facts. A professionally toxic culture, classrooms where learning is but a word, or a bus parking lot operating as a veritable mess; Kathy Hwang and Ron Nash offer hope and an action plan. A must read for novice, mid-career, and veteran leaders at all levels and those who support them.

What a wealth of information! I think it is a wonderful resource and an excellent summer reading choice for administrators. For example, you might send a letter to parents explaining what you are doing and why. Second, do no more test preparation than is absolutely necessary. Some experts have argued that a relatively short period of introducing students to the content and format of the tests is sufficient to produce scores equivalent to those obtained by students who have spent the entire year in test-prep mode.

Third, whatever time is spent on test preparation should be as creative and worthwhile as possible. Avoid traditional drilling whenever you can. Fourth, administrators and other school officials should never brag about high or rising scores. To do so is not only misleading; it serves to legitimate the tests. In fact, people associated with high-scoring schools or districts have a unique opportunity to make an impact.

We value great teaching and learning, which is precisely what suffers when people become preoccupied with scores. Please join us in phasing them out.

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That state not only grades schools but then hands out money to those with the highest scores — in effect making the rich richer and the poor poorer. In a bold public protest, six teachers and their principal went to the state capital and handed back the bonuses. In North Carolina, teachers pooled their bonuses to create a foundation that would provide funds to the schools that needed it most. If you are a superintendent or assistant superintendent facing school board members who want to see higher test scores, the most constructive thing you can do is protect principals from these ill-conceived demands to the best of your ability without losing your job in the process.

If you are a building administrator, on the receiving end of test-related missives from the central office, your challenge is to shield teachers from this pressure — and, indeed, to help them pursue meaningful learning in their classrooms. Try to educate those above you whenever it seems possible to do so, but cushion those below you every day.

Otherwise you become part of the problem. As important as I believe these suggestions to be, it is also critical to recognize their limits.

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There is only so much creativity that can be infused into preparing students for bad tests. There is only so much buffering that can be done in a high-stakes environment. These recommendations merely try to make the best of a bad thing. Ultimately we need to work to end that bad thing, to move beyond stopgap measures and take on the system itself. Unfortunately, even some well-intentioned educators who understand the threat posed by testing never get to that point. Here are some of the justifications they offer for their inaction:.

Thus the need for us to organize in order to fight the tests themselves. Some states are already organized, even to the point of having websites. Check these out — or, if you live elsewhere, use them as models for constructing your own:.

Do parents understand the results? Do teachers think that the tests measure the curriculum fairly?