20 Biggest Mistakes Principals Make and How to Avoid Them » (1st Edition)

Marilyn L. Grady is Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  She is the author or coauthor of 14 books.  Her research areas include leadership, the principalship, and superintendent-board relations.  She has more than 150 publications to her credit.  She is the editor of the Journal of Women in Educational Leadership and her editorial board service has included: Educational Administration Quarterly, The Rural Educator, The Journal of At-Risk Issues, The Journal of School Leadership, Advancing Women in Leadership On-Line Journal, and The Journal for a Just and Caring Education.  She is the recipient of the Stanley Brzezinski Research Award and UNL's award for Outstanding Contributions to the Status of Women. Dr. Grady coordinates an annual conference on women in educational leadership that attracts national attendance and is in its 19th year.  She has served on the executive board of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, the Center for the Study of Small/Rural Schools, and PDK Chapter 15.  She is a member of the American Educational Research Association, the International Academy of Educational Leaders, the National Rural Education Association, the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, and the Horace Mann League. She has been an administrator in K-12 schools as well as at the college and university levels.  She received her BA in history from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and her Ph.D. in educational administration with a specialty in leadership from The Ohio StateUniversity.  

"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 biggestones!