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Description: Leadership through Mentoring by Phyllis A. Gimbel, Peter Gow, Samson Goldstein Leadership through Mentoring shows how effectiveness, vision, and engagement can be grown through intentional, supportive guidance and wise counsel, leading to longer and more successful principal tenures and significant improvements in school performance. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill lays out the case for the development of robust mentorship programs to support new school leaders. With principal turnover at an all-time high, it is urgent that schools and districts find ways to help newly appointed leaders grow into effective supervisors, managers, and strategic thinkers who can also find personal and professional satisfaction in their careers. Using examples from several established and successful state programs, Leadership Through Mentoring shows how new school leaders effectiveness, vision, and engagement can be grown through intentionally designed and executed programs that offer supportive guidance and wise counsel from experienced leaders. Thoughtfully created and appropriately resourced, such programs can pave the way to longer and more successful principal tenures, which research shows lead directly to significant improvements in schools cultures, educational efficacy, and teacher and student performance. This is a book for leaders and governing bodies in all kinds of schools. Author Biography Phyllis A. Gimbel, EdD, is professor of educational leadership at Bridgewater State University, where she has published and presented on mentoring new school leaders, faculty development, and school leadership. Her books focus on establishing principal-teacher trust, building a positive school culture, and the importance of mentoring new school administrators. Peter Gow, a past blogger for Education Week, is a long-time teacher and administrator and author of numerous books and articles on schools and teaching. He is currently the independent curriculum resource director at One Schoolhouse, a provider of online precollege courses and professional development programs. Table of Contents Introduction: Why Mentoring?Chapter One: Definition of MentoringChapter Two: Trust, Communication, and Relationship BuildingChapter Three: The Job is OverwhelmingChapter Four: The Mentor PathwayChapter Five: The Vermont Principals Association InitiativeChapter Six: The Massachusetts School Administrators Association Initiative Chapter Seven: Lessons from the 2020 Massachusetts Mentor SurveyChapter Eight: Making Sense of Mentor Voices from Vermont and MassachusettsChapter Nine: Common Challenges of First Year PrincipalsChapter Ten: First Year Challenges and the Mentoring ProcessChapter Eleven: The Importance of Trust in PrincipalsChapter Twelve: About the NASSP and the Learning Policy Institute Research Review An empowering resource for educational leaders is in vital need at this point in history. Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill offers relatable examples to assist in the development of effective supervisory and managerial strategies. Impactful leaders emerge as a result of purposeful analysis of problem-solving methodologies, global perspectives, and successful examples of effectiveness. This text will help principals and administrators strengthen their leadership skills and formulate progressive visions for their schools. -- Lisa Battaglino, Dean Emeritus, College of Education and Health Sciences, Bridgewater State University Long Description Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill lays out the case for the development of robust mentorship programs to support new school leaders. With principal turnover at an all-time high, it is urgent that schools and districts find ways to help newly appointed leaders grow into effective supervisors, managers, and strategic thinkers who can also find personal and professional satisfaction in their careers. Using examples from several established and successful state programs, Leadership Through Mentoring shows how new school leaders effectiveness, vision, and engagement can be grown through intentionally designed and executed programs that offer supportive guidance and wise counsel from experienced leaders. Thoughtfully created and appropriately resourced, such programs can pave the way to longer and more successful principal tenures, which research shows lead directly to significant improvements in schools cultures, educational efficacy, and teacher and student performance. This is a book for leaders and governing bodies in all kinds of schools. Review Text An empowering resource for educational leaders is in vital need at this point in history. Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill offers relatable examples to assist in the development of effective supervisory and managerial strategies. Impactful leaders emerge as a result of purposeful analysis of problem-solving methodologies, global perspectives, and successful examples of effectiveness. This text will help principals and administrators strengthen their leadership skills and formulate progressive visions for their schools. -- Lisa Battaglino, Dean Emeritus, College of Education and Health Sciences, Bridgewater State University Review Quote An empowering resource for educational leaders is in vital need at this point in history. Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill offers relatable examples to assist in the development of effective supervisory and managerial strategies. Impactful leaders emerge as a result of purposeful analysis of problem-solving methodologies, global perspectives, and successful examples of effectiveness. This text will help principals and administrators strengthen their leadership skills and formulate progressive visions for their schools. Details ISBN1475853432 Author Samson Goldstein Short Title Leadership Through Mentoring Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1475853432 ISBN-13 9781475853438 Format Hardcover Subtitle The Key to Improving the Confidence and Skill of Principals UK Release Date 2021-07-10 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-07-10 Pages 108 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield DEWEY 371.2011 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-07-09 Publication Date 2021-06-10 US Release Date 2021-06-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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