Teachers' daily contact with students, other teachers, and the instruc tional program places them in a unique position to influence school reform efforts. Principals who are comfortable with teacher leaders can provide the encouragement, opportunities, and support teachers need to become leaders.
In North Carolina, Halifax County Schools, NASSP, and the School of Education at East Carolina University formed a partnership in which all were learners, teachers, and pioneers. The Potential Administrator Development Program (PADP) showed that a partnership to improve administrative training is a viable option.
When compared with the time, personnel, and money the business sector pours into recruiting and training candidates for management positions, the recruitment and development of school principals are meager and haphazard. We must invest more time and care in assessing and developing our educational leaders, for they hold our nation's future in their hands.
Violence affects the entire school community. School leaders must take the initiative in aggressively seeking a workable and sustainable solu tion for reducing violence in schools. The Safe Schools Handbook can help you develop and implement a plan to create a more secure learn ing environment for your school community.
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