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Making Time to Lead
How Principals Can Stay on Top of It All



September 2003 | 96 pages | Corwin
Due to the ever-increasing demands of the Headship, Head Teachers are leaving the schools in record numbers. Both primary and secondary heads claim their average workweek is between 80-90 hours. To complicate matters, the current emphasis in university, induction, and training programmes for headteachers is on leadership - instructional, curricular, ethical, etc. Lost in this focus are the day-to-day demands that often make managing one's time as challenging as leading a school. Making Time to Lead provides timesaving tips, strategies, and practical ideas that will help headteachers better manage themselves, their office, and ultimately their school. The book will be divided into topical chapters: getting organized, creating a calendar, communicating with stakeholders, delegating responsibilities, planning through the summer, maintaining the personal touch, taking care of oneself.
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Introduction
 
1. Organizing
Setting Up Your Organizational System

 
Make To-Do Lists

 
Keep Up With Mail

 
Make Special Folders

 
Clip, Post, and Save Those Articles

 
Creating Your Own Filing System

 
Carry Your Desk With You

 
Technology Can Set You Free

 
Copying Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

 
Be Your School's Historian

 
Be Ready For Prospective Parents

 
Note Cards: The Best Invention Since Sliced Bread

 
The Master Key Is a Must

 
Student Planners

 
 
2. Time
Building Your Calendar

 
Being in Two Places at Once

 
Meetings

 
Getting Started

 
Coffee Shop Time

 
Telephone Time

 
Save Your Calendars

 
Accreditation

 
 
3. Communication
How to Use a Telephone

 
Visibility: Leading by Walking Around

 
The Working Lunch

 
Parents as Partners

 
Public Presentations

 
 
4. Delegation
Questions to Ask

 
Use Your Staff

 
Faculty Meetings Can Be Fun

 
 
5. Summer
Staff Selection

 
Save Those Resumes

 
Student Placement Records

 
Student Placement Procedures

 
Keeping Your Files Active

 
Getting Ready for the Year

 
Remember Your Own Professional Development

 
 
6. People
Know Your Faculty and Staff

 
Learn Those Student Names

 
Break Bread Together

 
The Little Things Do Matter

 
Buy Stock in Hallmark

 
Everyone Values a Break

 
Let Them Eat Ice Cream

 
 
7. Self
Keep a Journal

 
Conferences

 
Study Groups

 
Portfolios

 
Preparing Future Principals

 
Administrative Retreats

 
Pamper Yourself

 
Teach a Class

 
Reading and Sharing

 
 
Resource A: Today's Agenda
 
Resource B: Yearly Task List
 
Resource C: Faculty Note Cards
 
Resource D: Student Planner Memo
 
Resource E: Aspiring Administrator Training Brochure
 
Resource F: Administrative Retreat Memo

This book would be a wonderful guide for someone new to the profession. The practical strategies and ideas will truly help that first year principal.

Rick Doss, Principal
Brownsburg Junior High School, Indianapolis, IN

The examples and suggested activities are great with lots of simple suggestions that are real and practical--very effective!

Kevin Peterson, Principal
Red Bank Elementary, Clovis, CA

"This is not your ordinary time management tome. Making Time to Lead is a geared to the specialized needs of principals and will help you 'find the time to lead--as well as manage--schools.'"

Principal, September/October 2004

Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction

Chapter 1: Organizing


Richard A. Simon

James F. Newman

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