Quantum Learning Instructional Leadership In Practice

Author : John Parks Le Tellier
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483362248
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Learning & Instructional Leadership in Practice written by John Parks Le Tellier and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using evidence-based strategies, this inspiring handbook provides principals and teachers with a catalog of practiced "moves," or actions that upgrade performance, create durable motivation, and renew energy levels.

Author : Delia E. Racines
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1949539377
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trust as the Core of Instructional Leadership written by Delia E. Racines and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be visible and approachable. Unpack necessary conversations with care. Build capacity based on strengths. Author Delia E. Racines offers these powerful protocols and more to support instructional leaders in building a community of trust in which positive change can occur. All current and aspiring instructional leaders ready to work collaboratively to improve teaching and learning will value this book. Instructional leaders will use this essential guide to: Understand the importance of fostering trust and competence across all relationships within their school Utilize a wide variety of reproducibles for both team building and personal reflection Dive into Educator Spotlights that provide unique perspectives on chapter tools Strategize for effective goal setting and achievement Become more intentionally present as leaders Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Be Visible and Approachable Chapter 2: Listen Closely to the Complaint for a Request Chapter 3: Invite All Voices Chapter 4: Use a Strengths-Based Approach Toward Building Instructional Leadership Capacity Chapter 5: Unpack Necessary Conversations With Care Conclusion References and Resources Index

Author : Stephen Fink
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470542756
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading for Instructional Improvement written by Stephen Fink and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading for Instructional Improvement Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving educational outcomes for all students. Teaching is a highly sophisticated and complex endeavor requiring deep expertise on the part of teachers and school leaders. This book shows how teacher, school, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students. Leading for Instructional Improvement captures the nationally acclaimed work conducted by the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington in its effort to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools across the country. The book provides extensive practical guidance grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts. Many of the tools, protocols, and frameworks contained in this book can be accessed electronically by visiting the Center for Educational Leadership website at www.k-12leadership.org. Praise for Leading for Instructional Improvement "This book offers insights that are invaluable to educators who seek to enhance teacher effectiveness now. The ideas presented are practical and applicable to schools in a variety of settings." —PEDRO A. NOGUERA, Ph.D., Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development and executive director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education "A deep and thoughtful look at how the issue of expertise is cultivated. Seizing upon their Center's research-based instructional framework, the authors provide important insights and tools." —DR. BEVERLY HALL, superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools "In this age of intense focus on how we evaluate teachers, we have to remember that any evaluation is only as good as the evaluator. This extremely useful book provides an excellent roadmap for how principals can become more effective in the most important aspect of their work, instructional leadership." —JERRY D. WEAST, Ed.D., superintendent of schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland "Fink and Markholt offer practitioners a guide to effective teaching. Leading for Instructional Improvement asks us to heed the lessons within and support the kind of teacher education that will improve student achievement for today's schools and those of tomorrow." —BARNETT BERRY, president, Center for Teaching Quality

Author : Peter M. DeWitt
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 : 1544381425
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Instructional Leadership written by Peter M. DeWitt and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This step-by-step how-to guide presents the six driving forces of instructional leadership within a multi-stage model for implementation, delivering lasting improvement through small, collaborative changes.

Author : Linda L. Carrier
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131734037X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keeping the Leadership in Instructional Leadership written by Linda L. Carrier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a high-stakes and testing-focused school climate, principals strive to develop and refine the skills that will make them effective instructional leaders. This book discusses how a narrow focus on day-to-day operations and management can limit the potential for effective instructional leadership by drawing attention away from the behaviors and interpersonal skills that enable school administrators to succeed. Building on stories from experienced principals in school districts across the country, author Linda L. Carrier offers practical tips and strategies for restoring the human dynamic of instructional leadership. Keeping the Leadership in Instructional Leadership: Developing Your Practice is designed to facilitate personal reflection and conversation about leadership practice, and its advice will empower principals and administrators to transform their schools into highly engaged communities of learners.

Author : Peter M. DeWitt
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1071813757
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collective Leader Efficacy written by Peter M. DeWitt and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just another book on leadership teams For school teams to succeed, they need leadership, independence, meaningful collaboration, and a shared conviction that they have real power to enact actual change. Educators know this, but they often lack an inquiry process that creates a community of learning leaders that is capable of deep collective impact on student learning and wellbeing. In this research-based, hands-on guidebook, school leadership coach Peter DeWitt introduces eight key drivers to integrating teacher and leader efficacy (mindset, well-being, context beliefs, working conditions, professional learning, organizational commitment, skills, and confidence) and harnesses it with a process to help you focus on the nuances of instruction and teaming to develop powerful collective leader efficacy. Readers will find: Activities and strategies designed to build collective efficacy in instructional teams and foster leadership and interdependence among teachers Theories of action to focus team efforts and how to create your own Tools, reflection prompts, and guiding questions to help you define your desired outcomes and the steps necessary to get there With this book and the research within it, your instructional leadership team will develop a learner’s mindset, a collective commitment to improvement, and a shared process for inquiry and continual growth so you can nurture greater impact together.

