School Climate
Autor Peter M DeWitten Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 aug 2017
Descoperim în School Climate o resursă axată pe componenta practică a managementului educațional, unde autorul propune instrumente concrete precum Sistemul de Avertizare Timpurie (EWS) și Ciclul de Creștere a Leadership-ului Colaborativ. Peter M DeWitt nu se limitează la teorie, ci oferă liderilor școlari un set de pași de acțiune și întrebări de reflecție menite să consolideze auto-eficacitatea atât la nivel individual, cât și colectiv. Structura cărții este riguros organizată, pornind de la o introducere comparativă între două tipuri de lideri, Tim și Trudy, pentru a ilustra impactul stilului de conducere asupra mediului școlar. Analizând cuprinsul, observăm o progresie logică: de la definirea leadership-ului colaborativ în capitolul unu, bazat pe efectul Hattie, la crearea unui spațiu sigur pentru colaborare și, în final, la creșterea auto-eficacității cadrelor didactice prin observații sistematice. Găsim în această lucrare o abordare care integrează învățarea socio-emoțională cu nevoile specifice ale populațiilor minoritare, oferind o perspectivă incluzivă asupra succesului școlar. Acoperă aceeași arie tematică ca Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders, dar cu o abordare mult mai ancorată în cercetarea lui John Hattie și în dinamica eficacității colective, spre deosebire de accentul pus de Marcella D. Stark pe soluții co-construite. De asemenea, dacă School Climate Change (ASCD Arias) oferea o privire de ansamblu asupra obstacolelor precum bullying-ul, volumul de față este mai aplicat, furnizând cadrul metodologic necesar pentru a transforma aceste provocări în oportunități de creștere profesională prin colaborare.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1506385990
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
De ce să citești această carte
Suntem de părere că această carte este esențială pentru directorii de școli și coordonatorii educaționali care doresc să treacă de la un model ierarhic la unul colaborativ. Cititorul câștigă acces la metode verificate de cercetare pentru a îmbunătăți moralul profesorilor și a identifica precoce elevii cu risc de abandon, transformând climatul școlar într-un mediu incluziv și performant.
Despre autor
Peter M DeWitt este un specialist recunoscut în domeniul leadership-ului educațional și colaborator frecvent al organizațiilor de prestigiu precum Education Week. Cu o experiență vastă ca învățător și director de școală primară, DeWitt își fundamentează strategiile pe cercetările lui John Hattie referitoare la învățarea vizibilă. Este autorul mai multor volume de succes publicate de SAGE Publications, printre care se numără Collective Leader Efficacy și Coach It Further, fiind un promotor activ al dezvoltării profesionale bazate pe dovezi și colaborare.
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Recenzii
"While schools focus on common standards, data analysis, and increasing achievement, Peter DeWitt explains the critical nature of school climate and why, as the "5th C,” it is imperative for school success. As a school leader, Peter often asked thought-provoking questions, engaged in challenging conversations, and encouraged reflection, much as he does in Collaborative Leadership: A Collective Efficacy Approach to Improving School Climate. Through interesting vignettes, personal experience, and a variety of research, Peter provides a practical approach for growing a rich, safe environment."
"If you are a fan of cooperative learning like I am and believe in the power of team work, this book is for you. Whether you are a district leader, school principal or classroom teacher, you will find numerous examples and practical ideas that Peter DeWitt offers in this book useful. Collaborative Leadership shows how one plus one can sometimes be three in collectively led schools."
"Peter’s book provides hands-on information on how collaborative leadership can help you create a school climate with the focus on learning. One in which all students (and teachers) feel they belong and are able to grow. Each chapter ends with action steps and questions to help me find the confidence to lead my team towards collective efficacy, including my own, without avoiding the tough topics."
"This is a fabulous book by a renowned expert in the field of leadership. Peter DeWitt explains the complex and credible in a way that is thought-provoking, challenging and inspiring. I love how he gives insights in what successful collaborative leadership is and shows how we can all build our skills and mindset for leading towards collective efficacy."
"In School Climate: Leading With Collective Efficacy, Peter DeWitt delivers in print what he so readily delivers in person -- clarity and coherence around a most important topic. As a former high school principal and district leader, DeWitt leaves me with both the confidence that I can do this, and the understanding of how I can make progress, starting today. This is a must read for any school leader."
"Peter DeWitt gives school leaders exactly what they need, research-based school improvement strategies that work effectively in schools today. Our instructional leadership teams, working with Peter over the past year building teachers’ self-efficacy and collective teacher efficacy, are now co-constructing a school culture where everyone not only grows, but thrives. School Climate: Leading With Collective Efficacy is a roadmap to this proven approach to student success."
