Dionne V. McLaughlin – författare

Navigating the Superintendency: Lessons from the Field on Increasing Longevity and Success addresses the increasing challenges of the superintendency amid heightened accountability and leadership instability. Drawing on interviews with eighteen seasoned superintendents and leadership professionals, this book offers evidence-based lessons and strategies that promote success in the field. Designed for not only new and seasoned superintendents, professors and aspiring leaders in preparation programs will also find value from the insights and resources. The authors share practical, research-informed guidance to enhance leadership effectiveness, support longevity, and strengthen service to students, staff, and communities.

Navigating the Superintendency: Lessons from the Field on Increasing Longevity and Success addresses the increasing challenges of the superintendency amid heightened accountability and leadership instability. Drawing on interviews with eighteen seasoned superintendents and leadership professionals, this book offers evidence-based lessons and strategies that promote success in the field. Designed for not only new and seasoned superintendents, professors and aspiring leaders in preparation programs will also find value from the insights and resources. The authors share practical, research-informed guidance to enhance leadership effectiveness, support longevity, and strengthen service to students, staff, and communities.

Learn to make the best decisions for your school!

Essential to inspiring and improving schools, principals make complex decisions on a daily basis.  This invaluable resource offers extensive case studies to explore how expert principals manage crises, navigate tough choices, and support school environments. You will find:

Problem-solving strategies and cases focused on data analysis and competing stakeholders Easy-to-use checklists, robust reflection questions, and a framework to define your own professional core values Tools to coach and evaluate teachers, and bolster struggling students

A former elementary and secondary school site administrator, the author presents a highly sensible, cohesive, and research-based approach to decision-making that will greatly benefit school principals at any career stage.

"I have never seen or heard of an excellent school that did not have an excellent principal.  In this important new book McLaughlin helps us to understand what it takes to become a genuine expert as a school leader by closely examining how they navigate the challenges involved in leading schools during these turbulent times."  -Pedro A. Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, New York University

"This book is a rare blend of practice and solid academic work. Dionne McLaughlin’s writing shows that she 'talks the talk' because she has 'walked the walk.'" -Fenwick W. English, R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“McLaughlin describes a sensible and cohesive approach to decision making and includes case studies of actual situations faced by real principals. Insights is a valuable resource for new and aspiring principals as well as experienced principals.” -C. Diane Payne, Director Principal Fellows Program, Center for School Leadership Development, Chapel Hill, NC

Personalized Principal Leadership Practices includes practical solutions to problems principals encounter as they endeavor to solve vexing problems with the underachievement of students of color. Featuring principals which lead schools where 80% or more of African American and Latinx students are proficient on State’s standardized English and Math assessments, McLaughlin examines the strategies expert principals utilize: personalizing data by amplifying student academic stories, conducting ORID data chats, developing principal-directed student equity learning goals and increasing teachers’ cultural proficiency. Readers are introduced to equity audits, equity focused classroom walkthroughs, student-led equity discussion panels and affinity groups, school-wide intervention programs, including a system for Not Handed ins (NHIs) for missed assignments, and strategies for building trusting relationships with families of color.

Personalized Principal Leadership Practices includes practical solutions to problems principals encounter as they endeavor to solve vexing problems with the underachievement of students of color. Featuring principals which lead schools where 80% or more of African American and Latinx students are proficient on State’s standardized English and Math assessments, McLaughlin examines the strategies expert principals utilize: personalizing data by amplifying student academic stories, conducting ORID data chats, developing principal-directed student equity learning goals and increasing teachers’ cultural proficiency. Readers are introduced to equity audits, equity focused classroom walkthroughs, student-led equity discussion panels and affinity groups, school-wide intervention programs, including a system for Not Handed ins (NHIs) for missed assignments, and strategies for building trusting relationships with families of color.