Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals - From Good to Great Performance

Informationen zum Autor Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What’s Good, What’s Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University. Klappentext Increase your own effectiveness with the help of the built-in facilitator's guide, ideas, reflections, behaviors, habits, and inspiring stories. Zusammenfassung Increase your own effectiveness with the help of the built-in facilitator's guide, ideas, reflections, behaviors, habits, and inspiring stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Who This Book Is For Overview of the Contents Acknowledgments Introduction A Matter of Defintion The Origin of the Ten Traits The Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals Chapter 1: The Communicator Chapter 2: The Educator Chapter 3: The Envisioner Chapter 4: The Facilitator Chapter 5: The Change Master Chapter 6: The Culture Builder Chapter 7: The Activator Chapter 8: The Producer Chapter 9: The Character Builder Chapter 10: The Contributor About the Author Dedication 1. The Communicator Communicator Exemplar: Michelle Gayle Communicator Benchmarks 1.1 Communicators Attend 1.2 Communicators Listen 1.3 Communicators Empathize 1.4 Communicators Disclose Themselves to Others 1.5 Communicators Get the Whole Story 1.6 Communicators Ask the Right Questions 1.7 Communicators Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say 1.8 Communicators Can Acceptn Criticism 1.9 Communicators Can Give Correction 1.10 Communicators Communicate Creatively 1.11 Communicators Disagree Agreeably 1.12 Communicators Pay Attention to Parents 1.13 Communicators Connect Emotionally and Professionally With Staff 1.14 Communicators Communicate With Students 1.15 Communicators Can Talk to the Boss 1.16 Communicators Connect in Productive, Helping, and Healing Ways 1.17 Communicators Care Enough to Send the Very Best 1.18 Communicators Know How to Schmooze 1.19 Communicators Write, Speak, and Teach Summing It Up 2. The Educator Educator Exemplar Jean Hendrickson, Elementary Educator Exemplar: Alan Jones, High School Educator Benchmarks 2.1 Educator Principals Believe That All Students Can Learn, and They Develop ...

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Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What’s Good, What’s Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001).

McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine K. McEwan, Elaine K. Mcewan-Adkins
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2003
• EAN: 9780761946199
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-4619-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization