Linking Leadership To Student Learning

Author : Kenneth Leithwood,Karen Seashore-Louis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470623312

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Linking Leadership to Student Learning Linking Leadership to Student Learning clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, and their colleagues report on what they found. They examined leadership at each organizational level in the school system—classroom, school, district, community, and state. Their comprehensive approach to investigating school leadership offers a balanced understanding of how the structures within which leaders operate shape what they do. The results within will have significant implications for future policy and practice. Praise for Linking Leadership to Student Learning "Kenneth Leithwood and Karen Seashore Louis offer a seminal new contribution to the leadership field. They provide a rich and authoritative evidence base that demonstrates clearly just why school leadership is so important and how it promotes successful student learning." —PAMELA SAMMONS, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford "This ambitious, groundbreaking, and thought provoking treatment of the link between school leadership and student learning is a testament to the outstanding work of these exemplary scholars. This is a 'must read' for academics and practitioners alike." —MARTHA McCARTHY, President's Professor, Loyola Marymount University, and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana University "The question is no longer whether school and district leader's impact student learning, but rather how they do it. The authors provide a convincing answer, one that recognizes the crucial interaction between leader and locality." —DANIEL L. DUKE, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Virginia

Author : Karen Seashore Louis,Stephen E. Anderson,Kyla L. Wahlstrom,Blair Mascall,Molly F. Gordon,Michael Sturgis Knapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760055384

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Linking Leadership to Student Learning by Karen Seashore Louis,Stephen E. Anderson,Kyla L. Wahlstrom,Blair Mascall,Molly F. Gordon,Michael Sturgis Knapp Pdf

Leadership is second only to classroom instruction as an influence on student achievement. Strong leadership can potentially unleash latent capacities that already exist in an organization. The authors, after five years of research, could not find a single documented case of a school that managed to turn around its student achievement trajectory in the absence of talented leadership. This thoroughly researched book examines all types of leaders: from the school principal to the teacher leader. The authors also look closely at each organizational level in the school system-school, classroom, community, district, and state.

Author : Christopher Day,Pam Sammons,Ken Leithwood,David Hopkins,Qing Gu,Eleanor Brown,Elpida Ahtaridou
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335242450

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Successful School Leadership: Linking with Learning and Achievement by Christopher Day,Pam Sammons,Ken Leithwood,David Hopkins,Qing Gu,Eleanor Brown,Elpida Ahtaridou Pdf

This book is based on the largest and most extensive empirical study of contemporary leadership in primary and secondary schools in England. The results demonstrate that heads of successful schools improve the quality of student learning and achievement through who they are – their values, virtues, dispositions and competencies – as well as their timely use of change and improvement strategies. Successful School Leadership provides a comprehensive analysis of the values and qualities of head teachers. It assesses the strategies they use and how they adapt these to their particular school context in order to ensure positive increases in the learning, well being and achievement of their students. The authors: Identify a basic set of leadership practices resulting from their findings Analyse and describe the leadership values, qualities and behaviours related to different phases in schools’ improvement journeys Provide illustrative case studies of primary and secondary schools that highlight context sensitive strategies Provide a contemporary overview of international research and thinking about successful school leadership Recognize similar and distinguishing features between schools in different socio-economic groups This book is valuable reading for…school leaders and senior teachers, educational policy makers and advisors, as well as anyone involved or interested in education and its leadership.

Author : Michael A. Coplan,Michael S. Knapp
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416617839

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Connecting Leadership with Learning by Michael A. Coplan,Michael S. Knapp Pdf

