Foreword
Defining terms
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction to leading and managing the business of
schools
Chapter Two: Leadership principles and practices for personnel
management
Chapter Three: Leadership principles and practices for financial
management
Chapter Four: Leadership principles and practices for risk
management
Conclusion
References
About the Author
Index
Jerome Cranston, Ph.D. is currently the Executive Director, Student Engagement & Academic Success and also an Associate Professor of Educational Administration at University of Manitoba. Most recently, he has served in a university academic administrator position overseeing a staff of over one hundred and a multi-million dollar budget. Prior to that he spent sixteen years in the K-12 education system as a teacher, principal and superintendent in a career that spanned Canada’s “prairie” provinces.
Schools are complex and complicated human systems. As such, those
who lead schools as principals need diverse and varied skills. A
Guide to Managing and Leading School Operations: The Principal’s
Field Manual by Dr. Jerome Cranston clearly recognizes and
understands the complexity and nuance of this leadership position.
By explaining the convergence of leadership and management, Dr.
Cranston displays his unique understanding and experience as a
principal. As educators, we often bring strong leadership and
instructional skills to the position of principal but it is the
management requirements that must be learned ‘on the job’. Dr.
Cranston’s field manual will aid many a new principal in this
highly specialized position and relieve much of the angst they feel
in their first few years.
*Kevin Booth, assistant superintendent, St. Thomas Aquinas Roman
Catholic School Division; former high school principal in three
Canadian provinces and the United States*
All readers, whatever their personal views on school leadership,
will find much to deepen their thinking about school management in
this book. Its breadth and scope, the variety of management
principles covered, and the lucid presentation of the argument that
school management matters will provoke much consideration and
excitement. As he has done throughout his career, Jerome Cranston
once again helps us think more clearly about important issues in
educational leadership.
*Carmen Mombourquette, PhD, associate professor, Educational
Administration, University of Lethbridge; former school principal,
Alberta and Ontario*
In the early 2000s the tutelage of then Principal Jerome Cranston
was invaluable to help me transition from a classroom teacher to a
young assistant principal. As an author and academic, he is on
target once again as his mentorship-style book helps to clearly and
concisely provide guidance to educational leaders through the
promotion of the 'value of practical wisdom.' Professor Cranston
provides real pathways to decoding the Rubic Cube-like complexities
of balancing the demands of financial management, personnel,
creative problem solving and policy development and implementation,
which are invaluable to both current and also aspiring school
leaders.
*Alan R. Carruthers, president, St. Louis University High School;
former principal, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado*
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