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The School Principal's Toolbook
The School Principal's Toolbook
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The eternal, unvoiced plea of every school principal is "HELP!"
But who helps the building leaders with everyday answers, encouragement, practical tips, how-to lists, and almost any resource needed so they can continue to lead with joy and passion--and change their students' world?
Help for principals has arrived! It's Jim Burgett's The School Principal's Toolbook: Building the How-to Path to Excellence. This book provides a practical and fun set of tools to understand, confront, and resolve almost every dilemma afoot or ahead! It's written for the rookie, veteran, or for those just needing a shot in the arm of potent leadership rejuvenation! And, like all of Jim's books, it's based on good, solid, practical information.
The School Principal's Toolbook isn't confined to principals either. Burgett's words offer help to everyone involved in school building leadership like assistant or associate principals, deans, special ed directors, head teachers, and building leaders.
Want to see the Table of Contents?
1. Rights and Responsibilities
1. The Right to Take Your Time
2. The Responsibility to Think Before You Make Decisions
3 The Right to Make a Mistake
4. The Responsibility to Discipline
5. The Right to Delegate
6. The Right to Have a Life
7. The Right to Seek Help
8. The Responsibility of Knowing the Expectations of You!
9. The Responsibility to be a Role Model.
10. The Responsibility to be Unforgettable.
2. Setting Priorities
Personal Priorities and the Rocks
Handling the Baggage
Administrative Priorities--Be Visible
Administrative Priorities--Do Right
Institutional Priorities--Be Passionate
Institutional Priorities--Be a Salesman
Branding
Institutional Priorities: Know the Mandatory Skills
Institutional Priority: Build Character
Institutional Priority: Implement the "A" Theory
3. The School Family
Who are the Educators?
Know the Kids in the Family
Know the Adults
Build Family Pride
Include Visitors
4. Building the Best Staff Possible
Hiring
Training
After Hiring
Building Camelot
Cleaning House
Evaluate Toward Improvement
Four Steps Toward Improvement
The Law is Changing
5. Leading the Leaders
Leaders are Innovators
Leadership vs. Management
Classic Leadership Styles
Leadership Styles for Principals
Developing Your Style of Leadership
Leadership and Criticism
Accepting Complaints
Responding to a Complaint
Comments about Leadership
Leadership
6.. Change, Vision, and Motion
Assessing the Need
Vision
Change
Watch the Pendulum
Do it. Make it Work.
7. Communications
Know Your Audience
You Care, They Forgive
Connect
Know all Sides
Communicate Efficiently
Communication is Visual
Communication is Speaking
Communication is Attitude, Energy, and Honesty
Rejuvenation!
Trust
Communicating with Zoom
Warnings
Writing
Communication vs. Information
20 Slides/20 Seconds
Faculty Meetings, Newsletters, Website
8. Zoom Learning: Understanding and Embracing How Kids Learn
What does this mean to principals?
Zoom Samples
Google vs. Apple
Knowing the History
So how do we learn to Zoom?
Google It
Assign it
Resource it
Learn it
Do it
9. Team Leadership
What is a Team?
Team Strength
Team Selection
The Big Team
Ten Rules
The Team Player
Professional Learning Communities
10. Expert Advice
Qualities of Effective Building Leaders
Skills
11. The Importance of You!
YOU are in Control
Ten Basics YOU Already Know
Physical Health
This is N.E.A.T.
Mental Wellness
Social Wellness: The Art of Good Relationships
Spiritual Wellness
Professional Health
12. Tools and Thoughts for the Principal
And what about a testimonial?
"There may not be enough superlatives in the English language to describe Jim Burgett's The School Principal's Toolbook. This book does not belong on every administrator's bookshelf; it belongs open on his or her desk. Every chapter is filled with informative, inspiring and entertaining advice and wisdom delivered in Jim's conversational, engaging style... While Toolbook has no footnotes, it is well-researched and evidence based as Jim incorporates all that he has learned--and is still learning--from his 40+ years in education. (It also includes) anecdotes, case studies and ample examples of successes and failures from colleagues willing to share their experiences and learnings.
