Author: Myint Swe Khine
Publisher: Brill / Sense
ISBN: 9789087909031
Category : Educational leadership
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designing and managing learning-school organizations that can sustain a competitive advantage in this fast-changing environment demands transformative leaders primed and ready to build upon the intellectual capital for the future.
Transformative Leadership in Education
Author: Carolyn M. Shields
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351799150
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Framed by real stories and grounded in research, the second edition of Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership that is engaged, active, and courageous. Noted scholar Carolyn M. Shields explores the concept of transformative leadership and its potential to create learning environments that are academically excellent, equitable, inclusive, and socially just, even in the face of the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world of education today. Chapters combine contemporary research findings with stories of schools, leaders, students, teachers, and community members to demonstrate that transformative leadership can promote academic achievement, family and community empowerment, democratic engagement, and global citizenship. This exciting text will appeal to all aspiring and practicing leaders who want to prepare students to be successful, caring, and engaged citizens of the global community. New in this edition: Updated end-of-chapter guiding questions to help readers reflect on their own practice and to apply the concepts in their own contexts. Enriched discussion of the interrelationships among the eight tenets of transformative leadership and leading for social justice. Elaborated discussion of the need for reflection, grounding, and spiritual connections on the part of transformative leaders. Expanded discussion of refugee and transgender students. Supplemental eResources to prompt further dialogue and reflection, downloadable at www.routledge.com/9781138633773.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351799150
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Framed by real stories and grounded in research, the second edition of Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership that is engaged, active, and courageous. Noted scholar Carolyn M. Shields explores the concept of transformative leadership and its potential to create learning environments that are academically excellent, equitable, inclusive, and socially just, even in the face of the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world of education today. Chapters combine contemporary research findings with stories of schools, leaders, students, teachers, and community members to demonstrate that transformative leadership can promote academic achievement, family and community empowerment, democratic engagement, and global citizenship. This exciting text will appeal to all aspiring and practicing leaders who want to prepare students to be successful, caring, and engaged citizens of the global community. New in this edition: Updated end-of-chapter guiding questions to help readers reflect on their own practice and to apply the concepts in their own contexts. Enriched discussion of the interrelationships among the eight tenets of transformative leadership and leading for social justice. Elaborated discussion of the need for reflection, grounding, and spiritual connections on the part of transformative leaders. Expanded discussion of refugee and transgender students. Supplemental eResources to prompt further dialogue and reflection, downloadable at www.routledge.com/9781138633773.
Transformative Leadership in Education
Author: Carolyn M. Shields
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415892538
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world of education today, leaders need to take an engaged, activist, and courageous approach to help build optimistic futures for all students. Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership for deep and equitable change. Using vignettes, stories, research, and drawing on scholarship from a range of disciplines, noted scholar Carolyn M. Shields explores the concept of transformative leadership and its potential to create learning environments that are just and inclusive. Drawing on examples from transformative school leaders, Shields demonstrates that this leadership can promote academic achievement, family and community empowerment, democratic engagement, and global citizenship. Special features include: End-of-chapter guiding questions to help readers reflect on their own practice and to apply the concepts in their own contexts Vignettes and stories from students, teachers, and community members illustrate how transformative leadership can promote academic achievement and democratic engagement A robust companion website with extra resources, video and audio clips, and an author blog to further understanding and lead to sustained action toward the goals of transformative leadership. This exciting text will appeal to all aspiring and practicing leaders who want to prepare students to be successful, caring, and engaged citizens of the global community.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415892538
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
In the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world of education today, leaders need to take an engaged, activist, and courageous approach to help build optimistic futures for all students. Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership for deep and equitable change. Using vignettes, stories, research, and drawing on scholarship from a range of disciplines, noted scholar Carolyn M. Shields explores the concept of transformative leadership and its potential to create learning environments that are just and inclusive. Drawing on examples from transformative school leaders, Shields demonstrates that this leadership can promote academic achievement, family and community empowerment, democratic engagement, and global citizenship. Special features include: End-of-chapter guiding questions to help readers reflect on their own practice and to apply the concepts in their own contexts Vignettes and stories from students, teachers, and community members illustrate how transformative leadership can promote academic achievement and democratic engagement A robust companion website with extra resources, video and audio clips, and an author blog to further understanding and lead to sustained action toward the goals of transformative leadership. This exciting text will appeal to all aspiring and practicing leaders who want to prepare students to be successful, caring, and engaged citizens of the global community.
