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Breakthrough Leadership
Six Principles Guiding Schools Where Inequity Is Not an Option
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Develop a leadership style that inspires an entire school community to achieve high goals!
In this second volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series, editors Paul D. Houston, Alan M. Blankstein, and Robert W. Cole offer creative perspectives on the challenges of reframing leadership practice. Presenting key strategies from leadership experts such as Thomas Sergiovanni and Dennis Sparks, this compact resource combines research, reflective exercises, and day-to-day school leadership procedures for motivating students and providing meaningful cultural change in school communities.An ideal handbook for principals, assistant principals, superintendents, and district administrators, this copublication with AASA and the HOPE Foundation discusses:
Developing high-quality leadershipInspiring transformative leadershipEmbracing leadership alternatives Evaluating current school reform practicesMeeting the challenges in leadership rolesOut-of-the-Box Leadership is the perfect guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community.
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Use the power of data—and the insights it provides—to enhance your leadership practice!
Offering key concepts about how the informed use of data can translate into highly effective school leadership, this seventh volume in The Soul of Educational Leadership series demonstrates how educational leaders can apply data strategically to strengthen school leadership and significantly improve professional learning, students' learning experiences, and schoolwide performance.
Copublished with the HOPE Foundation and the American Association of School Administrators and featuring state-of-the-art contributions from Jesse Rodriguez, Lorna M. Earl, Steven Katz, Eileen Depka, Kay Burke, and other experts, this compact book combines research, practice, and innovative thinking to help readers determine what kind of data they need and how to use their findings to:
Create a culture of professional inquiry that drives staff development Redefine curriculum, instruction, and assessment in standards-based classroomsRaise student achievement Determine best uses for technology to benefit administrators, teachers, and studentsRegularly fine tune the decision-making processBuilding Sustainable Leadership Capacity
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Meet the challenges of today's changing schools through shared leadership!
Today's rapidly changing schools and educational trends present administrators and school leaders with unique challenges. This fifth volume in the Soul of Educational Leadership series offers inspiring articles that examine how to sustain the achievements of school communities while building shared leadership to carry on the work of school improvement, even when facing tight budgets or a change in leadership.
Bringing together a powerful group of leading educational thinkers such as Michael Fullan, Dennis Sparks, Linda Lambert, Dean Fink, Alma Harris, and many others, this volume explores a variety of timely topics for reflection, discussion, and practice, including:
The characteristics and nature of effective leadershipSustainable leadership built on shared visionImproving classroom teaching and student learningLarge-scale reforms that benefit the entire school communityRecruiting and developing new leaders, and much more!This book is an ideal reference for busy administrators dedicated to continued educational excellence.
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"A useful book for those who want to find balance in their lives and add a dimension of spirituality to their leadership." —Kenneth Killian, Assistant Professor Vanguard University of Southern California "The information is approachable, nonthreatening, and personal. The authors discuss their own past roles as educational leaders, providing instant credibility."—Jennifer Baadsgaard, Assistant Principal Roosevelt High School, San Antonio, TX Revitalize your leadership and help shape a better future for the students you serve! This fourth volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series offers key strategies for identifying the moral and ethical dimensions of school leadership practice. With thought-provoking contributions from top leadership figures like Terrence E. Deal, Dawna Markova, and Scott Thompson, this enlightening resource combines research with innovative ideas for practice and emphasizes:
Spirituality within a life-sustaining context The role of spirituality in empowering leaders as agents for transformative change A moral obligation to create safe and supportive learning spaces for studentsSpirituality in Educational Leadership helps educators align everyday practice with core values in ways that will make a significant difference in their professional and personal lives.
Leaders as Communicators and Diplomats
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Motivate, persuade, and inspire your school community! A central role of any educational leader is that of an accomplished communicator—one who can relate to diverse communities, promote cooperative interaction, and unify stakeholders around the larger cause of quality education for every student.This sixth volume in the Soul of Educational Leadership series provides innovative ideas on diplomacy and practical strategies for strengthening communications skills. With contributions from top leadership figures like Paul D. Houston, John R. Hoyle, Rich Bagin, and Daniel H. Pink, this resource emphasizes the importance of clear and purposeful communication in gaining support, avoiding misunderstandings, and establishing productive communitywide relationships. Individual chapters demonstrate how readers can:
Create dynamic, effective districtwide communication systemsRespond to district challenges and issues Use electronic communication tools effectivelySecure and increase funding for their schools and districtsIncrease avenues for informing the public about issues that affect schools and studentsThis insightful book offers all school leaders a rich array of creative, thoughtful communication approaches to empower their leadership and inspire everyone who has a stake in preparing today's students for tomorrow's challenges.
