The Assistant Principal's Blueprint

Assistant Principals are often too tied down with day-to-day admin and discipline. This guidebook offers a sustainable, systems-thinking approach to empower APs to move away from being reactive and toward becoming a more proactive, intentional instructional leader.

Balancing vulnerability and clarity, Dr. Sonia A. Matthew, National Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year, draws on three decades of public-education experience to provide a clear blueprint to get APS out of survival mode and on a journey to success. Topics include vision and alignment, time management and planning, communication, instructional leadership, school discipline, self-care and boundaries, and perception and elevation. Each chapter begins with a reflective story and provides loads of helpful step-by-step strategies backed by research.

Complete with ready-to-use AP Power Tools, this book moves beyond abstract leadership theory to offer a living, breathing blueprint for any assistant principal ready to transition from a disciplinarian to a transformational leader fundamentally shaping their school’s path.