Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership

Management Strategies for Strengthening the Academic Program

By (author) John C. Leonard

Publication date:

16 September 2010

Length of book:

120 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

238x162mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781607096146

Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership is centered on the principalship and is designed to offer busy school leaders time management strategies for finding the time to be genuine instructional leaders. Leonard provides a set of tactics—called keys—that will guide readers' reflection on the issue of instructional management. These seven keys offer principals suggestions for overcoming the daily barrage of secondary responsibilities that redirect valuable time and energy away from academics. The keys offered are not in a prioritized must-do list, nor are they intended to be an all-or-none approach. Principals searching for time solutions are encouraged to consider each of the keys and adopt, adapt, or reject the suggestion to fit their personal leadership circumstances.

Chapter 1 Framing the Issue of Principal Time
Chapter 2 Time Challenges Facing Twenty-First-Century School Leaders
Chapter 3 Principal Time Management
Chapter 4 Avoiding the Pitfalls of Micromanagement
Chapter 5 Building a Value Added Unified Leadership Team
Chapter 6 Facilitating Instructional Improvement Tasks
Chapter 7 Motivating Instructional Improvement
Chapter 8 Reflective Practice

In my twenty-one years as a superintendent of schools I observed the most successful principals seemed to have a 'gift' to get everything done. In his book, Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership: Management Strategies for Strengthening the Academic Program, Dr. Leonard has unlocked the keys to how these successful principals could accomplish so much. From a true scholar/practitioner point of view, Dr. Leonard shares a message of hope for both new and experienced principals as they face the day-to-day challenges of campus level leadership. This book should be required reading for both sitting principals and those who aspire to the position.