Instructional Leadership

Peter DeWitt, Ed.D., is the founder and CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective. A former K–5 teacher for 11 years and principal for eight years, Peter has spent more than 12 years supporting educators and leadership teams across the United States and internationally. He provides keynotes, workshops, and long-term hybrid professional learning that combines in-person facilitation, virtual coaching, and sustained collaborative inquiry. His work focuses on instructional leadership, collective leader efficacy, and helping leadership teams turn professional learning into meaningful action.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.

Peter De Witt’s book is clearly written from the heart, based on his own research and his extensive experience (and challenges faced) in many leadership roles. It is a book that will resound with, and be of immense value to, all existing and aspiring school leaders who attempt to balance the complexity of tasks and the demands of accountability and compliance, while also attempting to be leaders of learners.

• About the Companion WebsiteWhy this book?This Book’s FeaturesPublisher’s AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroductionTap Into Your True Inner Instructional LeaderBlog - Help! My Principal Says He’s an Instructional Leader!Chapter One: Instructional Leadership: A Holistic ApproachWhat the Research Says About Instructional LeadershipIn the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Two: The Logic Behind ImplementationWhat Is Program Logic?From Program Logic to Implementation CycleImplementation Multi-Stage ModelIn the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Three: A Focus on Learning: Deepening Our Impact as Instructional LeadersTypes of Learning: Knowledge vs. SkillsLevels of Learning: Surface, Deep, and TransferdeleteKnowledge DimensionsIn the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Four: Student Engagement: From Alienation to Social-Emotional LearningAlienationSocial-Emotional LearningFive Easy Steps to Social-Emotional LearningEnabling ConditionsBlog - Educators Need Mindfulness. Their Mental Health May Depend on It.In the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Five: Instructional Strategies: Exploring Surface, Deep, and Transfer LearningAcademic EngagementBlog - The Myth of Walkthroughs: Eight Unobserved Practices in ClassroomsTeacher ClarityClassroom DiscussionMetacognitionIn the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Six: Collective Efficacy: Easy to Define, Hard to Build?Collective Teacher Efficacy: A DefinitionWhy Do We Need Collective Teacher Efficacy?Blog - No Testing WeekNo Testing WeekLeadership EfficacyWhen Do We Build Collective Efficacy?Why Is Collective Efficacy Hard to Build?Collective Efficacy: A Program Logic ModelIn the EndStudy Guide QuestionsChapter Seven: Evidence: How Will You Evaluate Your Impact?Evidence of ImpactStudent Engagement PracticesBlog - Advisory Groups: Helping to Create a Positive School ClimateInstructional LeadershipIn the EndReflection ToolStudy Guide QuestionsReferencesIndex