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Book SynopsisThis book presents current and aspiring school leaders with strategies, techniques, and recommended tips used by effective school administrators. It also shares selected principles and strategies used that assisted school leaders in maintaining their roles as effective instructional leaders and change agents for their schools. School leaders gain information and techniques they make use to increase their knowledge and skill based from veteran administrators who have been able to stay the course as they encounter challenges and changes faced throughout their career as school leaders.
Trade ReviewAs a professional colleague and personal friend of Dr. Sheila Sapp, I am proud to endorse her book, Staying the Course: A Guide of Best Practices for a School Leader. I found within these pages words of truthful experience, practical wisdom, and inspiration. I highly recommend it for aspiring school leaders -- Charlotte Tison, retired elementary school educator and principal
In an increasingly rigorous academic culture, Staying the Course: Guide of Best Practices for School Leaders is a must read for both new and veteran school leaders. Dr. Sheila Sapp offers a realistic look into the daily life of a school leader and delivers a current and relevant guide that is both practical and hands on. Staying the Course can be used as a checkpoint and reflection tool for future and current leaders that desire to be highly effective by using best practices. -- Deborah Milstead, principal of David L. Rainer Elementary School, Camden County Schools
This “must-have” handbook will brilliantly help you resolve your every day challenges on the job. Trust me! You’ll be glad you kept it in your office for daily reference. -- Marguerite D. Durr, former assistant principal, reading specialist, author, and prayer minister
Staying the Course is a masterful guide for both aspiring and current leaders. Dr. Sapp's experience and insight are revealed through this book, which provides practical and easily implementable approaches to effective leadership. -- Beverly Strickland, retired former teacher, principal, and director of federal programs and special projects
Table of ContentsForeword Dr. Ann Proctor Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1- Tried and True Principles: Foundational Building Blocks for Developing Resiliency Chapter 2- The Good, Bad, and Ugly: Learning Lessons from Successes, Messes, and Mistakes Chapter 3- Time and Energy Stealers: Managing High Maintenance and Problem Personnel Chapter 4- School Leaders Need Love Too: Coping with Criticism, Stress, and Anxiety Chapter 5- If Only You Could Do It Over Again: Looking Back and Moving Forward Concluding Remarks About the Author
