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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 474 252 EA 032 236 AUTHOR Whaley, Jamie, Ed. TITLE Developing the Effective Principal: Hiring, Evaluation, and Retention Practices for the Superintendent. ISBN ISBN-0-8342-2033-4 PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 338p. AVAILABLE FROM Aspen Publishers, Inc., 200 Orchard Ridge Dr. #200, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 ($168). Tel: 301-417-7561; Tel: 800- 234 -1660 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.aspenpublishers.com. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Tests/Questionnaires (160) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MFO1 /PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Administrator Effectiveness; *Administrator Evaluation; Administrator Guides; Administrator Responsibility; *Administrator Selection; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; *Labor Turnover; Leadership Training; *Principals; Recruitment; *Superintendents ABSTRACT School principals are asked nowadays to be a curriculum manager, staff motivator and evaluator, business manager, public-relations representative, safety expert, disciplinarian, site manager, and the list goes on. This resource contains a broad array of tools and information, including exhibits, forms, handouts, and charts that can be used to maximize principals' talents in the myriad roles they play. Chapter 1 focuses on recruiting and hiring. Chapter 2 contains information related to principals' personal growth in their position, including a leadership self-assessment tool. School improvement is the focus of chapter 3, and it includes items that can be distributed to principals to help them achieve school and district goals. Chapter 4 zeros in on evaluation practices and provides a number of assessment tools that can be added to any principal's performance assessment process. Finally, chapter 5 touches on some of the legal issues that school leaders face, including staff discipline. Appendix A contains a list of resource associations and organizations, publications, and Web sites. (RT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Developing the Effective Principal: Hiring, Evaluation, and Retention Practices for the Superintendent. Jamie Whaley, Ed. 2002 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY p This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization L. Hymes originating it. piMinor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 1 EST COPY AVAIL LE 2 L-A De/eloping the Effective Principal Hiring, Evaluation, and Retention Practices for the Superintendent AN ASPEN PUBLICATION® Aspen Publishers, Inc. Gaithersburg, Maryland 2002 All forms, checklists, guidelines, and discussions are presented as examples or generalized information only and should certainly never be used as the basis for a legal document. 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School principalsSelection and appointmentHandbooks, manuals. 3. School principalsRating ofHandbooks, manuals, etc. LB2831.7 .D48 2002 371.2'012dc21 2002019760 Editorial Services: Marsha Davies Printing and Manufacturing: Terri Miner Copyright © 2002 by Aspen Publishers, Inc. A Wolters Kluwer Company www.aspenpublishers.com, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced; stored in or introduced into a retrieval system now known or to be invented; transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise); or used for advertising or promotional purposes, general distribution, creating new collective works, or for resale, without prior written permission of the copyright owner and publisher. An exception to this policy is the reproduction of forms, handouts, policies, or procedures contained herein solely for use within the site-of-purchase facility. 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The hallmark of quality in publishing Member of the worldwide Wolters Kluwer group Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002019760 ISBN: 0-8342-2033-4 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 5 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Contents For a detailed listing of chapter contents, please see the first page of each chapter. Editorial Board v Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Chapter 1Recruitment and Hiring 1:i Chapter 2Professional Growth 2:i Chapter 3School Improvement 3:i Chapter 4Evaluation 4:i Chapter 5Legal Issues 5:i Appendixes App:i Index I:1 Editorial Board Genevieve Brown, PhD Beverly J. Irby, PhD Chair Professor and Director Department of Educational Leadership and Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Counseling Educational Leadership Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas Huntsville, Texas James G. DeZwaan Lloyd A. Kirby Superintendent Superintendent Bourbonnais Elementary School District No. 53 Colon Community Schools Bourbonnais, Illinois Colon, Michigan David L. Gray, PhD Patricia L. Pickles, PhD Assistant Professor of Education Superintendent of Schools The University of South Alabama North Chicago Public Schools, District 187 Mobile, Alabama North Chicago, Illinois Robert C. Hill, PhD Jerry D. Will, PhD Superintendent of Schools Department Chair/Associate Professor Springfield Public School District 186 Emporia State University Springfield, Illinois Emporia, Kansas V Acknowledgments Compiling a work of the size and breadth of Developing the Effective Principal is the result of much hard work among editors and considerable generosity of contribu- tors. At this time, I would like to thank the editorial board members listed on page v, along with editors Jeff Stratton, Cheryl Cox, and Marsha Davies for their effort on this project. I would also like to extend special thanks to the following contributors, without whose interest this work would not be possible: Adrian Public Schools, Adrian, Michigan; Springfield Public School District 186, Springfield, Illinois; Mis- souri School Boards' Association, Columbia, Missouri; Dr. John A. Oldani, Cooper- ating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Assistant Principal Teresa Gray, Concord, North Carolina; Phi Delta Kappa International, Bloomington, Indiana; Association of Washington School Principals, Olympia, Washington; North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, North Chicago, Illinois; Bourbonnais Elementary School District No. 53, Bourbannais, Illinois; Colon Community Schools, Colon, Michigan; Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois; Elbert County Charter School, Elizabeth, Colorado; David Zehner; Pomona College, Claremont, California; Dr. David Gray, The University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama; Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Tempe, Arizona; Educa- tion Commission of the States; National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Vir- ginia; Dr. Ruth Ash, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama; Dr. Harold London and Allen Schau, Ridgewood High School District 234, Norridge, Illinois; Dr. Har- vey Alvy, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington; Barry Sweeny, Best Practice Resources Inc., Wheaton, Illinois; D.J. Corson, Area Education Agency #7, Cedar Falls, Iowa; New Jersey Department of Education; Golden View School, San Ramon, California; Florida Department of Education; Dr. Nicholas Stayrook, Fair- banks North Star Borough School District, Fairbanks, Alaska; United States Depart- ment of Education; Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C.; Board of Education, Dune llen, New Jersey; Colorado Springs School District #11, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Center for School Leadership Development, the University of vii Viii DEVELOPING THE EFFECTIVE PRINCIPAL North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, Wash- ington;