Resources for New Principals

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Early Career Principal Webinar

As an Early Career Principal, are you struggling to ensure effective instructional practices are being implemented in your school? Do you find time management and leading change to be a challenge? How do you deal with students and adults who struggle with mental health issues? Join experienced principals as they discuss timely solutions and thoughtful strategies that will assist with the everyday challenges facing today’s school leaders.

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Most Popular Resources

Pre-K-3

Training Program - Reading Recovery
www.readingrecovery.org
Program and books - Leveled Literacy Intervention and Guided Reading (LLI) developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
www.fountasandpinnellleveledbooks.com
Materials and PD - Kagan Strategies developed by Dr. Spencer Kagan
www.kaganonline.com/workshops
Program - Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching developed by Anita Archer
www.explicitinstruction.org
Programs and online resources - Daily 5 and Cafe developed by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser
www.the2sisters.com
Training - Conscious Discipline Training
Program - CGI-Cognitively Guided Instructions available through multiple sources
Program - Brain-Based Learning developed by Marcia Tate
www.developingmindsinc.com
Curriculum - Blueprint for Early Literacy developed by Children's Literacy Initiative
www.cli.org

Leadership Growth & Learning

Wisdom from the Trenches: Time Tested Skills and Techniques for Principals (NAESP Webinar)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuuI_XEYQiM&feature=youtu.be
Book and training materials: What Great Principals Do Differently: 18 Things that Matter,* by Todd Whitaker
www.toddwhitaker.com
Books, blog, seminars: Teach Like a Pirate,* Lead like a Pirate, by Dave Burgess
Blog: Principal Principles by Stephanie McConnell
thenewprincipalprinciples.blogspot.com
Book: Leverage Leadership by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
www.uncommonschools.org

Student Growth & Achievement

Book & training materials: Visible Learning & The Science of How We Learn, by John Hattie
visiblelearningplus.com
Books and training materials: Teaching with Poverty in Mind, by Eric Jensen
www.ericjensen.com

Instructional Leadership & School Culture

Book and training materials: Mindset by Carol Dweck
www.mindsetonline.com
Book and training materials: Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
www.fierceinc.com
Dealing with Difficult People: Staff, Teachers, Students, & Stakeholders (NAESP Webinar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuk5emZpyI&feature=youtu.be

Education News & Updates

NAESP's Principal Insights
www.naesp.org/principal-insights
Marshall Memo
www.marshallmemo.com

April/May 2019
New Principal Connection

Focus Topic We asked new principals to take a retrospective look back on the 2018-19 school year, as well as their plans for the future.

January/February 2019
New Principal Connection

Focus Topic We asked new principals what their greatest challenges have been, and the resources, skills, and strategies used to tackle those challenges. Download

November/December 2018
New Principal Connection

Focus Topic -How various topics, from finances to mental health, rank as areas of concern in the school of a new principal.
-Recommended resources found helpful in managing areas of concern. Download

September/October 2018
New Principal Connection

Focus Topic Back to School!
-The greatest challenges (and successes!) new principals met.
-What district-level initiatives are being addressed.
-Where and from whom new principals received the most help. Download

May/June 2018
New Principal Connection

Focus Topic Retrospective Look
-The greatest challenges (and successes!) new principals met.
-The most effective strategies implemented that made a difference.
-Where and from whom new principals received the most help.
-How the job measured up compared to their expectations. Download