Janel Keating – författare

In this sequel to Total Instructional Alignment, the author peels back complex layers of the change process to reveal the five big ideas at the core of successful schools. Focus on these foundational ideas to simplify decision making and eliminate distractions from your efforts to promote effective teaching and learning. Teachers and administrators alike will appreciate this straightforward approach to solid leadership for school improvement.

Written for educators and administrators, this book explores professional learning communities from a teacher’s perspective. Focused chapters survey effective and collaborative team actions, instructional practices that enhance teacher efficiency, and the role teacher judgment and classroom context play in determining instructional outcomes. The authors show that shifting teachers’ focus from teaching to learning creates a lasting commitment to PLC success.

Ensure your school district is doing the right work, the right way, for the right reasons. With this resource as your guide, you will learn how to align the work of every PLC team districtwide--from the boardroom to the classroom. Each chapter focuses on one of four types of teams and provides practices and tools for working together to foster a districtwide culture of continuous improvement.

Use this resource to align your district''s work in a top-down, bottom-up cyclical process:

Learn the leadership role the district office plays in supporting successful PLC at Work implementation and school-improvement efforts.Observe how collaborative teams at every level align their work districtwide to ensure high levels of learning in professional learning communities.Study real-life examples and artifacts of best practices in action.Receive protocols and templates, such as the Team Analysis of Common Assessment (TACA) form, to move student learning forward.Review a process for establishing a guaranteed and viable curriculum, and discover strategies for analyzing student learning and making data-informed decisions.

Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Starting at the Top--The School Board and the Superintendent TeamChapter 2: Setting the Stage--The District Leadership TeamChapter 3: Leading the Work at the School Level--The Building Leadership TeamChapter 4: Improving the Learning--Teacher Collaborative TeamsChapter 5: Envisioning an Aligned District

Get motivated by this collection of voices from women in leadership and their allies. Janel Keating and Jasmine K. Kullar gather a wide variety of educational leaders to focus on effective leadership practices as they relate to women, the roadblocks and complications women face in professional advancement, and strategies for lifting off the sticky floor and breaking the glass ceiling.

Aspiring educational leaders and current leaders seeking professional growth will:Gain insight into the unique challenges faced by women in education as well as strategies for overcoming themFocus on the importance of mentoring and building up the next generation of female leadersObtain tools to better advocate and self-market for the next career moveReceive compassionate advice on implementing self-care strategies to avoid teacher burnoutCultivate confidence in women’s leadership and advance successful schoolsContents:ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Cultivating the Leadership of ConfidenceChapter 2: Facing ChangeChapter 3: Leading With Compassion and InsightChapter 4: Looking out the Window and in the MirrorChapter 5: Rising Through the RanksChapter 6: Braving Difficult ConversationsChapter 7: Seeking Mentorship and Sharing Your ExpertiseChapter 8: Preparing for PromotionChapter 9: Taking Care of YourselfChapter 10 Learning From Women Leaders