The lead learner : improving clarity, coherence, and capacity for all / Michael McDowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDowell, Michael (Michael P.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--Philosophy.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : Corwin, 2018.

Summary:

To make a lasting impact, start with your own learning. What's better: a rigorous system that emphasizes traditional academics, or an innovative one that prepares students for tomorrow's world? With McDowell's new model of educational leadership, you don't have to choose. You can create an impactful system that ensures growth for all students in both core academic content and 21st-century skills. The Lead Learner shows you how starting with your own professional learning helps you plan for and meet the unique learning needs of staff and students-while getting the biggest impact from your limited time. You'll also find ways to: • Ensure clarity in strategic planning • Establish coherence throughout the system • Enact system-wide capacity-building processes • Craft your personal leadership skills With practical examples, stories from the field, and numerous activities and reflective questions, this insightful book takes you step-by-step through the work of the learning leader-so you can ensure engaged learning for all. The enduring contribution of this book is in the guidance it provides leaders to recognize that they are part, an important part, but just a part, of a networked system. As such, their decisions and actions send messages throughout the system about what is valued and what is not. Take heed to McDowell's advice and you'll have a healthy, growth-producing system that will be the envy of those around you. The work is possible, the information is available, and the results are clear. Douglas Fisher San Diego State University.

Contents:

Contents

Foreword by doug fisher

Acknowledgements

About the author

Preface

A perspective from a lead learner

Setting the stage

Are we as leaders ready to prepare all learners for the 21st century?

The driving question: are our decisions leading the learning?

A new leadership focus

Ensuring clarity, coherence, and capacity: crafting improved leadership skills

Conclusion

Reflection questions

Activities

Next steps

Clarity: strategic planning

Questions that drive ensure clarity in strategic planning

Question i: where are we going?

Question ii: where are we now?

Question iii: what?s next?

Develop competing theories of action

Determine the learning needs of the organization

Develop a powerful story, and

Establish a routine of continual inspection

Resources

Plan template

Example plan

Protocols

Coherence (part i): learning system infrastructure

Setting the stage for coherence

Establish progress and proficiency standards

Establish standardized and customizable features

Develop learning intentions and success criteria

Develop targeted instructional support

Coherence: bringing it all together

Stories from the field

Coherence (part ii) selecting inspired and passionate educators

Linking learner centered beliefs and behaviors

Unmasking beliefs and behaviors

Hiring and developing educators for impact three elements of the personnel logic

Model

Step #1: define beliefs

Step #2: filter candidates through screeners

Step #3: structure interviews

Step #4: conduct interview and demonstration

Step #5: provide targeted feedback and support

Structured interview example

Scoring resources

Capacity: community learning

Building capacity through continuous improvement

Standardized success criteria

Custoizable organizational routines for learning

Critical friends teams

Student involvement in the critical friends team process

Learning rounds

Learning convening (meeting reboot)

Professional learning events

Crafting: the lead learner

Facing competing beliefs in learning

Questions

Lead learner practices that move learning forward

Establishing common agreements for learning

Leverage protocols for dialogue

Model current initiatives in daily practice

Moving beyond stark differences

Influencing educators

Recognizing the rate of change

Epilogue ? peter dewitt

References

Appendices

Evaluation tools

Unit plan example.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781544325026

1544325029

9781071873014

1071873016

9781544325019

1544325010

9781544325002

1544325002

OCLC:

1052455579