Cultivating Exceptional Principals

This practical guide helps principal supervisors develop effective strategies to hire, support, and retain strong school leaders. The authors provide intentional strategies for building collaborative teams, offering professional development, and providing ongoing feedback to ensure principals thrive and foster high-performing, data-driven schools.

This book provides K–12 administrators who oversee school principals (principal supervisors) with:

• Strategies to hire and develop effective school leaders
• Techniques for fostering professional growth and continuous learning among principals
• Tools for building collaborative teams and professional learning communities
• Guidance on providing constructive feedback to enhance principals’ leadership and school performance

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Changing Role of the Principal Supervisor
Chapter 2: The Principal Pipeline
Chapter 3: Professional Development for Principals
Chapter 4: Principal Collaboration
Chapter 5: Feedback
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index