Download or read book Your Teacher Leadership Journey written by Melissa Collins and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your success as a teacher leader with the practical advice in this book. Award-winning educator Melissa Collins shows how you can grow in your role by fostering relationships with colleagues, organizations, and mentors. She also spotlights rock star educators. She offers thorough advice on a wide variety of topics such as finding the right support, building your reputation, reinventing yourself, knowing your purpose, and developing leadership mindsets. She also explains how to manage your time wisely, build a network, enact purposeful practice, and, most of all, dare to dream. Appropriate for teachers at any level of their career who want to take on a larger role in their school or beyond, the book’s honest anecdotes and step-by-step suggestions will put you on the right path, so teacher leaders can develop in their careers and help their students thrive.
Download or read book Win Your First Year in Teacher Leadership written by Stephen Katzel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feel empowered during your first year as a team or department leader by applying the concise tips and tools in this book. Author Stephen Katzel shows you how to create an effective system to integrate into a new leadership team, create meaningful professional development, facilitate parent conferences, coach teachers, interview for your next role, handle difficult situations, and more! Perfect for beginning leaders, the book’s examples, anecdotes, and practical tools are quick and easy to implement and will help you get off to a strong start on your leadership journey, where you can broaden your impact beyond the classroom and help others succeed.
Download or read book Adventures in Teacher Leadership written by Rebecca Mieliwocki and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever imagined yourself as a teacher leader but weren't quite sure whether you really had—or could develop—the necessary skills? Have you wondered what the first steps toward becoming a teacher leader might be, what kinds of approaches work best, and how you could overcome the inevitable challenges that come with leading your colleagues on a journey toward improvement as professionals? Authors Rebecca Mieliwocki (California and National Teacher of the Year for 2012) and Joseph Fatheree (Illinois Teacher of the Year for 2007) answer these questions and more in this engaging guide to becoming a successful teacher leader. Organized around five key tools—communication, collaboration, professional development, data, and advocacy—the book covers every aspect of what is involved in taking on leadership responsibilities. Firsthand accounts of the authors' experiences and those of more than a dozen other State Teachers of the Year describe the various pathways to leadership, strategies for success, and pitfalls to avoid. These teacher voices add powerful credibility to the research on teacher leadership and show how leaders can not only improve their schools and districts but also influence state and national policies and practices. Both informative and inspiring, Adventures in Teacher Leadership invites others to expand their professional reach, empower the profession of teaching, and, ultimately, make a big difference in the lives of students everywhere. This book is a copublication of ASCD and NNSTOY.
Download or read book Uncovering Teacher Leadership written by Richard H. Ackerman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by leadership experts, this comprehensive reader organizes the top voices in the field to examine teacher leadership in insightful and surprising ways.
Download or read book Teaching by Heart written by Thomas J. DeLong and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. In examining how to lead and teach, renowned Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong takes the reader inside his own head and heart. He notes that, as teachers, we often focus more on our inadequacies and missteps than on our strengths and unique talents. He explains why this is so by dissecting and analyzing his own experiences--using himself as a case study. The book's goal is to help readers learn about the intricacies of teaching and managing, and to impart lessons about how teachers can create a unique teaching atmosphere. To do this, the author analyzes the process of creating a curriculum, preparing for an eighty-minute class, managing the fifteen minutes before class begins, and evaluating the nature of the teaching experience after the session concludes. Along the way, he connects specific classroom behaviors with leadership issues--in organizations, in teams, and in personal relationships. He also asks--and answers--some provocative questions, such as: What happens on multiple levels when I teach or lead--with me, students, or professionals? What am I thinking and feeling as I process what students are thinking and feeling? How are my internal conversations affecting how I teach and lead? How do I manage my biases, including having "favorite" students? To what extent can I use teaching methods in the arena of management? Throughout Teaching by Heart, DeLong discusses why empathy and authenticity matter. When teachers embrace this mindset, students have the opportunity to have a unique learning experience. Teachers and managers will learn how to create moments of transformation for students. Whether you're a university professor, a student, a business leader, or just someone fascinated by teaching, this book will instruct, entertain, and--hopefully--inspire.
Download or read book Teaching As Leadership written by Teach For America and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A road map for teachers who strive to be highly effective leaders in our nation's classrooms Teach For America has fought the daunting battle of educational equity for the last twenty years. Based on evidence from classrooms across the country, they've discovered much about effective teaching practice, and distilled these findings into the six principles presented in this book. The Teaching As Leadership framework inspires teachers to: Set Big Goals; Invest Students and Their Families; Plan Purposefully; Execute Effectively; Continuously Increase Effectiveness; Work Relentlessly. The results are better educational outcomes for our nation's children, particularly those who live in low-income communities. Inspires educators to be leaders in their classrooms and schools Demystifies what it means to be an effective teacher, describes key elements of practice and provides a clear vision of success Addresses the challenges every teacher, in every classroom, faces on a daily basis An accompanying website includes a wealth of tools, videos, sample lessons, discussion boards, and case studies.
