Successful School Leadership Linking With Learning And Achievement

Author : Day, Christopher,Sammons, Pam,Leithwood, Ken
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335242436

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Successful School Leadership: Linking With Learning And Achievement by Day, Christopher,Sammons, Pam,Leithwood, Ken Pdf

This book examines the nature of successful school leadership - what is it, what does it look like in practice and what are the consequences for schools and pupils. As well as providing a contemporary overview of international research and thinking about successful school leadership, it identifies similar and distinguishing features of successful leadership in different sectors; between heads of different experience; and between schools in different socio-economic circumstances. It introduces the notions of 'layered leadership' and 'progressive trust' as key features of successful leadership. Additionally it discusses issues of sustainability and resilience in successful school leadership. Finally it considers how successful school leadership connects to pupil success, exploring the leadership strategies used by successful heads in a range of primary and secondary schools whose pupil attainment results had improved over a three year period during their headship.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood,Karen Seashore-Louis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470623312

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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 : Christopher Day,Pam Sammons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 190943776X

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Successful School Leadership by Christopher Day,Pam Sammons Pdf

Author : Petros Pashiardis,Olof Johansson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781472586391

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Successful School Leadership by Petros Pashiardis,Olof Johansson Pdf

Successful School Leadership identifies the characteristics, behaviours and practices of successful and effective school leaders through the adoption of a systemic view of the quality of school organizations. Edited by Petros Pashiardis and Olof Johansson, chapters explore the similarities and differences between successful and effective school leaders and across various socioeconomic contexts. Capitalizing on the experiences of the international contributor team, this book will inform the preparation and further development provided to school leaders in an era where ministries of education, universities and multinational organisations (such as the OECD) are increasingly interested in the leadership of our schools. Systematic analyses of multi-perspective data provided from around the world and offers the readers a comprehensive picture of the key behaviours and practices central to successful and effective school leadership. An original contribution to the theoretical perspectives on the subject is derived through insights from empirical research, case studies, and bibliographical literature from the field.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood,Jingping Sun,Katina Pollock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319509808

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How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success by Kenneth Leithwood,Jingping Sun,Katina Pollock Pdf

While considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made. This book provides a comprehensive account of research aimed at filling this gap in our knowledge, along with guidelines about how school leaders might use this knowledge for their own school improvement work. Leadership practices known to be effective for improving student success are outlined in the first section of the book while the remaining sections identify four “paths” along which the influence of those practices “flow” to exercise an influence on student success. Each of the Rational, Emotional, Organizational and Family paths are populated by conditions or variables known to have relatively direct effects on student success and also open to influence by effective leadership practices. While the Four Path framework narrows the attention of school leaders to a still-considerable number conditions known to contribute to student success, it leaves school leaders the autonomy to select, for improvement efforts, the sub-set of conditions that make the most sense in their own local circumstances. The approach to leadership described in this book provides evidence-based guidance on what to lead and flexibility on how to lead for purposes of improving student learning.

Author : Kenneth Leithwood
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,9 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 : Jean Desravines,Benjamin Fenton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119044055

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The School Leadership Playbook by Jean Desravines,Benjamin Fenton Pdf

A proven framework for whole-school improvement The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide foreducation leaders looking to push their school's and students'achievement to the next level. Developed by renowned leadershippreparation program New Leaders, the Transformational LeadershipFramework focuses on the five categories that drive a school'ssuccess: Learning and Teaching, School Culture, Talent Management,Operations and Systems, and Personal Leadership. This bookillustrates how each of these factors contributes to breakthroughgains, and outlines a plan for implementing changes in your ownschool. You'll learn how to accurately diagnose the current stateof your school's academics and culture and create an action planfor the year ahead. The TLF is grounded in the latest research andcase studies of the highest-gaining turnaround schools, and showsyou the specific actions you can take to attract, retain, andsupport high-performing teachers; improve school culture;successfully involve parents and the community; and ultimatelydrive student success. New Leaders developed the UEF to pinpoint what schools achievingsignificant student academic gains were doing, and how they weredoing it. This book provides a practical breakdown of the frameworkto help you begin leading these changes in your own school. Ensure rigorous goal- and data-driven teaching andlearning Build and manage a high-performance faculty aligned to theschool's vision Implement effective and efficient operations and systems Model the tone you would like to see from students and teachersschool-wide By matching the needs of the school to effective principalactions and school practices, leaders can create a plan fortransformational change.

