You're the Principal! Now What?: Strategies and Solutions for New School Leaders - Jen Schwanke

\n \nA principal's job is astonishingly complex, and its competing demands can be overwhelming, especially in the first few years. In this book, Jen Schwanke, a principal herself, provides a mentor's guidance to steer new principals through the period of adjustment and set the foundation for a long and rewarding career. The topics you wish your graduate program had covered are covered here--directly, practically, and without the jargon.\n \nDrawing on her own experience, Schwanke provides strategies for tackling the most common yet most daunting challenges of the principalship, including\n \n- Establishing productive professional relationships \n- Building and maintaining a positive school culture \n- Resolving conflict among staff and parents \n- Providing effective instructional leadership \n- Supporting students' social-emotional needs \n- Conducting staff evaluations and delivering feedback \n- Keeping up with district, state, and federal mandates \n- Managing the facility and the budget \n- Providing focused and effective professional development \n- Prioritizing responsibilities \n- Learning from student and schoolwide data \n- Planning for growth and change \n- Working through behavior and discipline issues \n- Hiring high-quality teachers and supporting new ones \n- Leading effective meetings \n- Maintaining balance \nThe standalone chapters provide easy access to the solutions you need for the situations you face. Along with real-life scenarios and critical tips for success, you'll find helpful models of what to do, what to say, and how to say it. This book is a source for ideas any time you encounter a problem and think, Now what? It's the beginning of an ongoing conversation about the wonderful and rewarding work of being a principal.\n