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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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).

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jody Spiro, Spiro Jody
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781118834411
• ISBN: 978-1-118-83441-1
• Pages: 160
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Enseignement; 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)