Career on Course
By: Scott Jeffrey Miller
Stop coasting and take control of your career!
The most successful professionals have clarity and a plan. They live in accordance with their values and know how to pivot in the face of disruption. Yet most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities.
But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks ten strategies that will take your career from accidental to intentional. Read more...
Member Price: $14
Non-Member Price: $17
Becoming a School Principal
Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
By: Sarah E. Fiarman
What does it take to manage the work of continuous improvement—to push staff members constantly to operate outside their comfort zones? What dilemmas and challenges must principals confront? How can school leaders learn from their mistakes and move forward?
In Becoming a School Principal, Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a school principal committed to enacting a powerful vision of leading and learning.
Drawing thoughtfully on the literature of school reform and change leadership, Fiarman discusses a wide range of topics, including empowering teachers, building trust, addressing racial and economic inequities and supporting a culture of continuous learning, as well as thornier issues such as learning to use authority skillfully, dealing with resistance and managing supervision and evaluation. The book addresses common challenges and highlights missteps as well as successes. Read more ...
Member Price: $33
Non-Member Price: $38
Leader Ready - Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring School Leaders
By Tim Cusack and Vince Bustamante
The solution for preparing excellent school leaders is right in front of you
Leader Ready presents a framework that walks aspiring school leaders along the path to strong and independent principalship by using a mix of professional knowledge, modeling, coaching, guided experiences, and mastery experiences. Full of processes, action steps, and examples from the field, features include;
- A research-based plan for creating better conditions for aspiring leaders
- Guidance for achieving systemic professional growth throughout the school year
- Analysis of school-leadership standards to inform practice
- Voices of leaders, aspiring leaders, and experts from the field
The role of the principal is far more complex and challenging than ever before! It is critical that we guide more aspiring leaders to the role of principal. Leader Ready has the tools to help you achieve this! This book will provide aspiring leaders, principals, and district leaders with the know-how to build new generations of successful school leaders. Read more...
Member Price: $40
Non-Member Price: $44
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