Book
Leading learning communities : NAESP standards for what principals should know and be able to do / National Association of Elementary School Principals.
Record details
- ISBN: 0939327155
- ISBN: 9780939327157
- Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Alexandria, VA : National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | At head of title: A guide for those who care about creating and supporting quality in schools. A merger of two previously issued and periodically updated NAESP documents: Standards for quality elementary & middle schools and Proficiencies for principals. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Improving schools requires new thinking about school leadership -- The need for an expanded role for principals -- Indicators of quality in schools -- Defining instructional leadership: six standards for what principals should know and be able to do and strategies for achieving them -- Standard one: balance management and leadership roles -- Standard two: set high expectations and standards -- Standard three: demand content and instruction that ensure student achievement -- Standard four: create a culture of adult learning -- Standard five: use multiple sources of data as diagnostic tools -- Standard six: actively engage the community -- A call to action: what principals need to improve student achievement -- Methodology: a conversation by, of and for principals. |
