{"product_id":"leadership-through-mentoring-9781475853445","title":"Leadership through Mentoring","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principals Confidence and Skill lays out the case for the development of robust mentorship programs to support new school leaders. With principal turnover at an all-time high, it is urgent that schools and districts find ways to help newly appointed leaders grow into effective supervisors, managers, and strategic thinkers who can also find personal and professional satisfaction in their careers. Using examples from several established and successful state programs, Leadership Through Mentoring shows how new school leaders' effectiveness, vision, and engagement can be grown through intentionally designed and executed programs that offer supportive guidance and wise counsel from experienced leaders. Thoughtfully created and appropriately resourced, such programs can pave the way to longer and more successful principal tenures, which research shows lead directly to significant improvements in schools' cultures, educational efficacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn empowering resource for educational leaders is in vital need at this point in history. Leadership Through Mentoring: The Key to Improving the Principal’s Confidence and Skill offers relatable examples to assist in the development of effective supervisory and managerial strategies. Impactful leaders emerge as a result of purposeful analysis of problem-solving methodologies, global perspectives, and successful examples of effectiveness. This text will help principals and administrators strengthen their leadership skills and formulate progressive visions for their schools. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Lisa Battaglino, Dean Emeritus, College of Education and Health Sciences, Bridgewater State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why Mentoring?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Definition of Mentoring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Trust, Communication, and Relationship Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Job is Overwhelming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Mentor Pathway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The Vermont Principals’ Association Initiative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: The Massachusetts School Administrators Association Initiative \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Lessons from the 2020 Massachusetts Mentor Survey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Making Sense of Mentor Voices from Vermont and Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Common Challenges of First Year Principals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: First Year Challenges and the Mentoring Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: The Importance of Trust in Principals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: About the NASSP and the Learning Policy Institute Research\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040307773783,"sku":"9781475853445","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475853445.jpg?v=1750946326","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leadership-through-mentoring-9781475853445","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}