Principal Induction: A Standards-Based Model for Administrator Development »

Elaine Litchfield Wilmore, Ph.D., is Special Assistant to the Dean for NCATE Accreditation and an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. This year she is President of three different organizations, and it is about to kill her. Those organizations are the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, the Cleburne (TX) Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Elaine L. Wilmore Leadership Initiatives. She is the University of Texas at Arlington founding Director of School Administration Programs, Educational Leadership UTA, and the Scholars of Practice innovative programs for which she has received extensive external grants. At the University she has served as Chair of Educational Administration and Director of University Program Development. In addition, Dr. Wilmore is active on many other local, state, and national boards including the Texas Principals Leadership Initiative and the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. She has served as President of the Texas Professors of Educational Administration, on the Boards of the Texas Association of School Administrators and the Texas Consortium of Colleges of Teacher Education and was in the original cadre of program/folio reviewers for the Educational Leadership Constituent Council for NCATE. Dr. Wilmore is known in Texas as the "ExCET - TExES Queen" for her state-wide success in helping students pass administrative certification examinations.

Dr. Wilmore is a former public school teacher, counselor, and elementary and middle school principal. A frequent national speaker and author, Dr. Wilmore is known for inspiringothers to greatness. In addition to her significant work in the area of administrator development, she enjoys singing in her church choir, reading, writing, and spending time with those she loves. She is married and the mother of three wonderful children, one fabulous son-in-law, a big Boxer dog, and a very persistent mutt-cat named "Yum."

Finally, a standards-based leadership induction program that will help every principal flourish!

Many school administrator candidates enter the principalship with great potential, but sometimes lack the critical guidance to ensure their success. With the many challenges facing principals daily, it is imperative for new and seasoned principals alike to remain informed, rejuvenated, and passionate about providing students with a quality education and supporting high quality teachers and an effective staff.  

Principal Induction focuses on the importance of an effective induction process in the recruitment, development, and retention of school principals.  The first of its kind, this standards-based format seamlessly weaves the new Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards--resulting from the work of ten leading educational organizations interested in school leadership and improvement--into the principal induction process.  Developing this unique approach, while providing encouragement and support, Wilmore produces case studies, professional development activities and how-to's for:

• Improving schools by enhancing the human and leadership qualities of administrators
• Promoting positive school culture  
• Creating collaborative teams to support all stakeholders  
• Addressing inconsistent follow-up and unreliable accountability systems in a structured, productive manner  

By cultivating their own individual growth and development through an effective induction program, school leaders will revitalize their professional and personal lives, and move from surviving to flourishing during their principalship years.

 

Table of Contents

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	About the Author
1	Induction: The Big Picture	1
2	The Partnership Model for Administrator Induction Success	9
3	How Do You Stay Focused on the School Vision When the Walls Are Falling Down?	25
4	The Best We Can We	47
5	How Do I Run This Place?	65
6	I Have to Work With Them?	81
7	It May Be Legal, But Is It Right?	99
8	Mama Told Me There'd Be Days Like This	113
9	The Internship: Preservice Administrators Looking to the Future	129
10	For the Future	141
	Suggested Readings	145
	References	153
	Index	157

Subjects

Education & Teaching Academic Administration Educational Administration - General & Miscellaneous
Education & Teaching Academic Administration School Management & Organization
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Academic Administration

 

 

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