Learning for Leadership

This book help fosters an understanding of adult development that enables education leaders to support professional learning—or build capacity—across schools and districts with this one-of-a-kind resource. Based on adult developmental theory and filled with practical, actionable advice as well as takeaways, readers learn to: Design and implement action plans based on a learning-oriented model of school leadership and capacity building: Teaming, Providing Leadership Roles, Collegial Inquiry, and Mentoring Build robust and effective professional learning initiatives that increases student achievement Help leaders bridge theory and practice with first-hand case study analyses INDICE: AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. FoundationsChapter 1. New Imperatives for Change in Support of Building Teaching and Leading: The Promise of Supporting Adult Development--Capacity Building--in Today's Complex Educational World Orientation Connecting This Book to Hopes and Urgent Needs in the Field Situating This Book in the Context of Education Today A Note About the Cover Research Informing This Book Organization of This Book Our Hopes for You: Enhancing Your Learning and Noble Practice Reflective QuestionsChapter 2. Leadership for Transformational Learning: A Developmental Model for Building Human Capacity in Diverse Contexts Introduction and Overview Constructive-Developmental Theory: A Sneak Peak Leadership for Transformational Learning (LTL): Course Overview The Promise of Learning Oriented Leadership Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsChapter 3. A Close-up on Constructive-Developmental Theory: Using Theory to Guide Adult Learning in Schools, Districts, and University Preparation Programs Introduction and Overview Informational and Transformational Learning: Why Might This Distinction Matter to You? Foundational Principles of Constructive-Developmental Theory Why Ways of Knowing and Holding Environments Matter Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsPart II. Lessons and Examples From Leaders in the FieldChapter 4. Learning about Leadership for Adult Development: LTL Ideas and Practices That Made a Difference for Leaders Introduction and Overview New Understandings of Learning-Oriented Leadership and Supporting Adult Development Helpful and Meaningful Course Learnings Helpful and Meaningful Course Practices Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsChapter 5. Transferring Powerful Learnings: Supporting Professional Growth from University Classrooms to Real-Life Practice Introduction and Overview Hopes for Developmentally Oriented Leadership Practice Transfer to Practice Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsChapter 6. Integrated Lessons from the Field: Three In-Depth Cases of Developmentally Oriented Leadership Practice Introduction and Overview Matt's Leadership Case: Nurturing the Preconditions and Collegial Inquiry Through Developmentally Oriented, Data-Driven Discussions of Practice Tara's Leadership Case: Building Teams for Collaboration and Collegial Inquiry Adrian's Leadership Case: Supporting Professional Learning Through Reciprocal Mentoring and Providing Leadership Roles Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsChapter 7. Growing from, through, and beyond Obstacles: Leaders' Big Challenges and Their Strategies for Overcoming Them Introduction and Overview Challenging Norms: Confronting The Way It's Always Been Facing Resistance: Pushing Forward Despite Pushback From Colleagues and/or Supervisors The Urgency of Time: A Common Challenge Professional Isolation: The Loneliness of Leadership Growing Oneself: A Fundamental Need and Responsibility of Leadership Chapter Summary Reflective QuestionsPart III. Implications for Practice and PolicyChapter 8. In the Spirit of Closing Well: Implications for Leaders, Schools, Districts and Systems Looking Back and Ahead: Reflecting on Our Journey Together Leaders' Requested Supports: Making Space for Renewal, Deep Connection, and Authentic Learning Implications: What Schools, Districts, and Systems Can Do . . . and What You Can, Too New BeginningsResource A. Research AppendixResource B. Leadership for Transformational Learning (LTL) Course TopicsResource C. Leadership for Transformational Learning (LTL) Citations for Course ReadingsGlossaryReferencesIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-4129-9440-8
• Editorial: Corwin
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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