"Supported by current educational research, and grounded in powerful leadership narratives, Dewitt offers a compelling case for leaders and learning communities to collaborate to achieve collective efficacy for student success. The practical strategies, research citations, conceptual frameworks, rubrics, and self-assessment tools provide leaders with practical instruments for reflection, setting intentions, securing accountability, and measuring the impact of a collaborative climate and culture."
"As educators we consistently hear about the importance of collaboration, critical thinking, communication and creatively and in School Climate, Peter DeWitt highlights the additional key element ‘Climate’. By providing action steps, discussion questions and reflective tools, this book helps guide teachers, leaders and those teachers who aspire to be leaders, to develop a positive school climate. Increased self-awareness encourages teachers to become more reflective and effective, which develops a more collaborative school climate. Providing effective strategies throughout, this book is relevant and applicable to all school contexts, teams and individuals."
"After reading DeWitt's book on collaborative leadership and school climate, my own self-efficacy improved. I closed the cover feeling empowered and eager to share what I've learned. The discussion questions bring practicality to the possibility of implementation and excitement about the potential results."
"Where am I going? How am I going? Where to next? Simple, yet aspirational questions we ask our students to answer daily, but are we ready to ask this of ourselves in relation to our leadership of school climate and collective efficacy? Peter Dewitt is comprehensive, yet succinct, producing a practical guide for developing individual and collective efficacy in an inclusive, positive school climate. Research-based strategies, thought-provoking questions and effective tools at your fingertips, ready for immediate use. If you're after a good read, that's exactly what you'll get here....but if you're after an essential resource to empower your school community through the strength of belief that they can make learning happen, you will get that and more."
"Collaborative Leadership: A Collective Efficacy Approach to Improving School Climate is an impressive follow-up to DeWitt’s previous book, Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most. In his latest offering, DeWitt offers practical yet deep advice and strategies for improving school climate for the benefit of students, families, teachers, and administrators. Throughout the book, he communicates by seamlessly combining research with his experiences and the accounts of other professionals in the field. Many ideas can be implemented tomorrow, and DeWitt’s main points are those with which any educational leader could identify. If you are looking for a book to assist you on your journey to advancing your leadership abilities, your school, and/or your district, look no further!"
"School Climate: Leading With Collective Efficacy combines the research, anecdotes, reflection questions, and action steps necessary to become a high-impact, capacity-building school leader. DeWitt's style, all-at-once relatable and grounded in the work of John Hattie and so many others, will prompt readers to consider the essential aspects to our work together to be catalysts for progress in teacher, and community learning, and in student achievement."
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: A Tale of Two Leaders
Meet Tim
Meet Trudy
Leadership and School Climate
Chapter 1. What Is Collaborative Leadership?
The Hattie Effect
The Importance of Self-Efficacy
In Pursuit of Collaboration
What the Research Says
Collaborative Leadership Framework
Collaborative Leadership Growth Cycle
In the End
Chapter 2. School Climate: Setting Up a Safe Space to Collaborate
Why Does School Climate Matter?
Collaborative Leadership Framework for Teachers
Solving the Issues: Collaboration in Action
In the End
Chapter 3. Climate Change: Raising Student Self-Efficacy
Social-Emotional Learning
Minoritized Populations
The Early Warning System (EWS)
Using the Early Warning System
A Warning About the EWS
In the End
Chapter 4. Increasing Teacher Self-Efficacy
The Cycle of Collaborative Teacher Observation: A Review
Professional Learning and Development (PLD)
Teacher Leaders and School Climate
Building Collective Efficacy Through Collaborative Inquiry
Classroom Climate
In the End
Chapter 5. Building Collective Efficacy With Families
What Do We Expect From Families?
Family Engagement Communication
Do We Openly Listen to Families?
In the End
Chapter 6. Building Our Own Self-Efficacy
A Tale of Two Leaders
What’s Your Mindset?
How Do Leaders Increase Their Own Self-Efficacy?
In the End
Appendix
Collaborative Leadership Reflection Tool
Faculty Meeting Exit Ticket
Teacher Efficacy Scale (Short Form)
Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale
Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale
References
Index
Notă biografică
Peter's work has been adopted by state and provincial agencies, universities, school districts, school boards, regional networks, and ministries of education across North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. He is the author, co-author, or contributor to numerous bestselling books, many of which have been translated into multiple languages. Peter co-authors Education Week's Finding Common Ground column with Michael Nelson, co-hosts Corwin's Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast, and co-created Education Week's A Seat at the Table.