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Successful Principal: Concrete Strategies and
Essential Advice |
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Strategic Tips for First-Year Administrators |
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Five
Tips for New School Administrators - The Edvocate |
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Tips for Effective School Leaders - Better Leaders Better
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10 Skills Every School Principal Must Have - A Quick .. |
| 1. Your teachers are the
best source of advice, expertise and
support, trust and recognize their
opinions, information and advice. |
| 2. Treat your staff with
respect and understanding. |
| 3. Select your staff
based on their expertise, training,
experience and temperament, not
because you need a coach. |
| 4. Base your budget
around the needs of the students and
the teachers. |
| 5. Defend your staff
against unjust criticism. |
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6. Set up an advisory
committee of your staff and meet
with them regularly to discuss day
by day, week by week and yearly
issues. |
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7. Establish links with the students to
address their concerns. |
| 8. Never lose your sense of humor. Sometimes
a smile or a kind word in the right situation can
prevent a frustrating and embarrassing situation. |
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9. Discourage clicks and the gossip that can
and will occur in any school. |
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10. If your system is Unionized, listen to
the representative and make all efforts to prevent
the issue from escalating into a grievance or
lawsuit. |
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11. Never lose your temper, those that anger
you will control you. Maintain a positive attitude
that opens the door to a positive school. |
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12. If you find yourself in a situation you
are having trouble solving, contact
other administrators and see if they
have found unique ways of
adjudicating the issue |
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13. If you are new to the position remember
that the relationships you had when you were a
teacher or coach is not the same. Remember you are
now an authority figure with different expectations. |
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14. Make sure that any discipline rule or
action is equal and matches the intensity of the
offense. |
| 15. Always maintain you, the
teachers
and your office's dignity! |
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Administration: Those school officials who are responsible
for the maintaining the curriculum, building, discipline,
professional practices and security of a school. To be a
good principal one must be patient, understanding, competent and
have at their core the best interest of the students.