Transformative Leadership and Educational Excellence
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9087909055
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
On records, the evolution of human development pays a considerable tribute to the relentless efforts made by generations of teacher educators set out to train academic leaders and teachers committed to the implementation of educational policies parallel to the mental edification of young students. Teacher educators, faced the challenges, overcame the obstacles, and refined the pedagogies of our educational system with many innovative approaches. As the world faces increasing uncertainties and adamant shifts of knowledge economy, it is apparent that education plays an ultimate role in creating adept and geared up citizens, to lead the way to the future. Designing and managing learning school organizations that can sustain a competitive advantage in this fast-changing environment demands transformative leaders primed and ready to the building or our intellectual capital for the future. Many books on teacher education, educational management and leadership have been written in the past, but most of them do not keep up with the fast-changing educational scene and only a few include future scenarios. This book presents the anticipated trends and demands of the new knowledge economy, and it aims to achieve its goals with the use of various tools, generative and collaborative efforts, increasing leadership capability in dynamic and complex contexts, enculturation of cutting edge knowledge for educational advancement and creation of teams that focus learning organizations. This book brings together prominent and leading teacher educators and researchers from around the world to present their scholarship, theories and practice, case studies, state-of-the- art approaches and upshot predictions. This book embodies collective knowledge inquiry and represents professional conversations. The chapters provides information on recent trends and development in teacher education, the important role of educational management and leadership in educational transformations and promising practices for desired outcomes. The book is a critical and specialized resource that describes how transformative leadership can play an important role in achieving excellence in education. The topics covered are: Educational Leadership and Effective Teaching, Research in Transformational Leadership, and Professional Development and Social Capital Building in Schools.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9087909055
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
On records, the evolution of human development pays a considerable tribute to the relentless efforts made by generations of teacher educators set out to train academic leaders and teachers committed to the implementation of educational policies parallel to the mental edification of young students. Teacher educators, faced the challenges, overcame the obstacles, and refined the pedagogies of our educational system with many innovative approaches. As the world faces increasing uncertainties and adamant shifts of knowledge economy, it is apparent that education plays an ultimate role in creating adept and geared up citizens, to lead the way to the future. Designing and managing learning school organizations that can sustain a competitive advantage in this fast-changing environment demands transformative leaders primed and ready to the building or our intellectual capital for the future. Many books on teacher education, educational management and leadership have been written in the past, but most of them do not keep up with the fast-changing educational scene and only a few include future scenarios. This book presents the anticipated trends and demands of the new knowledge economy, and it aims to achieve its goals with the use of various tools, generative and collaborative efforts, increasing leadership capability in dynamic and complex contexts, enculturation of cutting edge knowledge for educational advancement and creation of teams that focus learning organizations. This book brings together prominent and leading teacher educators and researchers from around the world to present their scholarship, theories and practice, case studies, state-of-the- art approaches and upshot predictions. This book embodies collective knowledge inquiry and represents professional conversations. The chapters provides information on recent trends and development in teacher education, the important role of educational management and leadership in educational transformations and promising practices for desired outcomes. The book is a critical and specialized resource that describes how transformative leadership can play an important role in achieving excellence in education. The topics covered are: Educational Leadership and Effective Teaching, Research in Transformational Leadership, and Professional Development and Social Capital Building in Schools.
Transformative Leadership
Author: Carolyn M. Shields
Publisher: Counterpoints
ISBN: 9781433113109
Category : Educational leadership
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This thought-provoking reader is a collection of original chapters by authors from five different countries, each of whom explores a facet of transformative leadership.
