Meet the Authors Preface Introduction What This Book Is, What it Isn't, and How to Use It Making the Case for Strong Relationships Roadblocks to Assistant Principal Development: Two Perspectives What This Book Is and Isn't More... 1. The Traditional Assistant Principal in Nontraditional Times Once Upon a Time Assistant Principal 2.0: The Evolution From Training to Leadership Development The Assistant Principal Assignment: Old School vs. New School of Thought A New Approach to the Assistant Principal Assignment: Shuffle and Deal More... 2. The Difference Between Principal's Job and the Assistant Principal's Job The Deceiving Look of the "Glamorous Principalship" The Rhyme and Reason of Delegation The (Temporary) View from the Big Chair Shining a Spotlight on the Assistant Principal More... 3. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Students Need "Getting to Know You..." Keeping It Positive, Keeps It Productive Knowing Their Name Isn't Enough: Knowing What They Need When What the Student Needs Has Little to Do with the Classroom More... 4. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Staff Needs Recognizing the Difference Between What Teachers Want and Need Implementing the Principal's Vision: Do You See What I See? Follow the (Instructional) Leader: What Does the Data Tell Us? Collaboration Beyond "Playing Well with Others" More... 5. The Assistant Principal Role: What the Parents and Community Need A Conversation with a Parent Is Rarely a One-on-One Proposition The Assistant Principal as Community Organizer The Most Important Question Concerning Parents Why Don't Parents Come with an Instruction Manual? More... 6. Hey! What About What I Need? And How Do I Know This? Examining Both Sides of the Equation: Personal and Professional Needs Experience (and the Experience of Others) Is the Best Teacher The Care and Feeding of an Assistant Principal You Can't Take Care of Others If You Don't Take Care of Yourself More... 7. Principal and Assistant Principal Communication: The Honest High-Wire Act Walking the Walk Metacognitive Processing: Was I Just Thinking That or Did I Say it Out Loud? In the Loop, Part I: The Principal Never Likes Surprises In the Loop, Part II: The Principal's Eyes and Ears More... 8. Assistant Principal Communication: How to Effectively Connect with Others Learning from "The Great Communicator" The Risks of Putting It Out There ...And Speaking of E-mail Administrators Sometimes Need Extended Time, Too More... 9. Building the Administrative Team Two Powerful Building Blocks Assistant Principal Assignments: The Great Balancing Act Hey! I'm Doing All the Heavy Lifting Here! Competition Is Not Always a Healthy Thing More... 10. Fostering Other Productive Relationships Choosing Your Professional Friends Wisely Who Is On Your Speed Dial? The Value of the Cohort: Mix and Match Your Own The Person Who Really Runs the School More... 11. Help! I'm a Brand-New Assistant Principal and I'm Drowning! The New Assistant Principal: Bring Your Life Vest Your Assignment: How to Avoid Drawing the Short Straw Piling Your Plate Too High and Other Hazards Lines of Communication: Keeping Them Untangled More... 12. Why Try New Things If I Know What I Do Well? Logic Doesn't Always Make the Most Sense Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone Without "Stepping In It" Venturing WAY Out of Your Comfort Zone It Isn't the "What" of New Things, It's the "Who" More... 13. When a Crisis Hits (and It Will) The Lessons of 9/11 The Most Important Resource in a Crisis: Quick Thinking and Common Sense When the Principal's Away No One Crisis is the Same as the Next More... 14. Creating Opportunities: Is There a Road Map Out There? Wanted: A Career GPS The Principal as Tour Guide Opportunity Comes in Different Packages for Different Reasons Asking for Directions Before You Get Lost 15. What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? Suppose It's an Assistant Principal? I'm "Just" An Assistant Principal Why Have I Remained an Assistant Principal? Plenty of Good Reasons! I'm a Career Assistant Principal - Am I Stuck? Working with the Principal and (Sometimes) as the Principal More... 16. What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? Suppose It's a Principal? "When You Get to the Fork in the Road, Take It" Being in the Right Place ...At the Right Time The Prospective Principal (and Boy Scout) Motto: Be Prepared More... 17. "I Love My Job, But..." It's All About Time It's Really All About How I Coordinate My Time with Others OK, So It's REALLY All About How and When I Structure My Day, In General The True Bigger Picture More... 18. A Final Word So What's the Priority? Now More Than Ever: the Principal as Mentor The Ultimate Principal Responsibility: Mentor and Develop Your Replacement Keeping It All in Perspective
