Lift for Principals
by Walter Peddy
What does it take to impact change? What tools and techniques can principals employ to maximize student achievement?
Walter Peddy's Lift for Principals is a guide that supports educational leaders in the mission to impact the world student by student, teacher by teacher. Through its parable story of Colby, principal of a struggling school, whose personal origins were supported through his grandfather who raised him, Lift offers insight and inspiration to those in the educational field. Colby's lessons teach him how to care, coach others, and have courage through difficult moments. Applying the parable of Colby to leadership principles, Peddy offers an in-depth guide to leadership methods, and equips readers with the tools, techniques, and decision-making strategies needed to lift their organization and personal leadership skills from good to great.
Hardcover
English
Brand New
Author Biography
In over twenty-two years in public education, Walter Peddy has served as a teacher, coach, campus administrator, district administrator and district superintendent. He has written several articles for leadership journals while completing his doctorate of educational leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He has also presented at state and national conventions on various aspects of school leadership. He is currently the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction at Huntington ISD. When time permits, he moonlights as a leadership trainer and consultant for district leadership teams in Texas and Louisiana. to set up leadership training for your district leadership team.
Review
"A common sense approach to combining the right amount of love and accountability to lift people and organizations to new heights." --Jon Gordon, 11 time best-selling author of The Power of Positive Leadership and The Energy Bus
"When Dr. Peddy talks about "lifting" he is talking about caring, coaching, and having the courage necessary to help people be the best they can be. Anybody that has a team needs to read this book and learn how to "lift" using the 3C's!" --Damon West, Keynote Speaker and best-selling author of The Coffee Bean
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