An Educator's Guide to the Role of the Principal, Third Edition provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of school leaders within an evolving landscape. This guide will benefit everyone involved in the education field.

Some of the topics examined in this work are:

• Labour Relations
• Negligence and Liability
• Emergency Response Planning
• Student Records
• Teacher Performance
• The Rights of Non-Custodial Parents
• Dealing with Problem Parents
• School Attendance
• Suspensions and Expulsions
• Safe Schools

Every issue is addressed in a factual manner, including guidelines for action, and enables principals to anticipate problems.

New in this edition:

• Duties and obligations surrounding safe schools
• Proposed new process and procedure regarding hiring of teachers
• Revisions to the class size regulation
• Addressing school violence, critical incidents, and emergencies, including the role of the principal in relation to local police
• The impact of cannabis legalization
• New expanded obligations surrounding students with medical conditions
• Legal developments surrounding school liability, occupational health and safety, and the legal definition of a parent