Author : Perry R. Rettig
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1461711835
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Leaps in School Leadership written by Perry R. Rettig and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2002-04-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership. Dr. Rettig sees the open dynamics of twentieth-century science — specifically, quantum mechanics — as a better and more natural model, and describes what he sees as a method of leadership light years beyond those of today. Dr. Rettig illustrates his erudite critique of the contemporary school administration structure with the story of Leslie O'Connor, a fictional administrator, who makes her way through familiar-seeming training techniques. For anyone interested in the organization and administration of school systems, this book provides an original and compelling perspective.

Author : Mary A. Hooper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317361873
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Capacity for Learning and Equity in Schools written by Mary A. Hooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Capacity for Learning and Equity in Schools provides a comprehensive guide for aspiring and practicing leaders to strengthen their capacity to create high levels of learning and equity. Chapters explore key theories and research, provide resources for developing personal and organizational leadership capacity, and guide leaders through a reflective process to help them link theory and practice. Hooper and Bernhardt’s model for excellence and equity provides a pathway for educators to create and sustain learning communities in schools. Exploring three leadership approaches—Instructional, Adaptive, and Transformational—this textbook prepares and develops leaders to engage school communities through effective instructional leadership, data-informed decision-making, and a vision for learning and equity for all. Special Features: Theory to Practice (T2P) Framework—A series of structured exercises help readers review and reflect on existing organizational practices and develop new action plans. Case Studies—Encourage individual reflection and collective discussion on key leadership scenarios. Examples in Action—Challenge readers to analyze new connections and leadership processes. A companion website—Includes additional resources and tools for instructors to facilitate activities in the classroom.

Author : Sandra Lee Gupton
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761978268
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Instructional Leadership Toolbox written by Sandra Lee Gupton and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a set of metaphorical, cognitive tools to assist educators in growing professionally and to hone their teaching and learning skills in their own unique settings. Chapter 1 helps the reader understand the importance that all educators, especially principals as instructional leaders, possess and strategically use an internal compass when making decisions. Chapter 2 deals with the importance of school leaders being reflective and well-read about today's leadership issues, such as understanding accountability and standards for 21st-century school principals, and being up-to-date and aware of a principal's key role in instructional leadership. Chapter 3 is about basic processes and products that guide the daily operation of the school and channel its energy most appropriately toward students and learning. Chapter 4 provides insight into ensuring that a school's culture is positive and centered on teaching and learning. Chapter 5 focuses on communication conduits. Reflective practice, supportive supervision, and cooperative evaluation are main topics of chapter 6. Chapter 7 emphasizes the instructional leadership lens in guiding one's work and decision-making. Chapter 8 covers the tools of accountability. Chapter 9 focuses on proactive leadership for school improvement. Chapter 10 returns focus to the leader as an individual, rounding out the importance of self-understanding. (Contains 177 references.) (RT).

Author : Angela Breidenstein
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807772240
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading for Powerful Learning written by Angela Breidenstein and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporting teacher learning is a complicated and challenging task. This much-awaited book offers a practical, research-based framework for thinking about instructional leadership, along with the necessary resources and tools for improving practice. The authors identify specific structures, formats, and strategies that an instructional leader can use to support new and veteran principals and teacher leaders. They then discuss ways to think about which structures are most appropriate for particular settings, offering suggestions on the most effective way to work with these structures. This unique book combines theory with best practices to create a vision of how 21st-century instructional leaders can improve education for all students. This practical book: Describes a unique, adult learning framework.Includes a variety of tools and protocols that leaders can use to support teacher learning in schools, districts, departments, and teams.Offers instructional leaders both theory and practice-the what to do and also the why and how.Addresses a broad spectrum of instructional leaders at the district, school, and university level. “Students everywhere deserve teachers and administrators who have read this book, and who enact the ideas in it. It is a must read for principals, district level administrators, teacher leaders, instructional coaches and mentors - anyone charged with leading the learning of adults in their schools.” —Gene Thompson-Grove, Educational Consultant and Board Member, SchoolReform Initiative “Leading for Powerful Learning is the book every school leader needs. It provides the essential tools for carrying out what is arguably the school leader's most difficult task: supporting the learning of the teachers with whom they work. The authors’ insights and practical wisdom, drawn from their decades of experience in schools, will be useful not only to formal school leaders but to those serving as leaders in more informal ways.” —Tina Blythe, Harvard Graduate School of Education