Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 162
•
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4758-3776-6 • Hardback • July 2017 • $78.00 • (£60.00)
978-1-4758-3777-3 • Paperback • July 2017 • $40.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-4758-3778-0 • eBook • July 2017 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
After serving as a teacher for fifteen years, and assistant principal for nine years, Robert F. Cunard was a successful high school principal for ten years in two challenging settings in southern California. Robert was selected his region’s Secondary Principal of the Year in 2016.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Essential Principal
Chapter 2: The Selected Principal
Chapter 3: The New Principal
Chapter 4: The Prioritized Principal
Chapter 5: The Strategic Principal
Chapter 6: The Defined Principal
Chapter 7: The Empowering Principal
Chapter 8: The Motivating Principal
Chapter 9: The Principal in Flow
Chapter 10: The Departing Principal
References
About the Author
In addition to being a profoundly gifted educational leader, Robert Cunard has both the audacity and skill to show others how to do it well. This is the first book about school leadership I've read that truly applies to what I do on a day-to-day basis. If you aspire to be a school principal, be sure you read this one.
— John Briquelet, Principal, Gretchen Whitney High School (California’s Top-Ranked High School and America’s 16th Ranked High School)
Cunard’s book is a lifeline for new and aspiring principals with dozens of tips on getting—and more importantly, keeping—the job. He covers the waterfront: proven interview techniques, political savvy, face time in every classroom, the power of the pen and even the right shoes for the job. Read it and save yourself a whole lot of grief.
— Laurel Schmidt, author of Gardening in the Minefield: A Survival Guide for School Administrators
In The Successful Principal: Concrete Strategies and Essential Advice, Robert Cunard offers invaluable insight on how to successfully “conduct the faculty orchestra.” This book shines light on the multiplier effect a principal can have in building the culture of a school, and the practical advice found in these pages should be read by every principal, superintendent, and school board member. This is a smart, useful book.
— Kelly Gallagher, teacher of English at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California, and author of Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts
A candid assessment of school leadership with equally candid paths to success, The Successful Principal makes a compelling argument for today’s school leader. Robert Cunard provides what every superintendent wishes for her principals: practical and timely strategies based on hard-fought and compassionate experience. What schools of education don’t teach you about school administration, Cunard does!
— Jan Billings, Superintendent, Anaheim Union High School District – Retired; Association of California School Administrators – Superintendent of the Year