Linda Lambert - Böcker

* What form of leadership promotes school improvement?* How do schools build leadership capacity?* How do schools sustain improvement in changing times?This book offers a new perspective on the relationship between leadership and school improvement. It emphasises the importance of maximising the leadership capabilities of all those within the organization and offers guidance about the way in which this is achieved. Whilst drawing upon the latest research evidence concerning schools improvement, it is intended to be a practical guide to building leadership capacity and is written primarily for those working in schools. Through case study illustrations Alma Harris and Linda Lambert demonstrate how leadership capacity can be built in schools in very different contexts. Practical material is provided to assist schools in generating the internal capacity for change and development. The central message of this book is one of investing in leadership at all levels within the organization to maintain and sustain school improvement.

A compelling new look at the role that teachers must play in the future of schooling. Explains: * Why teachers must take the lead in creating a new context for teaching and learning * How "constructivist leaders" make meaning of learning * What an ecological perspective will do to initiate and sustain learning communities in schools * How the parallel roles of leadership with adults and leadership with children emerge in the role of a teacher leader * The commitments, knowledge, and skills that are essential for teachers as leaders For everyone with a stake in the future of our educational system.

A compelling new look at the role that teachers must play in the future of schooling. Explains: * Why teachers must take the lead in creating a new context for teaching and learning * How "constructivist leaders" make meaning of learning * What an ecological perspective will do to initiate and sustain learning communities in schools * How the parallel roles of leadership with adults and leadership with children emerge in the role of a teacher leader * The commitments, knowledge, and skills that are essential for teachers as leaders For everyone with a stake in the future of our educational system.

The Constructivist Leader provides educational leaders at all levels with a conceptual framework for leadership defined as reciprocal, purposeful learning in community. The updated Second Edition of this best-selling book enables readers to carry this constructivist vision and purpose forward, while effectively implementing standards-based reform, authentic assessment, and constructivist-based accountability. This new edition features: - An expanded theory of Constructivist Leadership reflecting the most recent thinking in leadership, learning, and ethical communities. - A comprehensive approach to issues of equity, diversity, and multiculturalism. - Additional strategies for the implementation of constructivist leadership practice. - Principles and examples to guide new approaches to accountability. - And much more!

During the past quarter century, conceptions of leadership have evolved in concert with breakthrough discoveries in science and generative learning. This book captures these new ideas through the integration of the authors’ earlier works in constructivist leadership and leadership capacity. What emerges is a pathway through which educators can become the primary designers of their own learning and that of their students, thus creating sustainable systems of high leadership capacity. This vision of leadership reframes professional learning designs and knowledge creation, describing how these ideas are richly manifested in local, national, and international programs. The context is democratic communities; the learning is constructivist; the leadership is shared. The result is wise schools, organizations, and societies. This book speaks to all adult learners who are engaged in educational improvement.