The Urban School Principalship

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Bibliographic Data

ID9729243
AuthorsKathy Kimball (University of Washington, corresponding author), Kenneth A Sirotnik (University of Washington)
Year2000
Volume32
Issue4
Pages535-543
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124500032004008
OpenAlexW2060597149
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

Wanted: Experienced K-12 educator with administrator certificate willing to take on principalship of urban middle school. Must know how to manage and lead complex educational organization including renewing mission and core values; creating viable organizational structures and work environments; allo-cating wisely inadequate human and fiscal resources; handling conflict via ad-ept negotiations, compromises, and human relations; building new and more substantive school-community relations; and spearheading major school im-provement efforts in teaching and learning. Must also coordinate increasing numbers of social services programs with the daily functioning of the school. Must be skillful in doing all of the above by spending no more than an average of 5 to 10 minutes on any given task during the normal school day—must toler-ate ambiguity and be comfortable with trying to control the uncontrollable. Additionally, must know how to break up fights between students and fights between students ’ parents. Although not a requirement, self-defense skills and experience disarming gun-toting students is desirable. Must also know when

Mathematics education · Pedagogy · School administration · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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