High-Payoff Strategies - How Education Leaders Get Results

Learn how you can become an effective leader of change in your school Powerful leadership is a strong component of a school's influence on student success.

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xi
1 Introduction to the High-Payoff Strategies 1
2 Vision and Focus 13
PART 1 Strategy: Culture 27
3 Creating a Culture Supportive of Teaching and Learning 29
4 Using Data to Plan Culture Strategies 45
PART 2 Strategy: Instructional Improvements 59
5 Leading Instructional Improvements 61
6 Using Data to Plan Instructional Improvement Strategies 73
PART 3 Strategy: Learning Communities 89
7 Facilitating Learning Communities 91
8 Using Data to Plan Learning Community Strategies 105
PART 4 The Payoff 117
9 Using All Strategies Together to Achieve the Vision 119
Annotated Bibliography 127
Ideas for Using These Materials in Courses and Workshops 135
Name Index 139
Index 141

About the author

JODY SPIRO, EdD, Director of Education Leadership at The Wallace Foundation, is the author of Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales (Jossey-Bass, 2011).

Summary

Focus on the right things An education leader s job can seem overwhelming, but it doesn t have to be that way. Research shows that by spending time on just a few high-payoff strategies, leaders can bring about the meaningful change their schools and districts need.

Product details

• Authors: Jody Spiro, Spiro Jody
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781118834411
• ISBN: 978-1-118-83441-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Education, Bildungswesen, K-12 / Lehrerbildung, K-12, Teacher Education (K-12), Allg. Lehrpläne, Curriculum Tools - General, K-12 / Leitung u. Verwaltung, Leadership & Administration (K-12)