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Keys to being an effective principal
Mike Miles
July 2009
1) Put philosophy first
2) Expand leadership at all levels
There is a difference between leadership and decisionmaking.
Leadership is neither situational nor based on position.
3) Keep the quality of instruction the “main thing”
4) Put practices over programs
Professional Learning Comm.
Increase Student Achievement
Use of dataClose the Minority Achievement Gap
Community Awareness
Recruit and Retain Quality Staff
Maintain safe buildings
Assessment data
Progress monitoring
Curriculum alignment
Instructional strategies
Technology
District image
Ensure student learning
Collaboration
Focus on results
Strategic planning
Focus on instruction
Staff development
Performance indicators
Differentiation of instruction
Leadership developmentLiteracyPositive behavior supports
Professional Learning Comm.
Use of data
Close the Minority Achievement Gap
Recruit and Retain Quality Staff
Progress monitoring
Curriculum alignment
Focus on results
Focus on instruction
Performance indicators
Student-teacher engagement
Leadership development
Feedback
5) Develop a culture of instructional feedback
Replace “what gets measured, gets done,” with “what gets feedback, gets done better.”
Key principles of the principalship
6) Plan and work systemically
7) Build the capacity for change
8) Develop, train, remediate, or remove
9) Change the recruitment paradigm
10) Describe in detail what “great” looks like