Passing the Principal TExES Exam: Keys to Certification & School Leadership [Paperback]

Elaine L. (Litchfield) Wilmore (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761939865 | ISBN-13: 978-0761939863 | Publication Date: August 11, 2003

This definitive handbook to success on the Texas TExES certification exam for prospective principals masterfully highlights the key elements necessary to boost performance and enhance outstanding school leadership.

Editorial Reviews

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"I just wanted to drop you an e-mail to say I passed!!! Your support, encouragement, and spirit is very empowering. Once again a huge thank you for caring and writing such a wonderful book!"

(Apryl Baylor )

"I wanted to let you know that I passed my principal certification exam after the second attempt thanks to your wonderful book. My score improved by 30 points. I should have sent you chocolate like the book said, but I figured it would melt."

 

(Lacey Glover )

"I passed with flying colors! Everything you said was exactly what I needed. I am deeply grateful to you!"

(Donna Rice, Atlanta Middle School )

"Just thought I would let you know that I passed the TExES on the first time! Your prep manual was a tremendous help."

(Tracy L. Mitchel, James Bowie High School )

"We had a 100% pass rate on the TExES (ExCET) exam from this year's graduating group. Thanks for writing your book!"

(David Spencer, Director )

"I PASSED THE TEST!!!!!! Thank you so much. I would not have been able to do it without your book."

(Charlotte Ford )

"I read your book on the Principal TexES exam and I just found out I passed today! Thank you for publishing such a user-friendly book. I used your testing strategies and they obviously worked!"

(Leah Mitrani )

"I just received my scores and I passed!!! Yea!!! Thanks to you!"

(Rebecca Nash )

"A friend let me borrow her copy of Passing the Principal TExES Exam to study for the TExES. I took the TExES and passed the first time! I wanted to let you know that your practice manual was just wonderful. I will keep telling others that your manual is what they need to pass the TExES."

(Tamiko Daniels )

"I attended a prep session about 2 weeks ago and the facilitator said she knew of 7 administrators who hadn't passed the test after they had taken it about 5 times. She told them about your book and they passed it!"

(Rosetta Simpson )

"I recently purchased your book, Passing the Principal TexES Exam, and just had to write you to thank for writing this book. It has helped ease my anxieties about the test and has put into perspective everything that I have learned in the past 3 years of graduate study. As I read it, I get more and more excited about the principalship! Your book has been a true inspiration for me and I just wanted to let you thank you for sharing it with others, especially those of us who are just starting the educational leadership path!!!"

(Rhonda D. Whitman )

About the Author

Elaine L. Wilmore is special assistant to the dean for NCATE accreditation and an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is president of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, the Cleburne (TX) Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Elaine L. Wilmore Leadership Initiatives. She is the University of Texas at Arlington founding director of School Administration Programs, Educational Leadership UTA, and the Scholars of Practice innovative programs for which she has received extensive grants. Wilmore has also served as chair of Educational Administration and director of University Program Development. In addition, Wilmore is active on local, state, and national boards, including the Texas Principals Leadership Initiative and the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). She wrote Passing the Superintendent TExES Exam (Corwin Press 2009) and has served as president of the Texas Professors of Educational Administration, on the boards of the Texas Association of School Administrators and the Texas Consortium of Colleges of Teacher Education, and was in the original cadre of program/folio reviewers for the Educational Leadership Constituent Council for NCATE.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press (August 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761939865
• ISBN-13: 978-0761939863
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, maybe good if you don't know competencies well, October 17, 2009

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S. Powell "S and B Powell" (TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passing the Principal TExES Exam: Keys to Certification & School Leadership (Paperback)

First, let me state that I did pass my TExES principal exam.

But I don't think it was due to this book. I bought this book because (1) there is very few principal TExES review material and didn't have much to choose from anyway, (2) felt like I needed some kind of review, and (3) this book had good reviews on Amazon.

I'm writing this review in 2009, and I bought this book in 2009. It's very outdated for this year. It still talks about the TAAS test (we have long switched over to the TAKS test now). It spends 99% of the book going over the competencies and what they mean...then the author advises that the best way to study is to read the competencies over and over again. While the author does a good job discussing each competency in detail, I didn't find this to be helpful to study for the test when what I really wanted was a chance to apply it and practice. It has some "practice questions" at the end that are no where near the format on what is presented on the TExES. Maybe in the past the test was in a different kind of format?

My advice is not to waste time with an outdated book that doesn't really give you practice. I found the actual released TExES practice principal manual (it's free- google it) to be the most helpful. The manual comes from the test-makers themselves and it has all the competencies that you can read over and over as well as actual real practice questions (about 40 of them) at the end with the answers. It's up to date and it's what I studied.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I used it to Pass the Colorado Principal Exam!, April 18, 2008

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Paul G. Cama "libri diligo" (Northglenn, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passing the Principal TExES Exam: Keys to Certification & School Leadership (Paperback)

In Colorado we have the PLACE Exam for Principal licensing. However there are no official study guides for the test. I purchased this book after failing the PLACE and found that the TExES Domains are almost identical to the PLACE. Dr. Wilmore also gave great test taking strategies that were extremely helpful. I used these strategies on the provided practice test, and two PLACE Practice test (one for Principal and one for Superintendent) and scored a passing grade. Then I applied them to the actual PLACE Exam and passed!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A muist read for all Principal Interns, March 16, 2006

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Elizabeth Awani-holmes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passing the Principal TExES Exam: Keys to Certification & School Leadership (Paperback)

Down to earth and very practical. A real eye openner for all students preparing for the Principal's test.