Here are four books I believe every teacher, principal, and superintendent should read. All you have to do to order is hit the button under each title. For the technologically advanced, the download version will be yours in 10 seconds. The mail version is sent the very same day you order.
All 4 books have the PrincipalsPage Seal of Approval (if there was such a thing).
Finding Middle Ground in K-12 Education
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The meanest and sweetest word in education today may be “lawsuit”! It both stops progress cold and it keeps educators rightly guided. Yet two new words are emerging as far more powerful: MIDDLE GROUND, that hallowed dale of compromise between what is required and what works, where problems and issues are first prevented, and if not, resolved.
Knowing the rules is only half the answer. The art of clear and effective leadership is also required when conflict exists between good instructional practices and the law.
The Perfect School
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Here is what the publisher says about The Perfect School—
Everybody wants a perfect school, but what does that really mean? If you could start over with a clean slate, what could you do to create the perfect school? That is what three experienced educators asked each other, then dug into their respective areas of strength to answer. The result is The Perfect School, a no-nonsense look at perfect teachers, perfect staff, perfect parents, and perfect principals, plus the features and steps required to spread that perfection throughout any school or system. This book is a roadmap for every teacher, principal, superintendent, guidance counselor, school bus driver, school board member, parent, tax payer, or interested citizen who wants the best for children and society.
Teachers Change Lives 24/7
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Teachers Change Lives 24/7 and 150 Ways to Do it Right was a work of love. Jim explains why he wrote it and what he hopes it does for the teaching profession—
Teaching is a profession that truly changes lives. For most of my life I have either attended school as a student or worked as an educator. I am convinced that as long as I am capable, I will be a teacher. I also believe that no matter what the political climate or economic challenges, educators need to understand just how important they are. So, in Teachers Change Lives 24/7, I took a lifetime of material, mixed it with an immeasurable amount of passion, and crafted a book of how-to-do-it-better ideas told through reality-based stories that will warm the heart, cause a chuckle or two, and provide enough encouragement for any educator to try a little harder to make an even bigger difference for kids.
What Every Superintendent and Principal Needs to Know
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Here is what the publisher says about the Second Edition of What Every Superintendent and Principal Needs to Know—
From three brave voices in the trenches come more healthy, easy-to-apply, straightforward school leadership ideas and practices than from any other book in print. No-nonsense advice about what works, what never did, and what you can do to put your school(s) and yourself atop the excellence pile, modestly or raucously crowing.