Leadership for Family and Community Involvement
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"Establishing school-family-community partnerships to promote the social, emotional, and academic learning of students is the most important challenge for 21st-century education. In this volume, leading practitioners and researchers compellingly convey the rationale and inspiration for these partnerships. They also share many practical, innovative, and effective strategies that readers can readily implement to engage partners in raising knowledgeable, responsible, caring, and contributing children."—Roger P. Weissberg, Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Making schooling a community endeavor!
Because schools are the heart and soul of a community, educational leaders have a responsibility to bring the community into the school, as well as to make the school a part of the surrounding community. This volume in the Soul of Educational Leadership series goes beyond administrative skills to examine educators' pivotal role of leading family and community involvement in school success.
With articles written by leading authorities and practitioners in the field, this resource discusses how school leaders can build successful family and community partnerships that flourish even in trying circumstances and over time. Readers will find:
Contributions from Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro A. Noguera, Mavis G. Sanders, Paul D. Houston, Edward H. Moore, and othersInspiring and unique perspectives on the interplay of family and community in school success Ideas for engaging families as partners589 kr
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Facilitator's Guide to Failure Is Not an Option®
6 Principles for Making Student Success the ONLY Option
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Demonstrate how six powerful principles can help ensure that failure is never an option!
An ideal companion to the second edition of the bestseller, Failure Is Not an Option®, this step-by-step guide provides staff developers and workshop facilitators with all the tools to help school leaders create successful, sustainable high-performing schools. Aligned with the chapters of Alan M. Blankstein's award-winning book, these activities, discussion questions, and field-tested resources demonstrate how to avoid 10 common routes to failure and are designed around six guiding principles:
Common mission, vision, values, and goalsAchievement for all students through prevention and intervention systems Collaborative teaming focused on teaching for learning Data-based decisions for continuous improvement Active family and community engagement Building sustainable leadership capacityReflecting the updated edition's greater emphasis on diversity, assessment for learning, intervention and support for students at risk, and schooling as a community endeavor, the facilitator's guide features
Field-tested resources referenced in Failure Is Not An Option®, Second Edition, including tools for applying the six principles Workshop activities Discussion questions Chapter content summariesSuggestions for further reading and reflection A workshop evaluation formThe Facilitator's Guide to Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.
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"The answer is not always in the room. Sometimes it's in the room next door. But help is often much closer than you think. Drawing on inspirational yet practical examples of health reform in Vietnam, courageous change in South Africa, and authentic improvements that get results in a range of American schools, Alan Blankstein demonstrates that throwing random reforms into the room through the door, or shouting at people in the room from up on the roof, are not ways that make positive change happen. Blankstein knows his people, knows his schools and knows what brings about positive, professionally driven change. This brilliant little book not only shows what works, it dignifies the overly criticized professionals who make it all happen."—Andy Hargreaves, Author and Thomas More Brennan Chair in EducationBoston College, MA
"When the well-being of children is at stake, people of all stripes are called upon to put aside personal agendas, find the humility and courage to do what is right, and let go of what has not worked. This book provides compelling reasons for doing this in education, as well as a powerful new methodology for success and a pathway to a brighter future."—Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu1GOAL Education for All, Cape Town, South Africa
"With tools and techniques provided in Alan Blankstein's new book, educators have the potential to uncover the answers to complex issues in education."—Deborah Childs-Bowen, Assistant ProfessorAlliance for Leadership in Education, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Learn the secrets of successful schools
Citing wisdom from top educational experts and building on what is already working, award-winning author Alan M. Blankstein offers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling these practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools. His five-step process includes:
Identifying and assessing excellence Creating an action plan Assigning resources such as time, materials, etc.Transferring excellence in the form of knowledge and skills throughout the school and district Sustaining the excellenceAlso included are effective strategies for sustaining student gains, closing gaps within and between schools, building leader capacity, and increasing community commitment.
Excellence Through Equity
Five Principles of Courageous Leadership to Guide Achievement for Every Student
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