Principal Mentoring A Safe, Simple, and Supportive Approach [Hardcover]

Develop a sustainable principal mentoring program that produces effective school leaders, high retention rates, and supportive mentoring relationshipswithout a lot of extra costs, paperwork, or time!Develop a sustainable principal mentoring program that produces effective school leaders, high retention rates, and supportive mentoring relationshipswithout a lot of extra costs, paperwork, or time! Carl Weingartner is one of the leaders in the field of mentoring programs for new principals. He shares his thinking about mentoring, materials he used in his program for over 10 years, and stories of mentoring that exemplify the ideas he discusses. Weingartner practices what he preaches, and in this volume he shares lessons learned from his many years of running one of the most successful principal mentoring programs in the nation. His practical and straightforward approach is grounded in the day-to-day realities and exigencies of the school principal. Weingartner has been an outstanding professional for over 30 years, and he has done an exemplary job in developing and implementing this mentoring?program. I would have liked to have had a program such as this?in the?beginning years of my experience as a principal. Provides a rich description of the ins and outs of developing, delivering, and monitoring?mentoring programs for beginning principals. Not only will?these insights assist staff developers in improving their programs, but beginning principals will learn how to better manage their time, become more involved in curriculum and instruction, and reduce their stress and tendency to burn out from the hectic pace of the job.Foreword by John C. Daresh
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Advocating for the Beginning Principal
Why Mentoring in Our District?
The Anatomy of a Beginning PrlH