Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Steps to Success: What Successful Principals Do Everyday

Steps to Success: What Successful Principals Do Every Day is purposefully written for practicing and aspiring public and private school administrators who desire - on a daily basis - to gain relevant skills, specialized knowledge, and overall expertise associated with being a successful school principal. The text is organized into brief, single-topic-focused chapters and is intended to serve as an "essential necessity" providing current and prospective principal readership with relevant and practical applications as related to key daily "steps" a school administrator must master to ensure leadership success. Additionally, the text chapters reveal how successful principals must daily focus on quality, learn from others, make appropriate and effective decisions, solve problems, establish goals, develop highly competent teams, focus on students and instruction, inspire excellence, lead openly, honestly, and with transparency, and boost academic achievement. The book is designed and written to best ensure principals serve as visionary leaders who possess great ideas and who are honest, moral, ethical, and act legally in all actions. Review A useful text for aspiring principals. It provides a roadmap for the dilemmas and challenges that lay ahead for someone who wants to make a difference as a school leader.--Gary Anderson, New York University, Professor of Educational Leadership; Administration, Leadership, and Technology Drs. Mungal and Sorenson have distinguished themselves as outstanding professors of educational leadership. Their collaborative effort is informed by many years of experience and research. This highly engaging read artfully conveys practical recommendations to aspiring and current principals. From the vantage point of a former campus administrator and superintendent, I would add this one to your must read list!--Dr. Don Schulte, former principal and school superintendent, Associate Professor Emeritus at UTEP Mungal and Sorenson have explored 8 Daily Steps that successful school administrators must consider to grow as instructional leaders. Steps to Success: What Successful Principals Do Every Day is a must read for any current and aspiring school administrator. The authors have navigated the murky waters of how successful school principals maneuver the challenges faced every day.--Dr. Kristopher Johnson, Middle School Assistant Principal, Texas Region 19 TASSP (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals), Middle School Assistant Principal of the Year Through this book, Mungal and Sorenson have taken us into the day-to-day experiences of successful school principals. By delving into the work of those on the front lines and unearthing the connective threads between educational leadership and school success, they have provided us with a practical guide to what great principals actually do. This book serves not only as an excellent guide for the novice school leader, but also as a powerful reminder for experienced educators of how we translate vision into action.--Michael Ojeda, principal, Elizabeth Public Schools, New Jersey (among the largest schools districts in the New Jersey/ New York area) About the Author Dr. Angus S. Mungal is an assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso. He teaches graduate courses in Diversity, Advocacy, Qualitative Methodology, and Policy Analysis. Dr. Richard Sorenson is professor emeritus at The University of Texas at El Paso where he served as department chairperson and director of the principal preparation program. Currently he teaches School-Based Budgeting, School Personnel, and Administrative Leadership.