What kind of leadership makes learning possible for all students? How can school leaders help teachers increase their knowledge and improve their instructional abilities? What actions should leaders take to ensure that learning occurs? In Connecting Leadership with Learning: A Framework for Reflection, Planning, and Action, Michael A. Copland and Michael S. Knapp give educational leaders a new way to answer these questions and find solutions perfect for their particular school environment. Copland and Knapp assert that far too many educational leaders are struggling with outdated curricula, demands that don't align with their school or district goals, and professional meetings that are high on complaints but low on solutions. Instead of prescribing a linear or rigid approach, the authors encourage educators to be attentive and tune into their leadership actions by using the Leading for Learning Framework. The framework provides different vantage points to help leaders reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, plan for improvement, and take actions to foster learning for students, teachers and professionals, and school and district leaders. The Leading for Learning Framework will empower leaders to *Establish a focus on equitable learning *Build professional communities *Engage communities and external partnerships *Act strategically and share leadership *Create coherence in their leadership actions The book includes extended case studies, descriptions of 23 different leadership "pathways," and many examples from schools and districts that show the Leading for Learning Framework in action. There is no magic formula for great school leadership, but Copland and Knapp conclude that magic can happen when leaders reframe their efforts to focus more clearly on learning.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood,Karen Seashore-Louis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118132265

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Linking Leadership to Student Learning by Kenneth Leithwood,Karen Seashore-Louis Pdf

Linking Leadership to Student Learning Linking Leadership to Student Learning clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, and their colleagues report on what they found. They examined leadership at each organizational level in the school system classroom, school, district, community, and state. Their comprehensive approach to investigating school leadership offers a balanced understanding of how the structures within which leaders operate shape what they do. The results within will have significant implications for future policy and practice. Praise for Linking Leadership to Student Learning "Kenneth Leithwood and Karen Seashore Louis offer a seminal new contribution to the leadership field. They provide a rich and authoritative evidence base that demonstrates clearly just why school leadership is so important and how it promotes successful student learning." PAMELA SAMMONS, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford "This ambitious, groundbreaking, and thought provoking treatment of the link between school leadership and student learning is a testament to the outstanding work of these exemplary scholars. This is a 'must read' for academics and practitioners alike." MARTHA McCARTHY, President's Professor, Loyola Marymount University, and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana University "The question is no longer whether school and district leader's impact student learning, but rather how they do it. The authors provide a convincing answer, one that recognizes the crucial interaction between leader and locality." DANIEL L. DUKE, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Virginia

Author : Michael A. Copland,Michael Sturgis Knapp
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416605270

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Connecting Leadership with Learning by Michael A. Copland,Michael Sturgis Knapp Pdf

A guide to help educational leaders reflect on their actions, plan for improvement, and take actions to foster student and professional learning.

Author : Jan Robertson,Helen Timperley
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781849201742

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Leadership and Learning by Jan Robertson,Helen Timperley Pdf

Bringing together internationally recognised scholars this book focuses on the relationship between leadership and learning for the education community. It draws together a wealth of knowledge and research in the field across a variety of contexts, such as system leadership, professional learning communities and leading different cultures. Themes covered include: - exploring models for leadership and improvement - challenges in developing learning-focused leadership - broadening ideas of learning and knowledge work. This book will be of interest to educational leaders at all levels and in all sectors, as well as consultants, academics and those who wish to extend their knowledge in educational leadership whether engaging in further academic study or in reflective practice around the ideas presented. This book is essential for anyone taking advanced programmes in educational leadership and management.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood,Robert Aitken,Doris Jantzi
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1412917638

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Making Schools Smarter by Kenneth Leithwood,Robert Aitken,Doris Jantzi Pdf

"From strategic planning and accountability to restructuring goals, school leaders face a myriad of organizational tasks, each one vying for immediate action. Where to begin and where best to allocate resources become critical questions as the issue of organization becomes more prevalent. The third edition of a powerful bestseller, Making Schools Smarter provides the refined and updated tools to create a workable model for reshaping today's school districts for positive outcomes. This practical guide addresses and helps resolve significant issues in district and school leadership, including: Determining a comprehensive and real image of future schools and districts as professional learning communities Highlighting critical changes for achieving missions and goals Providing school leaders with much-needed tools to demonstrate and improve accountability With No Child Left Behind and increased accountability as powerful reminders of what's at stake, Making Schools Smarter gets to the heart of the argument that smarter schools mean enhanced learning for all."--Publisher's website.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781544342207

