The School Leadership Playbook: A Field Guide for Dramatic Improvement

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 andlearningBuild and manage a high–performance faculty aligned to theschool?s visionImplement effective and efficient operations and systemsModel the tone you would like to see from students and teachersschool–wideBy matching the needs of the school to effective principalactions and school practices, leaders can create a plan fortransformational change. INDICE: About the AuthorsAbout New LeadersIntroductionChapter 1: Learning and TeachingChapter 2: School CultureChapter 3: Talent ManagementChapter 4: Operations and SystemsChapter 5: Personal LeadershipConclusionAppendix: Methodology of the New Leaders Research StudyGlossary of Key TermsBibliographyIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-119-04421-5
• Editorial: Jossey Bass
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 176
• Fecha Publicación: 14/05/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés