Reeves, Douglas B.Unknown
Alexandria (Virginia, 2020) (eng) English9781416629405Unknown2nd ed.SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS; Unknown'We can't do that in our school district.''I don't have time to add that to my curriculum.''We're fighting against impossible odds with these students.'Sound familiar? School improvement can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be. In this fully revised and updated second edition of The Learning Leader, Douglas B. Reeves helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalize on their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, and reset their mindset and priorities to achieve unprecedented success. A critical key is recognizing student achievement as more than just a set of test scores. Reeves asserts that when leaders focus exclusively on results, they fail to measure and understand the importance of their own actions. He offers an alternative—the Leadership for Learning Framework, which helps leaders identify and distinguish among four different types of educators and provide more effective, tailored support to-'Lucky'educators, who achieve high results but don't understand how their actions influence achievement.-'Losing'educators, who achieve low results yet keep doing the same thing, expecting different outcomes.-'Learning'educators, who have not yet achieved the desired results but are working their way toward excellence.-'Leading'educators, who achieve high results and understand how their actions influence their success. Reeves stresses that effective leadership is neither a unitary skill nor a solitary activity. The Learning Leader helps leaders reconceptualize their roles in the school improvement process and motivate themselves and their colleagues to keep working to better serve their students.
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Summary / review / table of contents
Introduction: What the Leadership for Learning Framework Will Do for You
Chapter 1. The Results Paradox
Chapter 2. Challenging Leadership Myths : Hope for the Exhausted Leader
Chapter 3. Architectural Leadership : Why You Cannot Do It Alone
Chapter 4. What Matters Most : From Planning to Performance
Chapter 5. Transforming Research into Action
Chapter 6. Leadership and Effective Feedback : The Dilemmas of Grading Chapter 7. Leadership Maps : Applying the Leadership for Learning Framework
Chapter 8. The Dimensions of Leadership
Chapter 9. Putting It All Together : The Five Essential Transformations of Leadership for Learning
Afterword
Appendix A. Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring (PIM) School Improvement Audit and Scoring Guide
Appendix B. Creating Your Leadership Map
Appendix C. Daily Priorities Lists
Appendix D. Guidelines for Creating Data Walls