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Leadership Development on a Large Scale by Kenneth Leithwood Pdf

Effective school leadership can have a transformative impact on the lives of students. Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field. this book draws lessons from one of the most successful long-term educational leadership studies ever conducted to provide actionable advice and specific strategies. Learn how to: Understand the evidence base to design effective leadership development programs and initiatives Support instructional leaders in leading collaborative inquiry approaches to classroom pedagogy to help teachers convey complex ideas to students Establish Principal Learning Teams to help guide school-wide and districtwide decision-making

Author : John MacBeath,Neil Dempster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134054503

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Connecting Leadership and Learning by John MacBeath,Neil Dempster Pdf

This book returns us to some fundamental questions about the purpose of schools, the nature of learning and the qualities of leadership which make schools authentic places of learning.

Author : Kyla L. Wahlstrom,Karen Seashore Louis,Kenneth A. Leithwood,Stephen E. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Academic achievement
ISBN : OCLC:725939131

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Learning from Leadership by Kyla L. Wahlstrom,Karen Seashore Louis,Kenneth A. Leithwood,Stephen E. Anderson Pdf

Author : William Mulford,Halia Silins,Kenneth A. Leithwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402021992

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Educational Leadership for Organisational Learning and Improved Student Outcomes by William Mulford,Halia Silins,Kenneth A. Leithwood Pdf

The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection and encourage members to question, challenge, and debate teaching and learning issues. How to achieve such learning communities is far from clear, but we believe the areas of problem-based learning (PBL) and organizational learning (OL) offer valuable clues. The indications are that the successful educational restructuring agenda depends on teams of leaders, whole staffs and school personnel, working together (i.e., OL) linking evidence and practice in genuine collaboration (i.e., PBL). The book is unique in that it is both about and uses these two concepts.

Author : Michael Fullan
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412981316

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Motion Leadership by Michael Fullan Pdf

Cycling from practice to theory and back again, this concise book provides the skinny on motion leadership, or how to “move” individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward.

Author : Zaretta Hammond
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483308029

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain by Zaretta Hammond Pdf

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

Author : William Mulford,Halia Silins,Kenneth A. Leithwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402037619

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Educational Leadership for Organisational Learning and Improved Student Outcomes by William Mulford,Halia Silins,Kenneth A. Leithwood Pdf

The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection and encourage members to question, challenge, and debate teaching and learning issues. How to achieve such learning communities is far from clear, but we believe the areas of problem-based learning (PBL) and organizational learning (OL) offer valuable clues. The indications are that the successful educational restructuring agenda depends on teams of leaders, whole staffs and school personnel, working together (i.e., OL) linking evidence and practice in genuine collaboration (i.e., PBL). The book is unique in that it is both about and uses these two concepts. The book is made up of four sections: 1.An introductory rational in which the case for using only quality evidence in school reform efforts is argued. Results from a quality research project are then presented. These results are organised around six questions: how is the concept of OL defined in schools ('teacher voice')? what leadership practices promote OL in schools ('teacher voice')? what are some outcomes of schooling other than academic achievement ('pupil voice')? what are the relationships between the non-academic and academic outcomes of schooling? does school leadership and/or organisational learning contribute to student outcomes? And, what other factors contribute to student outcomes? The section concludes with a plea that given the accumulation and consistent quality of the evidence from across systems and countries, we no longer need to involve ourselves with just impressions of effective leadership. We have a way forward that links leadership to organisational learning and improved student outcomes. 2.Advice for using the book. The reasons for the choice of problem-based learning as the vehicle for the professional development materials that form the major part of this book are detailed. Suggestions are then made for use of the book, including a one-day and two- day workshop, and advice on group development and warm-up activities for such group development before moving to the problem-based learning package in Section 3; 3.A problem based-learning, evidence informed, professional development package for aspiring and actual school leaders based on real schools and their leaders. 4.A challenge. The final section provides refined versions of the diagnostic instruments used in the research and challenges readers to use them in their own schools. The book concludes with the references used and a list of other readings.