Preparing to Be Next in Line A Guide to the Principalship

Every building administrator must be proactive to accomplish the demands of educating children for the twenty-first century. This entails ethical decision making, building relationships, school safety, and excellent communication skills that utilize data as a baseline. As a new administrator, it is very difficult to be an educational leader without having a predetermined map of what and where to lead. Preparing to Be Next in Line: A Guide to the Principalship provides that navigational tool so that every administrator can be successful. The theory is separated from practical solutions so that the text can be used as a resource for the novice administrator. The guide is based upon best practice and active research, and will provide the new principal with the theory and the practical aspects of that theory to put into daily practice. The text is a roadmap for a successful tenure as a principal.