Principal Leadership: Applying the New Educational Leadership Constituent Council (Elce Standards » (1st Edition)

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."

"Certification, assessment, and standards for school principals are here to stay. Elaine Wilmore takes a fresh and innovative look at how standards for school administration are tied to the very core of educational leadership. A must read for all aspiring and practicing school leaders. Bravo!"
Theodore Creighton, Executive Director
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration

"This book informs school leaders how they can carry out critical leadership responsibilities that will lead to ever higher levels of academic achievement for all students."
John H. Stevens, Executive Director
Texas Business and Education Coalition and
Chairman of the Board, Texas Principals Leadership Initiative 

Finally, the new joint Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards, now recognized as the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards, are at your fingertips, ready to be applied by principals as well as administrator preparation programs.

This is first book to make the connection between the new standards and the principal's leadership role in creating and sustaining a school's culture and values. Its simple, consistent format includes:

• Meeting the standards for the learning community
• Creating, developing, and implementing school vision and culture
• Organizing learning community resources
• Establishing collaborative partnershipswithin the school community
• Dealing with the dilemmas, politics, and professional development in school communities
• Transforming the learning community

In addition to a thorough discussion of the new standards, each chapter includes easy-to-use learning tools that include "Activities for Professional Development" and reflective questions to help individuals, groups, or classes get the most from the book's practical, insightful, and easy-to-read format. Principal Leadership is a must-read for current and future school leaders who recognize the increasing complexity of the principal's role in our ever-changing, complicated world.