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Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: What Effective Principals Do
Bringing Out the Best in Teachers What Effective Principals Do Author:Joseph Blase, Peggy C. Kirby Finally! Practical advice from the teachers' perspective!Learn what effective principals do to influence, motivate, and empower teachers entirely from the teachers' perspective. Based on an in-depth study in which teachers detail the strategies extraordinary principals used to help them become more effective in the cl... more »assroom. This second edition incorporates the most up-to-date literature, keeping the core study timely and provocative. Easy-to-follow guidelines are included in each chapter. Strategies and related practices illustrate how to:
Use the power of praise
Influence by expecting and involving
Encourage professional autonomy
Lead by standing behind
Suggest rather than direct
Use formal authority positively
This book is a must-have resource for any practicing school principal or for teachers studying to be principals.« less