Leading With Intention (ePub)

With foreword by Douglas Reeves

As a school leader, your influence and impact on students, staff, and families is beyond measure. Designed as a guide and reflective tool, Leading With Intention will help focus your invaluable everyday work. The authors provide in-depth advice and actionable steps for creating a highly effective school culture that supports collaborative leadership and teaching, evidence-based decision making, and the belief that students are the top priority.

Effective school leadership practices for building leadership capacity and furthering your professional development:

• Explore eight interrelated areas of school leadership that will assist you in becoming a more synergistic leader.



• Explore four concepts essential to your work in leading schools: collaboration, a shared leadership model, evidence-based decision-making, and a focus on learning.



• Learn how to enhance student achievement in your school or district with the Professional Learning Communities at Work(TM) (PLC) process.



• Acquire 40+ specific instructional leadership actions you can put into practice immediately.



• Access educational leadership reflection questions and downloadable reproducibles designed to support your instructional leadership development.

Contents:


Introduction: Using Your Great Power as a Leader

Chapter 1: Achieving Focus and Staying Intentional

Chapter 2: Establishing and Maintaining Organization

Chapter 3: Building Shared Leadership

Chapter 4: Using Evidence for Decision Making and Action

Chapter 5: Prioritizing the Student

Chapter 6: Leading Instruction

Chapter 7: Fostering Communication

Chapter 8: Developing Community and Relationships

Afterword: Creating the Future

References and Resources