This first-of-its-kind work addresses the multiple needs of students, instructors, and practitioners alike, helping new and experienced assistant principals develop the skills they need to move up the leadership ladder.

A specially designed questionnaire was administered to 100 assistant principals to assess their needs and knowledge; The Assistant Principal, unlike any other book of its kind, is the result of those field-based research findings. Educators and administrators, L. David Weller and Sylvia J. Weller, have created a practical and useful work that can help on a variety of levels:

Weller and Weller address all the major issues that assistant principals face every day, offering strategies, tactics, and exercises for improvement, including:

• Leadership knowledge and skills
• The transition from manager to leader
• Informal leaders and groups in the schools: developing a power base
• Public relations and community power agents: successful networking
• Effective communication and listening skills
• Leadership for instructional improvement
• Effective leadership through effective staff development

As a reference guide, a training tool, and an examination of the profession, this all-in-one volume is essential for every administrator.