Principal’s Handbook eBook

“School of Educators presents the Principal Handbook SOP, a crucial resource for educational leaders. This concise guide offers essential Standard Operating Procedures, streamlining administrative processes, ensuring efficient school management, and fostering a successful learning environment. It’s an indispensable tool for principals, providing insights and strategies for effective school leadership.”

• Principals Handbook Contents
• Overview
• As an Instructional Leader –
• As an Administrator
• PRINCIPALS’ PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Know Yourself
• Multiple-Functional Role
• Working with People and for people
• Team Builder
• Professional Leader and Educator
• Public Relations
• Communicator
• Time Management
• Change Management
• Principals As Effective Leaders
• Five characteristics of effective Principals
• VISION
• TRANSLATING THE VISION
• A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT
• MONITORING
• INTERVENING
• Successful Educational Leaders Need To Develop
• Skills in:
• Knowledge and understanding of:
• Belief in:
• Demands and Expectations on the School Leader
• Competencies DESIRABLE IN A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
• Curriculum Development
• Staff Development
• Student Welfare
• School Organization
• Community Relations
• Do’s and Don’ts for Principals
• DO’S
• DON’TS
• Principal’s Job Discretion (As Laid down By CBSE)
• Key Responsibilities Performance Measures
• Financial Management
• Budget
• Roles
• Income
• Expenditure
• Property Management
• Fixed Asset Register/Inventory
• Repairs and Maintenance
• Security
• Student Accommodation
• Classroom / Office Furniture
• Staff Accommodation
• Development Plans
• Utilities Management
• Power
• Water
• Sanitation
• Personnel Management
• Staff Leave
• Professionalism / Discipline / Code of Conduct
• Induction of New Teachers
• Performance Appraisal
• Staff Welfare
• Rewards & Recognition
• Professional Development
• Housing
• Awareness of Personal Needs
• Staff Counseling
• Consensus Building
• Ways of Dealing with Conflict
• Curriculum / Syllabus
• Quality Teaching
• Quality Learning
• Planning the Year
• Planning the Timetable
• Examinations
• Report Writing
• Extra- Curricular Activities
• Resource Management
• Ordering and Purchasing Resources
• Distribution and Collection of Resources
• Equipment and Resource Inventories
• Storage
• Stock Book/Register
• Maintenance
• Library
• Principal and Students
• Meeting Students’ Needs
• School Discipline
• Gender Equity
• Student Counseling and Guidance
• Health and Hygiene
• School Planning and Organization
• School Routine
• Office Management
• School Records
• Admission Register
• Transfer Register
• Attendance Register
• Log Book
• Student Record
• School Reports
• Filing System
• Field Trips
• Emergencies
• List of Required Documents, Reports, Records, Evidences & Manuals In A CBSE Affiliated School
• MANUALS
• RECORDS
• POLICIES
• REGISTERS
• PLANS
• SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)
• SOFTWARE
• LISTS
• FORMS
• INSIGNIA
• DO’S & DONT’S CHARTS
• TIME TABLES
• COMMITTEES
• CLUBS
• MISCELLANEUOS
• Appendices

This handbook is designed for Principals to prepare them to become effective and efficient educational leaders. This guide ensures that the Principal is able to interpret and articulate educational trends and issues and relate them to the needs of the students and nurture them.