The Elementary Principal's Handbook: A Guide to Effective Action Book

	Preface
Pt. I	The Role: Organizational Realities and Societal Impingements	1
1	The Effective Principal: Leader and Manager	3
2	School Organization and Culture	19
3	A Legal Framework	31
4	Understanding the Community	65
Pt. 2	Leadership and Management Tasks and Functions	81
5	Guidelines and Goals for Planning School Programs	83
6	School Improvement through Systematic Planning	99
7	Individual Differences and Student Placement	117
8	Developing an Orderly and Positive Learning Climate	135
9	Special Students; Special Services	155
10	Restructuring the Curriculum	171
11	Restructuring Learning	191
12	Restructuring the Deployment of Instructional Personnel	205
13	Restructuring Time: Scheduling Staff and Students	223
14	Staffing the School: Recruitment, Selection, and Termination Processes	237
15	Human Resource Development	251
16	The Principal's Role in Collective Bargaining Agreements	281
17	Creative Budgeting and Sound Fiscal Accounting	291
18	Building and Facilities Management	311
19	Public Relations Processes and Techniques	327
Pt. 3	Leadership Processes	343
20	Decision Making at the School Site	345
	Index	369