A Beginning Rural Principal's Toolkit: A Guide for Success

Autor/inn/en	Ashton, Brian; Duncan, Heather E.
Titel	A Beginning Rural Principal's Toolkit: A Guide for Success
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 34 (2012) 1, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Stakeholders; Leadership; Principals; Professional Isolation; Rural Schools; Leadership Role; Rural Areas; Mentors; Coping; Resilience (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Interprofessional Relationship; School Administration; Goal Orientation; Time Management; Instructional Leadership + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führung; Führungsposition; Principal; Schulleiter; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Bewältigung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Zeitmanagement; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to explore both the challenges and skills needed to effectively assume a leadership position and thus to create an entry plan or "toolkit" for a new rural school leader. The entry plan acts as a guide beginning principals may use to navigate the unavoidable confusion that comes with leadership. It also assists aspiring new leaders to think through, and vicariously experience, the challenges they may face in a leadership role. If focuses on three specific areas most relevant to rural principals: Dealing with professional isolation and loneliness, getting to know and thriving in a rural community, and basic management skills for the lone administrator. It provides a series of tools that beginning principals may find useful as they embark on a leadership journey in a rural setting and also identifies the specific skills various stakeholder groups perceive as most important for rural school leaders. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Web site: http://www.nrea.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10