Leadership for Administrators

One of CAP's affiliates, the Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario released its discussion paper "The Role of the Principal" on October 20, 2004. The paper can be found on the CPCO website at www.cpco.on.ca>News>Position Papers.

Student Readiness to Learn and the School Ready to Teach - An Internet Essay and Collection of Selected Documents
This Internet essay and collection of web documents has been prepared by the Canadian Association of Principals for the Income Security and Social Development Studies, Applied Research Branch of Human Resource Development Canada. Over 100 selected documents are linked with the summaries that explain and discuss the issues associated with schools being ready to support young children as they begin school. The emphasis is on practical strategies that are well-based in research.

The National Staff Development Council (NSDC), founded in 1969, is the largest non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement. The Council's fundamental purpose is to address the issues confronted by all participants in the reform process. The Council views high quality staff development programs as essential to creating schools in which all students and staff members are learners who continually improve their performance. NSDC's publications and projects are presented in a time-saving, "how-to" format, offering a variety of effective, step-by-step models developed by practitioners who base their methods on research and real-world experiences.

NSDC Report Outlines National Strategy for Principals to Bolster Skills, Urges School Leaders to Spend More Time Observing Teachers and Classrooms. Report Calls Principals Crucial to School Improvement, Recommends Targeting Federal Funds to Strengthen Principal Leadership in Low-Income Schools. Strengthening the skills and knowledge of the nation's100,000 principals is likely to have more immediate payoff in raising student performance than any other area of school improvement because it is central to raising standards, improving teacher quality, and holding schools accountable for results, according to a report by the National Staff Development Council (NSDC). More at: http://www.nsdc.org/leadership.html

Government of Prince Edward Island, Canada study reviewing the roles of in-school administrators, the adequacy of the administrative support and the time available to carry out those roles.

SATIR - School Administrators' Technology Integration Resource