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'Catholic educators want students to do their:best academically and become good Catholics. Challenges that makelhis'vta goal diffitult to accomplish include a changing anvironment Sithii ' the Catholic school staffs that were almost entirely composed of 0 priests or relidlous'are now almost entirely lay,-and the tension between the schooloai an educational institution and the school as a faith community has increased. In additione'both public and Catholic schools experiente the loose coupling between the work of the principal and the effectiveness. of the school. Finally, high schools-'.are morn diversified than elementary schools, academically and,/geographically. A Catholic school principal must provide both 4 academic and religious leadership to have an effective Catholic school. A-principal can help to make a.school-a more of environment by working to develop its distinctly Catholic culture. The keys to leadership are vision aid inspiration. To develop a school culture, the principal must be committed, purposeful, ind involved in managi'g the values'of the school; painstaking in the hiring and develosent of teachers; and adept at building coalitions with coipeting constituencies to reach desired goals. (MLF) 1 *************************************************************N********* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the 'best that can be made * * from the original document. * k*********************************************************************