Author : Robert J. Marzano,Timothy Waters,Brian A. McNulty
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416602279

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School Leadership that Works by Robert J. Marzano,Timothy Waters,Brian A. McNulty Pdf

Describes a variety of leadership responsibilities that have an effect on student achievement.

Author : Michael Fullan
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483304076

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The Moral Imperative of School Leadership by Michael Fullan Pdf

The time has come to change the context of school leadership! The role of the principal is pivotal to systemic school change. That is the fundamental message in The Moral Imperative of School Leadership, which extends the discussion begun in Fullan's earlier publication, What’s Worth Fighting for in the Principalship? The author examines the moral purpose of school leadership and its critical role in "changing the context" in which the role is embedded. In this bold step forward, Fullan calls for principals to become agents as well as beneficiaries of the processes of school change. Concepts explored in-depth include: Why "changing the context" should be the main agenda for the principalship Why barriers to the principalship exist Why the principal should be seen as the COO (chief operating officer) of a school Why the role of the principal should figure more prominently within the system

Author : Christopher Day,David Gurr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135009120

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Leading Schools Successfully by Christopher Day,David Gurr Pdf

Leading Schools Successfully: Stories from the field considers international research focussing on leadership in schools. Based on the ISSPP (International Successful School Principalship Project) which has conducted over one hundred multiple perspective case studies of successful school principals from more than a dozen countries, the book captures the exhilaration of being a principal who grows and sustains success from those practitioners who are acknowledged as exhibiting outstanding leadership. Whilst much is known about successful school leaders, the book reinforces the argument that it is neither possible, nor appropriate, to generalise specific strategies that should be adopted to ensure success for all schools at all times in all settings. Instead, success calls for a high level of judgement, wisdom, artistry and sheer hard work on the part of principals, adapting for their particular context the knowledge about leading schools successfully. Reflection sections in each chapter ask the reader to consider further issues which each chapter raises. Topics considered include: - the importance of school principals to school success - turning around under-performing schools - values-led leadership -sustaining successful leadership - leading in multi-cultural settings - issues and implications for the future. With international contributions from experts in the field, the book offers a new perspective on leadership in schools and will be of interest to school principals and researchers.

Author : William Mulford,Halia Silins,Kenneth A. Leithwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 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 : Alma Harris
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Educational leadership
ISBN : 9780415300469

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Effective Leadership for School Improvement by Alma Harris Pdf

The authors bring together the key issues currently being debated in the educational leadership and management arena. The book has been designed to function as a key text for those involved in leadership training and qualifications.

Author : Hopkins, David
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335220991

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Every School A Great School by Hopkins, David Pdf

This text argues that, for 'every school a great school' to become a reality, requires a move from individual school improvement efforts and short term objectives to a sustainable system-wide response that seeks to re-establish a balance between national prescription and schools leading reform.

Author : Karen L. Sanzo,Steve Myran,Anthony H. Normore
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781780523231

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Successful School Leadership Preparation and Development by Karen L. Sanzo,Steve Myran,Anthony H. Normore Pdf

Features lessons learned about the successful implementation of leadership program preparation and development programs that are grant-funded by the United States Department of Education through the School Leadership Program.

Author : Richard DuFour,Robert J. Marzano
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935542681

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Leaders of Learning by Richard DuFour,Robert J. Marzano Pdf

For many years, the authors have been fellow travelers on the journey to help educators improve their schools. Their first coauthored book focuses on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership and addresses how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students—by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms