The principal - Michael Fullan

Principals are often called the second most crucial in-schoolinfluencers (after teachers) of student learning. But what shouldthe principal do in order to maximize student achievement? One ofthe best-known leadership authors in education, Fullan explains whythe answer lies neither in micro-managing instruction nor inautonomous entrepreneurialism. He shows systematically how theprincipal's role should change, demonstrating how it can be done inshort order, at scale.

• Reveals the three key roles that administrators must play intoday's schools
• Explains how to choose the right versus wrong drivers of schoolsuccess
• Filled with "action items" to help implement Fullan's programeffectively
• Includes strategies that have been successfully field-tested inschools across the United States and Canada