Publisher: Counterpoints
ISBN: 9781433113109
Category : Educational leadership
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This thought-provoking reader is a collection of original chapters by authors from five different countries, each of whom explores a facet of transformative leadership.
Transformational Leadership in Special Education
Author: Kirby Lentz
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 1610485130
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Transformational Leadership provides the reader with a background of meaningful and purposeful leadership, and the building blocks of the learning organisation. These concepts are applied to the values and the operation of the Individualised Education Program team so schools can demonstrate special education effectiveness.
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 1610485130
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Transformational Leadership provides the reader with a background of meaningful and purposeful leadership, and the building blocks of the learning organisation. These concepts are applied to the values and the operation of the Individualised Education Program team so schools can demonstrate special education effectiveness.
Becoming a Transformative Leader
Author: Carolyn M. Shields
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429536682
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This exciting book explores the concept of transformative leadership and how leaders can create learning environments that are academically excellent, equitable, inclusive, and socially just. Grounded in research and real examples, Dr. Carolyn Shields presents an approach to leadership that is engaged, authentic, courageous, and effective in addressing the needs of today’s diverse student bodies. Featuring examples from schools and leaders, questions for reflection, downloadable eResources, and links to useful websites, Becoming a Transformative Leader is an invaluable and practical guide for school administrators, teacher leaders, and district leaders concerned about the uneven educational playing field for students in our schools.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429536682
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This exciting book explores the concept of transformative leadership and how leaders can create learning environments that are academically excellent, equitable, inclusive, and socially just. Grounded in research and real examples, Dr. Carolyn Shields presents an approach to leadership that is engaged, authentic, courageous, and effective in addressing the needs of today’s diverse student bodies. Featuring examples from schools and leaders, questions for reflection, downloadable eResources, and links to useful websites, Becoming a Transformative Leader is an invaluable and practical guide for school administrators, teacher leaders, and district leaders concerned about the uneven educational playing field for students in our schools.
Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership
Author: Sharon I. Radd
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416629769
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This timely and essential book provides a comprehensive guide for school leaders who desire to engage their school communities in transformative systemic change. Sharon I. Radd, Gretchen Givens Generett, Mark Anthony Gooden, and George Theoharis offer five practices to increase educational equity and eliminate marginalization based on race, disability, socioeconomics, language, gender and sexual identity, and religion. For each dimension of diversity, the authors provide background information for understanding the current realities in schools and beyond, and they suggest "disruptive practices" to replace the status quo in order to achieve full inclusion and educational excellence for every child. Assuming that leadership to create equity is a unique practice, the book offers * Clear explanations of foundational terms and concepts, such as equity, systemic inequity, paradigms and cognitive dissonance, and privilege; * Specific recommendations for how to build support and sustainability by engaging colleagues and other stakeholders in constructive dialogues with multiple perspectives; * Detailed descriptions of routines and roles for building effective equity-leadership teams; * Guidelines and tools for performing an equity audit, including environmental scans; * A change framework to skillfully transform your system; and * Reflection activities for self-discovery, understanding, and personal and professional growth. A call to action that is both passionate and practical, Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership is an indispensable roadmap for educators undertaking the journey toward an education system that acknowledges and advances the worth and potential of all students.
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416629769
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This timely and essential book provides a comprehensive guide for school leaders who desire to engage their school communities in transformative systemic change. Sharon I. Radd, Gretchen Givens Generett, Mark Anthony Gooden, and George Theoharis offer five practices to increase educational equity and eliminate marginalization based on race, disability, socioeconomics, language, gender and sexual identity, and religion. For each dimension of diversity, the authors provide background information for understanding the current realities in schools and beyond, and they suggest "disruptive practices" to replace the status quo in order to achieve full inclusion and educational excellence for every child. Assuming that leadership to create equity is a unique practice, the book offers * Clear explanations of foundational terms and concepts, such as equity, systemic inequity, paradigms and cognitive dissonance, and privilege; * Specific recommendations for how to build support and sustainability by engaging colleagues and other stakeholders in constructive dialogues with multiple perspectives; * Detailed descriptions of routines and roles for building effective equity-leadership teams; * Guidelines and tools for performing an equity audit, including environmental scans; * A change framework to skillfully transform your system; and * Reflection activities for self-discovery, understanding, and personal and professional growth. A call to action that is both passionate and practical, Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership is an indispensable roadmap for educators undertaking the journey toward an education system that acknowledges and advances the worth and potential of all students.
