IDEAS
Growing support for principals
Principal supervisors collaborate and problem solve in learning communities
By Jill Baker and Gary S. Bloom
April 2017
Vol. 38 No. 2
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References
Bloom, G., Castagena, C., Moir, E., & Warren, B. (2005). Blended coaching: Skills and strategies to support principal development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Council of Chief State School Officers. (2015). Model Principal Supervisor Professional Standards. Washington, DC: Author.
Gary Bloom is the lead author of Blended Coaching: Supporting the Development and Supervision of School Leaders and Powerful Partnerships: A Handbook for Principals Mentoring Assistant Principals, along with numerous other publications. He has served as a bilingual teacher, principal, university instructor, and superintendent, and was a co-founder of the New Teacher Center at University of California Santa Cruz. Gary currently balances his time between a national consulting and training practice focused upon leadership development, international and local volunteer work, and life beyond meetings.
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