December 1997
Second installment: Principals
Table of Contents
New efforts to help local school councils pick good principalsCritical competencies for CPS principals
What the Chicago Principal Assessment Center will assess Steps to become a principal
State, local Statistics roundup
Race, ethnicity, age, experience, schooling, salaries and more. Learning the ropes
Where principals get help Then & Now
Nine opinions on whether Chicago has better principals today than it did in 1989, when local school councils started doing the picking.
Donald Moore, Designs for Change
Leola Spann, Northwest Austin Coalition
Sheila Castillo, Chicago Association of Local School Councils
Cozette Buckney, CPS chief education officer
Juan Rangel, United Neighborhood Organization
G. Alfred Hess. Jr., Northwestern University
Anthony Bryk, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Beverly Tunney, Chicago Principals and Administrators Association
Paul Vallas, CPS chief executive officer
Thomas Reece, Chicago Teachers Union A tour of duties
What an award-winning principal does and how she does it. A profile of Barbara Eason-Watkins, principal of McCosh Elementary School Council picks a principal, unites a community
Lewis School does it right Letters to the editor
Wrong way to high standards
Ask the teachers
Another important source of support For more information