The Transformative Leader
Author: Amir Ghannad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996774109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996774109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
Author: Richard D. Sagor
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412996457
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The West Linn School District -- District Context -- Three Key Leadership Functions -- Transformational Leadership -- The Development and Nurturing of Shared Community Vision -- The Development and Nurturing of an Ethic of Continuous Improvement -- The Development and -- Nurturing of the Organization's Commitment to Productive and Ethical Human Relations -- Quaker Theology: As a Belief System and a Metaphor -- Making a Virtue Out of a Necessity: The Beginnings of the People Strategy -- The People Strategy for School Improvement -- Supervising the Probationary Teacher -- Annual Celebration of Excellence -- Hiring the Very Best -- The Eye of the Proprietor -- Faculty Recruitment/Selection at West Linn High School -- Reflection Questions: Hiring the Very Best -- Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Professional Development and the People Strategy -- Professional Development Strategy #1: Budgeted Building and District Funds -- Professional Development Strategy #2: Professional Growth Planning -- Professional Development Strategy #3: Tuition Reimbursement -- Professional Development Strategy #4: Cooperative Master's Program -- Professional Development Strategy #5: Professional Development Fund -- Leading Through Limited Partnerships -- Reflection Questions: Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Four Key Concepts Governing Supervision -- Supervision When Professionals Are Having Problems -- A Veteran Teacher Struggling With Classroom Management -- Reflection Questions: Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Differentiated Supervision: Evaluation Outside the Box -- Supervision and Evaluation at West Linn High School -- When is Traditional Evaluation Necessary? -- The Proposal for a Differentiated Supervision System -- Reflection Questions: Differentiated Supervision -- The Extended Shadow of the Leader -- An Outside Superintendent -- Example #1: Assigning Students to Classrooms at Cedaroak Park Elementary School -- A Keen Eye for Talent -- Example #2: Multiage Classrooms at Boeckman Creek Elementary School -- Reflection Questions: The Extended Shadow of Leadership -- The Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Scientific Management and Proven Practices -- Feigning Certainty -- Choosing a District-Wide Computing Platform -- Providing Developmentally Appropriate Education at Willamette Elementary School -- Uncertainty and School Culture -- Reflection Questions: Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Hubris: An Ever Present Concern -- The "Worrier in Chief"--The Political Context of Public Schools -- Owning Up To Flaws -- The High School Annual Report: Warts and All -- The Gang of 1,000 -- Reflection Questions: Keeping Hubris at Bay.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412996457
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The West Linn School District -- District Context -- Three Key Leadership Functions -- Transformational Leadership -- The Development and Nurturing of Shared Community Vision -- The Development and Nurturing of an Ethic of Continuous Improvement -- The Development and -- Nurturing of the Organization's Commitment to Productive and Ethical Human Relations -- Quaker Theology: As a Belief System and a Metaphor -- Making a Virtue Out of a Necessity: The Beginnings of the People Strategy -- The People Strategy for School Improvement -- Supervising the Probationary Teacher -- Annual Celebration of Excellence -- Hiring the Very Best -- The Eye of the Proprietor -- Faculty Recruitment/Selection at West Linn High School -- Reflection Questions: Hiring the Very Best -- Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Professional Development and the People Strategy -- Professional Development Strategy #1: Budgeted Building and District Funds -- Professional Development Strategy #2: Professional Growth Planning -- Professional Development Strategy #3: Tuition Reimbursement -- Professional Development Strategy #4: Cooperative Master's Program -- Professional Development Strategy #5: Professional Development Fund -- Leading Through Limited Partnerships -- Reflection Questions: Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Four Key Concepts Governing Supervision -- Supervision When Professionals Are Having Problems -- A Veteran Teacher Struggling With Classroom Management -- Reflection Questions: Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Differentiated Supervision: Evaluation Outside the Box -- Supervision and Evaluation at West Linn High School -- When is Traditional Evaluation Necessary? -- The Proposal for a Differentiated Supervision System -- Reflection Questions: Differentiated Supervision -- The Extended Shadow of the Leader -- An Outside Superintendent -- Example #1: Assigning Students to Classrooms at