Countdown to the Principalship: How Successful Principals Begin Their School Year

Chapter 1 The Framework for School Leadership Accomplishments; Chapter 2 Accomplishment: Defining Learning; Chapter 3 Accomplishment: Providing Instruction; Chapter 4 Accomplishment: Sustaining Student Climate; Chapter 5 Accomplishment: Providing Related Services; Chapter 6 Accomplishment: Mobilizing Resources; Chapter 7 Accomplishment: Organizing and Supporting School Operations; Chapter 8 Accomplishment: Supporting Staff; Chapter 9 Accomplishment: Supporting School Renewal; Chapter 10 Accomplishment: Sustaining Family and Community Partnerships;

Anne O’Rourke, a former principal, central office administrator, administrative coach, and adjunct professor, is the Project Director of the New School Leadership Project at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs., Jackie Provenzano, a former principal, was named Principal of the Year by the National Center to Save Our Schools and Alive to Strive Administrator of the Year., G. Thomas Bellamy, Curriculum Consultant for the New School Leadership Project, is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington at Bothell., Karen Ballek, a former principal, has served as an administrative coach, management consultant, and adjunct professor.