Essential skills for effective school leadership / Frank Siccone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siccone, Frank, 1948-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

United States.

School administrators--United States.

School administrators.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

xi, 169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Pearson, [2012]

Summary:

Essential Skills for Effective School Leadership is a succinct, practical book that equips school leaders with an expansive repertoire of essential skills and reinforces the leadership knowledge necessary for success.

All leaders, particularly school leaders, share five essential skills:

Confidence. Leaders believe in themselves and their ability to mobilize others to act.

Communication. Leaders are able to articulate their goals and transform words into deeds, and rhetoric into results.

Collaboration. Leaders recognize that success is a team effort.

Coaching. Leaders invest time and energy into developing their team.

Continuous Improvement. Leaders view change as opportunity.

Essential Skills for Effective School Leadership is based on the premise that there is no single ideal school leader profile or leadership style. This resource provides tools for all educators who want to:

Develop the ability to be decisive and achieve results

Facilitate collaboration to improve teaching and learning

Implement detailed action plans

Balance leadership challenges

Designed for individual school leaders and those who aspire to lead, this book contains easy-to-understand, ready-to-use leadership lessons created to develop decision-making and school leadership skills. A valuable resource for every reader, it is easily customizable, as topics can be selected and tailored to every leader's goal to spark genuine change and collaboration among staff. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 To Lead Is to Learn-Confidence Skills 1

7 Ways to Build Confidence in Your Leadership 1

Leading to Learn 3

Leading With Vision 6

Leading With Inspiration 9

Leading With Responsibility 12

Leading With Results 17

Leading With Values 22

Leading With Consistency 26

Part 2 To Lead Is to Listen-Communication Skills 33

6 Tools To Enhance Comminication 33

Recognizing the Difference Between content and Context 35

Being a Dedicated Listener 39

Measuring Rapport by Results 45

Learning Styles 50

Connecting With Style 58

Building a Communicating Community 62

Part 3 To Lead Is to AlignCollaboration Skills 65

9 Stratergies to Facilitate Collaboration 65

Facilitating "Learningful" Dialogue 67

Knowing How You Decide Can Be as Important as What You Decide 73

Building Consensus 80

Solving Problems Collaboratively 84

Transforming Problems Into Opportunities 87

Creating Innovative Solutions 91

Choosing the Best Solution 95

Committing to Act 98

Mastering the Art of Dilemma Management 99

Part 4 To Lead Is to Teach-Coaching Skills 103

6 Practices to Improve Performance 103

Making Deposits in the Emotional Bank Account 106

Creating a Context for Coaching 109

Coaching Bold Goals 113

Giving Focused Feedback 116

Balancing Reflection and Instruction 119

Sharing Best Practices 125

Part 5 To Lead Is to Succeed-Continuous Improvement Skills 127

6 Steps to Manage Change 127

Creating a Culture of Shared Leadership 130

Envisioning School Success 136

Planning School Success 139

Allocating Resources to Support School Success 142

Developing Capacity for School Success 147

Measuring and Rewarding School Success 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0131385194

9780131385191

OCLC:

727703046

Publisher Number:

99945742779