What do principals do? : a study of a principal's job and how long it takes to do it

"What Do Principals Do? provides a comprehensive and expansive look into a high school principal's job. Rather than a survey asking principals how much time they spend on various tasks, this work provides empirical evidence of exactly what a principal does every day of the year and how muc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Hurst, Jonathan (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604326
DOI10.1108/978-1-64802-487-0
Physical Description1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Time
  • Chapter 2. Students
  • Chapter 3. Checking on things
  • Chapter 4. The district office
  • Chapter 5. Administrative planning
  • Chapter 6. Computer work
  • Chapter 7. Teachers
  • Chapter 8. Outside people
  • Chapter 9. Discuss issues
  • Chapter 10. Writing and composing
  • Chapter 11. Give directions
  • Chapter 12. Parents
  • Chapter 13. Help people and solve problems
  • Chapter 14. Assistant principals
  • Chapter 15. E-mails
  • Chapter 16. Prepare presentations
  • Chapter 17. Principal duties and give information
  • Chapter 18. Special education issues
  • Chapter 19. Security
  • Chapter 20. Athletic activities
  • Chapter 21. Complaints
  • Chapter 22. Data
  • Chapter 23. Wasc
  • Chapter 24. School activities
  • Chapter 25. Yard duty
  • Chapter 26. School programs
  • Chapter 27. Acquire information about school
  • Chapter 28. Paperwork
  • Chapter 29. Classified staff
  • Chapter 30. Individualized educational plans
  • Chapter 31. Maintenance
  • Chapter 32. Cleaning up
  • Chapter 33. Curriculum and instruction
  • Chapter 34. Professional development
  • Chapter 35. Coaches
  • Chapter 36. Chitchat
  • Chapter 37. Driving
  • Chapter 38. Classroom visits
  • Chapter 39. Evaluations
  • Chapter 40. Paraeducators
  • Chapter 41. Counselors
  • Chapter 42. Observations
  • Chapter 43. Tutor students
  • Chapter 44. Interviews
  • Chapter 45. Grades
  • Chapter 46. Spsa
  • Chapter 47. Landscaping
  • Chapter 48. Water trees
  • Chapter 49. Personal maintenance
  • Chapter 50. Regular mail
  • Chapter 51. Master schedule
  • Chapter 52. Telephone
  • Chapter 53. School site council
  • Chapter 54. Discipline
  • Chapter 55. Settle in
  • Chapter 56. Letters of recommendation
  • Chapter 57. Computer/it issues
  • Chapter 58. Bully questionnaire
  • Chapter 59. Budget
  • Chapter 60. Student of the month
  • Chapter 61. Signature required
  • Chapter 62. Medical
  • Chapter 63. Testing
  • Chapter 64. Paws
  • Chapter 65. Ptsa
  • Chapter 66. Graduation
  • Chapter 67. Activity log
  • Chapter 68. Update marquees
  • Chapter 69. Union issues
  • Chapter 70. Conduct reference checks
  • Chapter 71. Reference checks paperwork
  • Chapter 72. Health office issues
  • Chapter 73. School messenger
  • Chapter 74. Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Time codes
  • Appendix B. Monthly minutes by school year
  • Appendix C. categories grouped by principal survey tasks
  • Appendix D. total percentage of time spent on tasks
  • Appendix E. Bully questionnaire.