The vital role of principalship in improving schools in general and enhancing student achievement in particular has been well documented. Given its importance, there is a need for tools to improve principalship, particularly ones emphasizing those dimensions associated with student achievement. Given the accountability movement, with its particular focus on student achievement and the advent of the evaluation era (including the evaluation of principals), the need for tools is even more urgent. This edited volume presents those tools with the aim of improving learning-centered principalship. The book is useful for researchers and policy makers as well as principals.

About the Author
Jianping Shen is the John E. Sandberg Professor of Education at Western Michigan University. In addition to more than 80 journal articles, he is the author or co-author of School Teachers: Their Professional and Demographic Characteristics (Peter Lang, 2009), School Principals (Peter Lang, 2005), and The School of Education: Its Mission, Faculty, and Reward Structure (Peter Lang, 1999).

Reviews
"A thorough and complete sourcebook for helping school principals improve their practice and the school they lead. Nowhere else can these tools be found together, easily accessible and powerful." (Duncan Waite, PhD, Professor, Texas State University; Editor, The International Journal of Leadership in Education; Director, The International Center for Educational Leadership and Social Change)
"The role of the principal as an instructional leader is essential for educational success. School principals need effective strategies to continuously improve. Shen and his colleagues provide tools to school principals for enhanced instruction and student achievement." (Dorothy VanderJagt, Ed.D., Principal, Bauer Elementary School, Michigan)
"A thorough and complete sourcebook for helping school principals improve their practice and the school they lead. Nowhere else can these tools be found together, easily accessible and powerful." (Duncan Waite, PhD, Professor, Texas State University; Editor, The International Journal of Leadership in Education; Director, The International Center for Educational Leadership and Social Change)
"The role of the principal as an instructional leader is essential for educational success. School principals need effective strategies to continuously improve. Shen and his colleagues provide tools to school principals for enhanced instruction and student achievement." (Dorothy VanderJagt, Ed.D., Principal, Bauer Elementary School, Michigan)



Book Information
ISBN 9781433115738
Author Jianping Shen
Format Paperback
Page Count 241
Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Weight(grams) 360g