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Baruti K. Kafele
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In this latest installment to his series of best-selling self-reflection guides, celebrated educator, author, and motivational speaker Baruti Kafele offers school leaders 35 thought-provoking questions to ponder from one fundamental overarching query: "Is my school a better school because I lead it?"
Musing deeply on discrete leadership matters is an essential component of success for anybody overseeing the day-to-day operations of a school, and doubly so in communities plagued by drugs, violence, or other markers of societal dysfunction. In this book, Kafele offers those seeking to improve the quality of instruction in their institutions hard-won wisdom on such critical issues as ensuring an optimal culture and climate, engaging in parent and community outreach, confirming emergency preparedness, rallying staff, and much more.
Because the sheer volume of responsibilities for a principal or assistant principal can leave you with very little time for developing an effective and consistent self-reflection regimen, Kafele has done the work for you. You need only open the book and begin reading to embark upon a penetratingly insightful journey destined to transform your practice, boost teacher satisfaction, and—most important of all—inspire students to excel academically.
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The Is My School a Better School Because I Lead It? poster allows school leaders to keep in the forefront of their minds the seven key leadership components—identity, presence, impact, mission, purpose, vision, value—that they must keep in mind as they determine if their school is a better school because they lead it.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-2689-3
Availability: October 2018
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"This is an easy-to-read book that cuts to the heart and mind of effective school leadership. As a retired school leader with 23 years as a principal and now teaching educational leadership courses to prospective school leaders, I find this book forces the reader to look at whether or not the reality of one's school leadership does, in fact, make the school a better school!"
—Frank J. Hagen, Adjunct Faculty, Wilmington University Reviewed for MiddleWeb
Baruti Kafele has been a highly regarded urban public school educator in New Jersey for nearly 30 years and has distinguished himself both as a classroom teacher and as a school principal. As an elementary school teacher in East Orange, New Jersey, he was selected as the East Orange School District and Essex County Public Schools' Teacher of the Year. As a principal, he led the transformation of four different schools, including Newark Tech, which went from being a low-performing school in need of improvement to being recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best high schools in the United States.
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