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Hot Topics, Tips and Templates

Acknowledgement and support for teaching principals. Hot Topics, Tips and Templates offers accessible commentary, practical advice and discussion points common to principals who are also teachers. It covers a multitude of topics such as: maximising time; working effectively with Board, community and parents; and balancing office and classroom demands. This resource includes useful, easy-to-reproduce templates for documents useful to the Teaching-Principal.

Ages: 5-13 | Pages: 48 | Code: 0307 | ISBN: 9781877440021

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Danny Nicholls

Danny Nicholls is a teaching principal in South Taranaki, New Zealand. He teaches a class of Years 4 to 8. Danny is interested in issues surrounding the workloads of teaching principals and multilevel teachers and of the traits these practitioners have in common. In his spare time, he enjoys participating in sports and is a keen reader.

Contents

Introduction4
The Teaching Principal-Manager, Leader, Teacher 5
Hot Topics
Making Sense of it All 6
Maximising Your Time 7
Getting on with Your Employers 10
Optimizing the Strengths of Your Staff 12
Working with Your Principal Release Teacher 13
Managing Mail and Email 17
Balancing Office Demands with Classroom Demands20
Moving from Principal Mode to Teacher Mode 23
Taking Advantage of Professional Development Opportunities 25
Working in and with the Community 27
Meeting with Parents 29
Coping with Stress 31
Leading Learning 34
Hiring Staff 35
Templates/Examples
1. Priority Planner 38
2. Staff Checklist and Staff Responsibilities 40
3. Teaching-principal's Job Description 41
4. Principal Release Teacher's (PRT) Job Description 42
5. Shared Weekly Timetable (Teaching-principal and PRT) 43
6. Co-Teaching Arrangements (Teaching-principal and PRT) 44
7. Staff Survey 45
8. Staff Reflection Sheet 46
9. Sample Interview Questions for Teaching Staff Applicants 47
10. Sample Staff Job Offer Letter 48