What Every Principal Should Know about Cultural Leadership

Set the tone for schoolwide success and watch student achievement soar!
Heightened student achievement is cultivated in a safe, stimulating, and cooperative learning environment. This user-friendly guide provides principals ways to focus on creating a positive school climate and culture, realizing visionary leadership, embracing cultural diversity, and promoting school self-renewal.

Both research based and rich with examples, this second volume of a seven-part series will instill confidence in new principals and renew the enthusiasm of veteran administrators. Its straightforward insights and proven best practices make it a one-stop resource for harnessing the power of school culture to boost morale and achievement while fostering a successful learning community schoolwide.

This well-organized resource crystallizes key points for quick access and easy implementation through features such as:

• "Before We Get Started" questionnaire and response analysis
• Case study and accompanying reflective questions
• "What You Should Know About" section framing each chapter
• Self-assessment resource for determining effectiveness of cultural leadership

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