Dear Principals,

In an effort to help principals move toward school success, Binney & Smith, the manufacturer of Crayola® products, programs and resources took stock of research based information to prepare, The Principal – Effective Educational Leaders! Creative Strategies for School Improvement & Success!

Our work progressed with a clear understanding that all core academic subjects, including the arts are vital to student success. After conducting integrated focus groups with principals, school administrators and arts educators, and after consulting with community organizational leaders, we collected, and then analyzed our findings to prepare and deliver to you this educational resource.This guide offers corroborative strategies aligned with best practice in the field that come from the field.The guide is intended to offer current and aspiring school principals solutions that can lead students, teachers and schools toward school improvement.

Consider implementing some of the strategies manifest in this guide. Test and share these ideas with your constituents. Visit Crayola.com for additional tools and resources that can help propel all children forward and improve your schools performance. As we all work together with focus in these challenging times, we will meet our collective goal of finding school improvement and good measures of success for all.

Sincerely yours, Ron DeLong Manager, Educational Curriculum and Resources

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