Leverage: Using PLCs to Promote Lasting Improvement in Schools
Autor Thomas W. Many, Susan K. Sparks-Manyen Limba Engleză Electronic book text – sep 2014
This compelling new book provides straightforward guidance and solutions for educators working to transform their school environments. Concrete examples of practical, high-impact, and evidence-based practices help you leverage the “big ideas” of Professional Learning Communities to promote lasting improvement in your school. You’ll learn to:
- Understand the essential role principals and teacher leaders play in leading PLCs
- Foster an understanding of how PLCs can support implementation of major instructional shifts such as the new Common Core State Standards
- Apply high-leverage strategies across your own school and district to improve instruction
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781483364773
ISBN-10: 1483364771
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1483364771
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
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Recenzii
"InLeverage,
the
author
Thomas
Many
crafts
a
coherent
and
compelling
argument
for
doing
less
and
going
deeper
in
support
of
school
reform.
A
thoughtful
sense
of
the
literature
informs
approaches
that
we
all
need
help
with
–
how
to
integrate
and
align
our
efforts
in
supporting
student
success
and
how
to
do
that
in
sustainable
ways"
"It seems like with each passing year the expectations and requirements of a principal become greater and greater. If you are wondering which items should be at the top of your priority list read this book, after which you will truly know what is important and how to implement sustainable change in your school that will result in better student achievement."
"It seems like with each passing year the expectations and requirements of a principal become greater and greater. If you are wondering which items should be at the top of your priority list read this book, after which you will truly know what is important and how to implement sustainable change in your school that will result in better student achievement."
Cuprins
Foreword
by
Richard
DuFour
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Section I: The Principal
1. Leadership Matters
Evidence of the Principal’s Impact on Student Learning
How Do Principals Impact Student Learning?
Different Forms of Leadership Impact Learning Differently
Leadership Matters, But the Right Kind of Leadership Matters More
2. Examining the Complex Role of the Principal
The Sheer Pandemonium of the Principalship
Trends Shaping the Current Reality of the Principalship
Creating a New Normal for Principals
3. Move the World: The Essence of Leverage
Creating an Operational Definition of Leverage
Where Can We Look for the Leverage Point?
4. Professional Learning Communities: The High-Leverage Strategy
An Overview of the PLC Model
Reflection Promotes Progress Toward Becoming a PLC: A Case Study
Identifying Leverage Points in a PLC
Section II: Practical Applications
5. The Secrete to Success: Leverage a Focus on Learning
What Matters Most
Creating an Operational Definition of What Is Essential
The Balanced and Coherent System of Assessment: Providing a Steady Stream of Information
The Need for SPEED: Criteria for Designing Effective Pyramids of Intervention
The Secret to Success
6. Take Away the Traning Wheels: Leverage a Collaborative Culture
A Rose by Any Other Name: What Is Important About Collaborative Teams?
The Elephant in the Room: Making Time for Collaboration
The Turning Point: Building Collective Capacity
Package Couriers, Meter Readers, and Copier Repairmen: Leveraging Opportunities to Share Best Practices
Take Away the Training Wheels: The Difference Between Monitoring and Micromanaging Teams
7. Reports From the Precinct Captains: Leverage a Results Orientation
The Right Interpretation of a Results Orientation
Three Rules for Using Data
Protocols: A Powerful Prescription for Professional Learning
It’s Not Pixie Dust; It’s Protocol
SOAP Notes: A Tool to Promote Reflective Dialogue About Student Learning
Reports From the Precinct Captains
Applying a Results Orientation in Schools
Tangible Benefits of Data Meetings
A Results-Oriented Practice Transforms School Culture
Section III: PLC Strategies
8. What’s on Your Refrigerator Door? Clear Away the Clutter to Clarify What’s Important in Your School
A Thousand Conversations: The Power of Consistent, Clear Messages About What Matters
Flying Kites: Understanding the Concept of Loose/Tight Leadership
9. Reboot the Principalship: Strategies to Rekindle, Reignite, Reenergize Your School
Get Off Your “Buts”: Responding to Resistors in Your School
Making Diamonds: Top-Down Pressure and Bottom-Up Support
Reboot the Principalship: Strategies to Rekindle, Reignite, Reenergize Your School
Bibliography
Additional Readings
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Section I: The Principal
1. Leadership Matters
Evidence of the Principal’s Impact on Student Learning
How Do Principals Impact Student Learning?
Different Forms of Leadership Impact Learning Differently
Leadership Matters, But the Right Kind of Leadership Matters More
2. Examining the Complex Role of the Principal
The Sheer Pandemonium of the Principalship
Trends Shaping the Current Reality of the Principalship
Creating a New Normal for Principals
3. Move the World: The Essence of Leverage
Creating an Operational Definition of Leverage
Where Can We Look for the Leverage Point?
4. Professional Learning Communities: The High-Leverage Strategy
An Overview of the PLC Model
Reflection Promotes Progress Toward Becoming a PLC: A Case Study
Identifying Leverage Points in a PLC
Section II: Practical Applications
5. The Secrete to Success: Leverage a Focus on Learning
What Matters Most
Creating an Operational Definition of What Is Essential
The Balanced and Coherent System of Assessment: Providing a Steady Stream of Information
The Need for SPEED: Criteria for Designing Effective Pyramids of Intervention
The Secret to Success
6. Take Away the Traning Wheels: Leverage a Collaborative Culture
A Rose by Any Other Name: What Is Important About Collaborative Teams?
The Elephant in the Room: Making Time for Collaboration
The Turning Point: Building Collective Capacity
Package Couriers, Meter Readers, and Copier Repairmen: Leveraging Opportunities to Share Best Practices
Take Away the Training Wheels: The Difference Between Monitoring and Micromanaging Teams
7. Reports From the Precinct Captains: Leverage a Results Orientation
The Right Interpretation of a Results Orientation
Three Rules for Using Data
Protocols: A Powerful Prescription for Professional Learning
It’s Not Pixie Dust; It’s Protocol
SOAP Notes: A Tool to Promote Reflective Dialogue About Student Learning
Reports From the Precinct Captains
Applying a Results Orientation in Schools
Tangible Benefits of Data Meetings
A Results-Oriented Practice Transforms School Culture
Section III: PLC Strategies
8. What’s on Your Refrigerator Door? Clear Away the Clutter to Clarify What’s Important in Your School
A Thousand Conversations: The Power of Consistent, Clear Messages About What Matters
Flying Kites: Understanding the Concept of Loose/Tight Leadership
9. Reboot the Principalship: Strategies to Rekindle, Reignite, Reenergize Your School
Get Off Your “Buts”: Responding to Resistors in Your School
Making Diamonds: Top-Down Pressure and Bottom-Up Support
Reboot the Principalship: Strategies to Rekindle, Reignite, Reenergize Your School
Bibliography
Additional Readings
Index
Descriere
Provides
school
principals
a
series
of
high-leverage
practices
to
ensure
that
their
choices
and
actions
have
a
positive
impact
on
both
teacher
and
student
improvement.