From Our Leadership Archive

Recess Before Lunch? Many schools are seeing the benefits!

Hiring Right
50 great questions to ask in those interviews.

Rewards Can Work Looking for ways to reward student success? behavior?

Baskets Deliver Homework Help Evening of activities and baskets of school supplies provide homework support.

The Principal Poet
Education World’s resident poet, Mr. Ivan, presents a poem that is sure to bring grins to school leaders everywhere. This week’s poem is “Lost ’n Found.”
Based on all the coats and clothes
I see piled in Lost 'n Found,
In my school I half expect to see…

Yearlong Themes Does your school use a yearlong theme to motivate students and increase student achievement? Many school principals have discovered the power and potential of using themes to build school spirit -- and test scores. Our "Principal Files" team has shared a dozen ideas to help you see the power and potential of using school-wide themes.

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Larry Bell: Somebody Needs You! I have found that when you put the same kinds of "Power Verbs" on regular teacher assessments as appear on most standardized tests, then you have given students a tool that will vastly improve their chances for test success.

Sandra Harris’s BRAVO Principals Creating a shared vision does not mean telling the faculty what your vision is. Harris walks through steps involved in creating an all-staff Vision Day. Plus ideas for sustaining that vision once developed.

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Pawlas on PR Meeting with school’s support team helps build school “family.”

Take Five for… Giving advice to job seekers.

Instant Meeting #3 Liven up a dull routine with Handbook Jeopardy.

Principal Ideas #21 Rewarding good attendance, auction fund-raising idea, more...

Grants Click to view our archive of grant opportunities collected from many sources.

Conventions What's coming up?

Reinventing the Principalship Eight ideas to reduce stress, entice new principals.

Team Teaching Tips for building strong teaching teams.

Principals as Leader-Managers Tips to be a more effective administrator.