Study guide : what great principals do differently : twenty things that matter most / Todd Whitaker, Beth Whitaker, Jeffrey Zoul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitaker, Todd, author.

Whitaker, Beth, 1960- author.

Zoul, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School principals--United States.

School principals.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; London, England : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2021]

Summary:

Written to accompany the third edition of Todd Whitaker's bestselling title, What Great Principals Do Differently, this study guide can be used by facilitators and participants in workshops, webinars, book study groups, or other professional development events.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Part One

Chapter 1: Why Look at Great?

Chapter 2: It's People, Not Programs

Key Concepts

Discussion Questions

Journal Prompt

Group Activities

It's Not What You Do-It's How You Do It

You Don't Say . . .

Application

Part Two

Chapter 3: Develop an Accurate Sense of Self

Getting in Tune

Leadership Self-Assessment

Who We Are

What We Do

Part Three

Chapter 4: Who Is the Variable?

Expectations for Everyone

Who Is Responsible? Look In the Mirror

Part Four

Chapter 5: Treat Everyone with Respect, Every Day, All the Time

Our Cup Runneth Over!

Raise the Praise-Effectively

Recognizing Effective Praise

Part Five

Chapter 6: Be the Filter

Circle of Friends

Setting the Tone

Part Six

Chapter 7: Teach, Don't Tell

You Oughta Be in Pictures!

Featuring Our Own Teachers

Part Seven

Chapter 8: Hire Great Teachers

Top Teaching Traits

Induction Starts at the Interview

Part Eight

Chapter 9: Recruiting and Retaining Talent

Twenty Questions

What Do You Need?

Part Nine

Chapter 10: Understand the Dynamics of Change

Key Concepts.

Discussion Questions

The CORE of Change

Riding a Dead Horse

Part Ten

Chapter 11: Standardized Testing

Chapter 12: Focus on Behavior, Then Focus on Beliefs

Two Key Questions

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Part Eleven

Chapter 13: Loyal to Whom?

Chapter 14: Base Every Decision on Your Best Teachers

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Spelling It Out

Part Twelve

Chapter 15: In Every Situation, Ask Who Is Most Comfortable and Who Is Least Comfortable

Dear Parents . . .

Freeze Frame

Part Thirteen

Chapter 16: Understand the High Achievers

Evaluating-and Valuing-High Achievers

Getting the Right Teachers

Part Fourteen

Chapter 17: Make It Cool to Care

I Can See Clearly Now . . .

Tell Me What You See . . .

Part Fifteen

Chapter 18: Don't Need to Repair-Always Do Repair

Restoring and Repairing

All the Things We Say and Do . . .

Part Sixteen

Chapter 19: Deal with Negative or Ineffective Staff Members

Changes in Attitudes?

Take Five!

Part Seventeen

Chapter 20: Set Expectations at the Start of the Year

Group Activities.

What to Say-On the Very First Day

Friday Focus!

Part Eighteen

Chapter 21: Leadership Is Not an Event

Chapter 22: Clarify Your Core

A Culture Of . . .

I Want That, Too

Twenty Things

Twenty Things That Matter Most.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-309160-1

1-003-09160-1

1-000-19671-2

9781003091608

OCLC:

1154895712