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Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning
Leadership
July 2016 | 120 pages | Corwin
Part of a groundbreaking 7-book series, co-developed by Learning Forward and Corwin, this book closes the "knowing-doing" gap by guiding educational leaders through the process for implementing the Learning Forward Standard for Professional Learning: Leadership.
Tackling the Leadership standard, it provides:
Tackling the Leadership standard, it provides:
- Original essays written by leading experts in the field to promote deeper understandings of the meaning of the Leadership standard
- An array of templates, tools, and protocols to help you design and delivery quality professional learning in your own district or school
- Case studies of districts "getting it right" and educators who have realized the promise of effective professional learning.
Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Leadership Standard
About the Authors
1. Introduction - Karen Seashore Louis
Foundations: Leadership is Important – In New Ways
Integration: Organizing a School Around Learning for All
The Human Dimension of Professional Learning
Caring and Emotional Intelligence
Learning to be a Learning Organization
References
2. Learning Together for Leading Together - Shirley M. Hord
Change Makers – Change Leaders
Who Are Change Leaders
The Role of Leaders for Professional Learning and Change
Changing Larvae Into Butterflies
Alignment of Standards, Implementation Strategies, and Cycle of Continuous Improvement
Loosely or Tightly Coupled: Does It Matter
Conclusion
Readings of the Leadership Standard
References
3. Case Study - Valerie von Frank
Using this Case Study
The LaMura Report Catalyzes Change
Changing Classroom Practice Requires Changing the Working Culture
Professional Learning is Pushed to the Forefront
Changing Student Performance Required Changing Classroom Practice
Additional Instruction for Students
The Result is Improvement
Backlash and Reinvestment
Lexington Faces the Future
View from Three Seats
References
Discussion Questions
Index