Dr. Glen "Max" McGee, Superintendent of Palo Alto (CA) School District and
past Illinois State Superintendent of Schools
But who helps the building leaders with everyday answers, encouragement, practical tips, how-to lists, and almost any resource needed so they can continue to lead with joy and passion--and change their students' world?
Help for principals has arrived! It's Jim Burgett's The School Principal's Toolbook: Building the How-to Path to Excellence. This book provides a practical and fun set of tools to understand, confront, and resolve almost every dilemma afoot or ahead! It's written for the rookie, veteran, or for those just needing a shot in the arm of potent leadership rejuvenation! And, like all of Jim's books, it's based on good, solid, practical information.
The School Principal's Toolbook isn't confined to principals either. Burgett's words offer help to everyone involved in school building leadership like assistant or associate principals, deans, special ed directors, head teachers, and building leaders.
Want to see the Table of Contents?
1. Rights and Responsibilities
1. The Right to Take Your Time
2. The Responsibility to Think Before You Make Decisions
3 The Right to Make a Mistake
4. The Responsibility to Discipline
5. The Right to Delegate
6. The Right to Have a Life
7. The Right to Seek Help
8. The Responsibility of Knowing the Expectations of You!
9. The Responsibility to be a Role Model.
10. The Responsibility to be Unforgettable.
2. Setting Priorities
Personal Priorities and the Rocks
Handling the Baggage
Administrative Priorities--Be Visible
Administrative Priorities--Do Right
Institutional Priorities--Be Passionate
Institutional Priorities--Be a Salesman
Branding
Institutional Priorities: Know the Mandatory Skills
Institutional Priority: Build Character
Institutional Priority: Implement the "A" Theory
3. The School Family
Who are the Educators?
Know the Kids in the Family
Know the Adults
Build Family Pride
Include Visitors
4. Building the Best Staff Possible
Hiring
Training
After Hiring
Building Camelot
Cleaning House
Evaluate Toward Improvement
Four Steps Toward Improvement
The Law is Changing
5. Leading the Leaders
Leaders are Innovators
Leadership vs. Management
Classic Leadership Styles
Leadership Styles for Principals
Developing Your Style of Leadership
Leadership and Criticism
Accepting Complaints
Responding to a Complaint
Comments about Leadership
Leadership
6.. Change, Vision, and Motion
Assessing the Need
Vision
Change
Watch the Pendulum
Do it. Make it Work.
7. Communications
Know Your Audience
You Care, They Forgive
Connect
Know all Sides
Communicate Efficiently
Communication is Visual
Communication is Speaking
Communication is Attitude, Energy, and Honesty
Rejuvenation!
Trust
Communicating with Zoom
Warnings
Writing
Communication vs. Information
20 Slides/20 Seconds
Faculty Meetings, Newsletters, Website
8. Zoom Learning: Understanding and Embracing How Kids Learn
What does this mean to principals?
Zoom Samples
Google vs. Apple
Knowing the History
So how do we learn to Zoom?
Google It
Assign it
Resource it
Learn it
Do it
9. Team Leadership
What is a Team?
Team Strength
Team Selection
The Big Team
Ten Rules
The Team Player
Professional Learning Communities
10. Expert Advice
Qualities of Effective Building Leaders
Skills
11. The Importance of You!
YOU are in Control
Ten Basics YOU Already Know
Physical Health
This is N.E.A.T.
Mental Wellness
Social Wellness: The Art of Good Relationships
Spiritual Wellness
Professional Health
12. Tools and Thoughts for the Principal
And what about a testimonial?
"There may not be enough superlatives in the English language to describe Jim Burgett's The School Principal's Toolbook. This book does not belong on every administrator's bookshelf; it belongs open on his or her desk. Every chapter is filled with informative, inspiring and entertaining advice and wisdom delivered in Jim's conversational, engaging style... While Toolbook has no footnotes, it is well-researched and evidence based as Jim incorporates all that he has learned--and is still learning--from his 40+ years in education. (It also includes) anecdotes, case studies and ample examples of successes and failures from colleagues willing to share their experiences and learnings.
Dr. Glen "Max" McGee, Superintendent of Palo Alto (CA) School District and
past Illinois State Superintendent of Schools
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