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"The principal is the single biggest determinant of whether or not teachers want to stay in their schools, which suggests that better leadership may be a highly cost-effective way to improve teaching and learning throughout schools." - The Wallace Foundation This book documents successful instructional leadership practices that principals must implement if they want to: 1. Improve school organizational structure and effectiveness 2. Increase teaching capacity of staff 3. Increase student learning 4. Increase parental involvement 5. Reduce school discipline issues 6. Increase school attendance This book is written by a veteran principal for principals. It provides tools and techniques to instantly enable principals to make a greater impact on student outcomes. Filled with powerful and memorable real-life school principal experiences, No Principal Left Behind: Leadership Coaching for the 21st Century and Beyond illustrates that when the change process is combined with coaching and an effective instructional protocol, transformation occurs both in the principal, the school, the students and the community. "A must-have for school leaders," No Principal Left Behind: Leadership Coaching for the 21st Century and Beyond provides "how-to" resources for the everyday challenges school principals encounter in their efforts to impact teaching and learning.