Description

ASAP^® Workbooks are available for professional development and school leadership programs for K-12 educators. Each workbook consists of four chapters of study and activities, which can be broken out weekly or monthly, culminating with a project or presentation to be shared at a group learning event.

The ASAP Workbooks are aligned with the requirements of the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders and your provincial leadership standards.

Workbooks are delivered digitally through your online ASAP account, where you can download and print copies for distribution within your school district on an as-needed basis.

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Workbook: Entering a School as a New Principal

This workbook takes you through the steps on how to enter the school as a new principal, allowing for a smooth transition as leader.

The workbook format is designed to help you prepare for a new principalship position through analysis and reflection. It is hoped that as you complete the practical assignments, you will document and reflect upon your perception, cognition, judgment, attitudes, motivation, choice, and performance as it pertains to being a new principal at a school.

Think of the number of times in your life when a first impression strongly influenced your reaction to a friend or colleague. The old adage that ‘first impressions are lasting’ should not be forgotten. Entering an established social system as the new leader is an especially delicate entry.

It is important that as a new principal you should:

• plan and prepare to enter the school.
• get acquainted and quickly become a functional and contributing member of the
  community.
• establish an appropriate leadership role without alienating existing members of the
  team.
• establish a way of working that supports existing objectives.
• develop mechanisms for getting meaningful feedback in support of existing objectives.

This workbook will help you as a new principal to be fully prepared by asking reflective questions, making suggestions, and employing techniques useful in building an entry plan specific to you and the school you are entering.