Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do

Principals, National Association of Elementary School

ISBN 10: 0939327155 / ISBN 13: 9780939327157

Published by National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do
• Publisher: National Association of Elementary School Principals
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0939327155
• ISBN 13: 9780939327157
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 11 ounces

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Synopsis

The National Association of Elementary School Association's guide, Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do, presents the voices of elementary and middle school principals who state thier belief that everything a principal does in school must be focused on ensuring the learning of adults and students.

Leading Learning Communities identifies six standards that NAESP believes together characterize instructional leadership in schools. They are: 1) Balance Management and Leadership Roles; 2) Set High Expectations and Standards; 3) Demand Content and Instruction That Ensure Student Achievement; 4) Create a Culture of Adult Learning; 5) Use Multiple Sources of Data as Diagnostic Tools; and, 6) Actively Engage the Community.

About the Author

Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do was created by the National Association of Elementary School Principals in partnership with Collaborative Communications Group.

The 28,500 members of the National Association of Elementary School Principals provide administrative and instructional leadership for public and private elementary and middle schools throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Founded in 1921, NAESP is an independent professional association with its own headquarters building in Alexandria, Virginia. Through national and regional meetings, award-winning publications and joint efforts with its 50 state affiliates, NAESP is a strong advocate for both its members and for the 33 million American children enrolled in preschool, kindergarten and grades 1 through 8.

Collaborative Communications Group is a strategic communications consulting firm built around the belief that public engagement is essential to the improvement of communities and, particularly, schools. Collaborative Communications Group works in three portfolio areas: defining and analyzing the nature and impact of civic engagement in the context of organization, education and community change; developing tools to increase and improve the practice of engagement; and improving the management and communications capacity of organizations that serve as primary initiators or supporters of engagement activities.