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20 Biggest Mistakes Principals Make and How to Avoid Them

Marilyn L. Grady - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

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Principal Mentoring, Induction & Coaching | Principalship

January 2004 | 144 pages | Corwin

"The information presented is true to life; school principals will see themselves on every page. The strategies presented to 'fix' or avoid our mistakes really do work! You don't have to be a new principal to benefit from this one."
Kaye Peery, Superintendent
Maxwell Municipal Schools, NM

"I wish this book had been written many years ago to help me with my first principal's position. It is an indispensable resource for new and seasoned principals to avoid the pitfalls of administration."
Ron Joekel, Executive Director Emeritus
Phi Delta Kappa International

Learn to navigate the principalship by avoiding the major roadblocks that can arise along the way!

Don't let bad decisions and unnecessary oversights ruin your school day—or worse, your career! Marilyn Grady examines the twenty most critical mistakes principals make, and provides the strategies you need to avoid them. By surveying both teachers and administrators, and applying her own experiences as both teacher and a principal, the author examines the crucial errors from the following seven key categories:

People Skills—managing interpersonal relationships and communication
People—working with staff and parents Principal—examining professional behaviors inherent in the position
Job—juggling time demands and heavy workloads
Tasks—looking more closely at administrative duties
Personal Issues—focusing on family and health
Fatal Attractions—addressing judgment errors that can be disastrous for your career

While everyone makes mistakes, you'll have the crucial insight needed to avoid the biggest ones!

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Introduction

Acknowledgments

About the Author

I. The People Skills

Mistake 1: Interpersonal Shortcomings

Mistake 2: Communication Flaws

II. The People

Mistake 3: Neglecting the Professionals

Mistake 4: Mismanaging Parents

III. The Principal

Mistake 5: Being Too Bossy

Mistake 6: Inconsistency

Mistake 7: Displaying Weakness

IV. The Job

Mistake 8: Endless Work

Mistake 9: Mismanaging Time

V. Tasks

Mistake 10: Ignoring the Preparation

Mistake 11: Displacing Goals

Mistake 12: Decision-Making Dilemmas

Mistake 13: Change Dilemmas

Mistake 14: Professional Development Vacuum

Mistake 15: Failing to Supervise

VI. Personal Issues

Mistake 16: Forgetting the Family

Mistake 17: Ignoring Health Issues

Mistake 18: Succumbing to Stress

Mistake 19: Etiquette Gaffes

VII. Fatal Attractions

Mistake 20: Errors of Judgment

VIII. The Leader's Response

Response 1: Never to Err Again?

Response 2: Over the Horizon

Resource A: Building Visibility in the Community

Resource B: Verbal Skills Self-Assessment

Resource C: Principal Access Self-Assessment

Resource D: Principal Self-Assessment

References

Kaye Peery, Superintendent

Maxwell Municipal Schools, NM

"I wish this book had been written many years ago to help me with my first principal's position. It is an indispensable resource for new and seasoned principals to avoid the pitfall of administration."

Ron Joekel, Executive Director Emeritus

Phi Delta Kapp International

“I quickly learned that the situations I faced were similar to other principals’ experiences. The answers to my dilemmas were based on common sense and experience such as the examples in this book.”

Barbara Marchese, Principal

St. Philip Neri School, Omaha, NE

"An excellent resource for principals to examine their effectiveness."

Principal Navigator, September 2007

Key features

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