The Beginning Principal
Lead Teacher and Educational Business Manager
(First Edition)
©2025, 148 pages
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The Beginning Principal: Lead Teacher and Educational Business Manager presents a two-fold exploration of the modern principalship: where the roles of educational leadership and organizational management converge. This text offers insights into the dual responsibilities that define effective school leadership, emphasizing the necessity of excelling in both being the lead teacher and the educational business manager.
The book discusses several key facets of school operations and leadership, including curriculum design and implementation, the significance of a school's mission, vision, and goals, leadership styles suited for educational settings, faculty engagement, and student discipline. By exploring these elements, the book breaks down the structured approach required for principals to navigate and optimize the vast array of systems and operations within a school setting.
Ideal for courses in educational leadership and administration, The Beginning Principal is designed to assist both aspiring and new principals to step confidently into their roles and improve school efficiency.
The book discusses several key facets of school operations and leadership, including curriculum design and implementation, the significance of a school's mission, vision, and goals, leadership styles suited for educational settings, faculty engagement, and student discipline. By exploring these elements, the book breaks down the structured approach required for principals to navigate and optimize the vast array of systems and operations within a school setting.
Ideal for courses in educational leadership and administration, The Beginning Principal is designed to assist both aspiring and new principals to step confidently into their roles and improve school efficiency.
William Sims is a former teacher, assistant principal, principal, and is currently an Educational Recovery Leader with the Kentucky Department of Education and an adjunct professor in the Department of Education at the University of the Cumberlands. He is an active member of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) and has served on the KASA Executive Board of Directors as the Middle Grades Administrators’ Representative. Dr. Sims’s areas of interest include educational leadership, teacher development, school climate and culture, and teacher recruitment and development. He holds an Ed.D. in educational leadership from the University of the Cumberlands.
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