Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 160
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅛
978-1-4758-4374-3 • Hardback • October 2018 • $75.00 • (£58.00)
978-1-4758-4375-0 • Paperback • October 2018 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-4758-4376-7 • eBook • October 2018 • $36.00 • (£30.00)
Dr. Stephen V. Newton is a distinguished educator and leader with over twenty years of experience in education. His success with improving instruction and achievement for students led to his selection as Wyoming principal of the year. He now partners with districts nationwide to improve instruction for students.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Surveying the Landscape
Chapter 2: Exploring the Trenches
Chapter 3: Self-Assessing Available Resources
Chapter 4: Identifying the Problems
Chapter 5: Nurturing Untapped Potential
Chapter 6: Leading the Reluctant
Chapter 7: Enlisting Others into Shared Leadership
Chapter 8: Creating Productive Space within the Trench
Chapter 9: Living In the Trenches
About the Author
In the book Leading from the Trenches, Stephen Newton provides an experienced-based roadmap of what school leadership should look like. The book provides new school leaders with guidance as to the most effective actions in specific situations as well as guidance regarding the moral and ethical stance an effective leader must manifest on a daily basis.
— Robert J. Marzano, Chief Academic Officer, Marzano Research
Principals want to be instructional leaders. However, they are consumed with the unlimited number of operational challenges that come at them every day. How can they find the time and develop the skills to become effective instructional leaders? Steve Newton provides highly impactful strategies on how to do just that. A must read for building principals!
— Dr. Bill Daggett, Founder and Chairman, International Center for Leadership in Education
Leading from the Trenches provides a sobering look at the real, day-to-day challenges of educators who accept the responsibility to educate the next generation of American citizens. Dr. Newton provides a voice for those who assess, respond, and support the needs our children on a daily basis. This book is an important read for anyone who cares to understand and support the future of American public education.
— Anthony S. Muhammad PhD, president, New Frontier 21 Consulting; former principal of a U.S. Blue Ribbon School; speaker and author ofTransforming School Culture--How to Overcome Staff Division