Closing "Attitude Gaps" for Over 35 Years!
One of the most sought-after principal leadership, assistant principal leadership and classroom equity presenters in America, with a particular focus on "Closing the Attitude Gap" in America's classrooms. He has delivered over 3000 conference and program keynotes, professional development workshops, parenting seminars and student assemblies for over 35 years of public speaking. Principal Kafele brings a reflective approach to delivering his message. It forces his audiences to look deeply within themselves toward assessing their own practices to a level of "being uncomfortable with being comfortable and being comfortable with being uncomfortable." His reflective approach creates a basis for transformative change and improvement. Contact Principal Kafele today to present at your next conference, inservice, event or program at PrincipalKafele@gmail.com.
Closing "Attitude Gaps" for Over 35 Years!
One of the most sought-after principal leadership, assistant principal leadership and classroom equity presenters in America, with a particular focus on "Closing the Attitude Gap" in America's classrooms. He has delivered over 3000 conference and program keynotes, professional development workshops, parenting seminars and student assemblies for over 35 years of public speaking. Principal Kafele brings a reflective approach to delivering his message. It forces his audiences to look deeply within themselves toward assessing their own practices to a level of "being uncomfortable with being comfortable and being comfortable with being uncomfortable." His reflective approach creates a basis for transformative change and improvement. Contact Principal Kafele today to present at your next conference, inservice, event or program at PrincipalKafele@gmail.com.
Look What's Coming December 16! Don't Wait...You Can Pre-Order Now!
Principal Kafele's newest book, What Is My Value INSTRUCTIONALLY to the Teachers I Supervise is now available for pre-order @ Amazon here or ASCD (the publisher) here.
Bestselling author and award-winning educator Baruti K. Kafele is known for his insight into leadership practices and his focus on deep reflection as a way to become a more effective school leader. In this thought-provoking book, he turns his attention to instructional leadership—a crucial, complex, and sometimes neglected facet of leading a school.
Principal Kafele contends that the primary purpose of supervising teachers is to help them continue to improve in the classroom so that all students have the support and skills they need to succeed. For principals and assistant principals, in particular, it is easy to be so inundated by the noninstructional aspects of the work that the instructional side—including instructional coaching—suffers. This has an adverse effect on the entire school. Just as the quality of teaching directly affects student outcomes, there is also a direct correlation between instructional leadership and student achievement and well-being.
Principal Kafele structures the book around 10 self-reflection prompts to help the reader answer the question that the title poses: What is my value instructionally to the teachers I supervise? This powerful resource offers illuminating stories about and practical strategies for focusing on the instructional side of leadership to improve teacher pedagogy and enable student achievement to soar.
Look What's Coming December 16! Don't Wait...You Can Pre-Order Now!
Principal Kafele's newest book, What Is My Value INSTRUCTIONALLY to the Teachers I Supervise is now available for pre-order @ Amazon here or ASCD (the publisher) here.
Bestselling author and award-winning educator Baruti K. Kafele is known for his insight into leadership practices and his focus on deep reflection as a way to become a more effective school leader. In this thought-provoking book, he turns his attention to instructional leadership—a crucial, complex, and sometimes neglected facet of leading a school.
Principal Kafele contends that the primary purpose of supervising teachers is to help them continue to improve in the classroom so that all students have the support and skills they need to succeed. For principals and assistant principals, in particular, it is easy to be so inundated by the noninstructional aspects of the work that the instructional side—including instructional coaching—suffers. This has an adverse effect on the entire school. Just as the quality of teaching directly affects student outcomes, there is also a direct correlation between instructional leadership and student achievement and well-being.
Principal Kafele structures the book around 10 self-reflection prompts to help the reader answer the question that the title poses: What is my value instructionally to the teachers I supervise? This powerful resource offers illuminating stories about and practical strategies for focusing on the instructional side of leadership to improve teacher pedagogy and enable student achievement to soar.
Watch the AP & New Principals Academy on YouTube
One of YouTube's top channels for new principal and assistant principal leadership, join Principal Kafele EVERY Saturday Morning LIVE @ 10:55 ET on YouTube @ the AP & New Principals Academy. Now in it's 5th year, the AP & New Principals Academy is a FREE live-streamed leadership academy where Principal Kafele and his guests engage aspiring assistant principals, assistant principals and new principals (1 to 5 years) in weekly professional learning sessions on a wide variety of topics relative to leadership effectiveness every Saturday morning at 10:55 ET on YouTube. And if you can't tune in LIVE, watch the videos anytime on the YouTube channel.
Watch the AP & New Principals Academy on YouTube
Join Principal Kafele EVERY Saturday Morning LIVE @ 10:55 ET on YouTube @ the AP & New Principals Academy. Now in it's 5th year, the AP & New Principals Academy is a FREE live-streamed leadership academy where Principal Kafele and his guests engage aspiring assistant principals, assistant principals and new principals (1 to 5 years) in weekly professional learning sessions on a wide variety of topics relative to leadership effectiveness every Saturday morning at 10:55 ET on YouTube. And if you can't join us LIVE, watch the videos anytime on the YouTube channel.
Principal Kafele Announcements
Principal Kafele's summer conference schedule coming in 2025. Stay tuned!
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