Cedaroak Park Elementary School -- A Keen Eye for Talent -- Example #2: Multiage Classrooms at Boeckman Creek Elementary School -- Reflection Questions: The Extended Shadow of Leadership -- The Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Scientific Management and Proven Practices -- Feigning Certainty -- Choosing a District-Wide Computing Platform -- Providing Developmentally Appropriate Education at Willamette Elementary School -- Uncertainty and School Culture -- Reflection Questions: Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Hubris: An Ever Present Concern -- The "Worrier in Chief"--The Political Context of Public Schools -- Owning Up To Flaws -- The High School Annual Report: Warts and All -- The Gang of 1,000 -- Reflection Questions: Keeping Hubris at Bay.
Breakthrough Principals
Author: Jean Desravines
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118801172
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Bridge the achievement gap with proven strategies for student success Breakthrough Principals debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools. Based on the authors' Transformational Leadership Framework, which they developed through in-depth study of more than 100 high-gaining, high-poverty schools, the book distills findings into a practical, action-focused plan for diagnosing school needs and implementing structures, systems and practices that accelerate student achievement. Brought to life by case studies of principals who have led dramatic gains in student achievement, the book is a how-to guide for increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high-performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help students achieve. You'll learn how breakthrough principals make the school's mission a real part of both strategy and practice, and set up sustainable systems that support consistent, ongoing improvement. High-impact practices are organized into five broad categories: learning and teaching, school-wide culture, aligned staff, operations and systems, and personal leadership. The primary job of school leadership is to help students succeed. It begins with first recognizing and prioritizing areas of need, then finding and implementing the most effective solutions. Whether you work in a turn around environment, or want to make a good school better, this book will give you a set of concrete practices—illustrated through examples of real principals in real schools—that have been proven to work. Discover the primary drivers of student achievement Work toward the school's vision in staffing, operations, and systems Set the tone for all relationships and practices with good leadership Closing the achievement gap is a major goal of educational leadership, and principals are forever searching for viable methods that help them better serve their students. Breakthrough Principals unveils the details behind the success stories from across the nation to provide a roadmap to transformative gains.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118801172
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Bridge the achievement gap with proven strategies for student success Breakthrough Principals debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools. Based on the authors' Transformational Leadership Framework, which they developed through in-depth study of more than 100 high-gaining, high-poverty schools, the book distills findings into a practical, action-focused plan for diagnosing school needs and implementing structures, systems and practices that accelerate student achievement. Brought to life by case studies of principals who have led dramatic gains in student achievement, the book is a how-to guide for increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high-performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help students achieve. You'll learn how breakthrough principals make the school's mission a real part of both strategy and practice, and set up sustainable systems that support consistent, ongoing improvement. High-impact practices are organized into five broad categories: learning and teaching, school-wide culture, aligned staff, operations and systems, and personal leadership. The primary job of school leadership is to help students succeed. It begins with first recognizing and prioritizing areas of need, then finding and implementing the most effective solutions. Whether you work in a turn around environment, or want to make a good school better, this book will give you a set of concrete practices—illustrated through examples of real principals in real schools—that have been proven to work. Discover the primary drivers of student achievement Work toward the school's vision in staffing, operations, and systems Set the tone for all relationships and practices with good leadership Closing the achievement gap is a major goal of educational leadership, and principals are forever searching for viable methods that help them better serve their students. Breakthrough Principals unveils the details behind the success stories from across the nation to provide a roadmap to transformative gains.