Download or read book Step In Step Up written by Jane A. G. Kise and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In [this book], authors Jan A. G. Kise and Barbara K. Watterston guide aspiring and current women leaders through a twelve-week developmental journey. Women are underrepresented in educational leadership positions, and the negative connotations sometimes associated with women holding power roles can discourage them from becoming leaders. Through activities, reflection prompts, and real-life stories and scenarios, this book helps women navigate these challenges to find their own leadership identity." -- Back cover.
Download or read book The Leadership Identity Journey written by Carol A. Mullen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leadership Identity Journey takes readers on a breathtaking, all-consuming, transformative journey. The invitation is to think of your life as a journey that follows a mythic path. By doing so, new possibilities emerge for thinking about leadership identity and preparation, as well as artistic research and the education field. The perspectives described in this book are supported by school leaders’ insights into powerful iconic photographs relative to the five mythic life phases: the human condition, trials in life, human triumph, human transformation, and human crossing, with the addition of leadership as a dimension of the life-journey model. The authors conducted their study using selected photographs framed by the universal mythic framework inspired by mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Download or read book Every Teacher a Leader written by Barbara B. Levin and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secrets of successful teacher leadership! Whether you’re a teacher who’s ready to take on new roles or an administrator looking to develop strong leaders, this content-driven handbook is here to help you make distributed school leadership a reality. Inside you’ll find specific how-tos for the essential skills teacher leaders need most: running meetings, teaching colleagues, providing feedback, conducting needs assessments, delivering effective professional development, resolving conflicts, employing technology, and more. The book features: Well-tested content and activities Reflective writing prompts Scenarios for discussion Self-evaluations Two companion guides: one for teachers, and one for administrators
Download or read book Mirror Images written by Casey Reason and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teacher Leadership 2.0 is a step-by-step discussion and description of how and why to foster teacher leadership in schools. Unlike top-down delivered leadership, this book will seek to empower teachers throughout schools to create and grow in leadership roles. This topic has gained traction in district and school level discussions and has become a key topic at teacher and principal conferences in the last few years. There are five conceptual must-haves that are essential in promoting teacher leadership in schools today. Must-Have #1: Why Top Down Change Is Less Effective Today Than Ever. Must-Have #2: Teacher Leadership in Schools Is a Force Not a Position. Must-Have #3: Why We Don't See Teachers as Leaders (Bad Images of Teachers). Must-Have #4: Leadership, Learning, and Change Are One. Must-Have #5: Teacher Leadership: A New Definition"-- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Learning to Lead written by Ron Williams and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This master class on leadership, written by one of America’s most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you’re searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams’s own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America’s leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals such as— • Launching your career quest • Avoiding professional pitfalls, wrong turns, and wasted effort • Overcoming interpersonal challenges and conflicts • Building and leading an effective, high-performance team • Prioritizing and solving problems from multiple perspectives • Developing your leadership style and mastering communication • Casting a vision and changing the culture of your organization After finishing Learning to Lead, you will be well equipped to take the next step to success in your personal and professional leadership journey. Williams’s book has the potential to join other leadership development classics on your shelf—to be read repeatedly and consulted throughout the span of your career.
Download or read book Follow the Teacher written by Robert Thomas Hess and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Robert Hess promotes teacher leadership as the critical component to achieving breakthrough results in school improvement.
Download or read book From Teacher to Leader written by Starr Sackstein and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starr Sackstein's insight will help you make the best decisions for yourself and those you serve, whether you have already made the move into leadership or are wondering whether a role in administration is right for you . In this honest and practical guide, Sackstein prompts you to reflect as you stretch for personal and professional growth.
Download or read book Lifelong Leadership by Design written by Robert D. Ramsey and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers aspiring and veteran school leaders insightful, practical, and proven strategies to successfully acquire and thrive in meaningful professional positions."--David Freitas, ProfessorIndiana University South Bend Build a dynamic career by design--not by default! Given the challenges of today′s educational environment, a school leader′s career is far from predictable--but it can be a purposeful and successful journey. This essential guide helps educators take charge of their careers, advance professionally, and leave a legacy of stronger schools and improved learning opportunities for children. Based on the best-selling author′s extensive school leadership experience, this book helps readers wisely navigate their careers and stay true to their values. The author addresses concerns for readers at every stage of professional life--from highly experienced administrators to those aspiring to leadership positions. Readers will find personal coaching on leading both oneself and others, including: The seven critical choices that shape school leadership, from setting goals to choosing the right battles Guidance on making tough calls and hard choices Advice on finding the right position and work environment and how to flourish personally and professionally Numerous real-life examples of how education leaders face and overcome challenges and build effective learning environments Take action today to build a purposeful career in school leadership and make a positive difference in children′s lives!
Download or read book Teacher Leadership Exploring What Supports and Sustains Elementary Teachers as Leaders written by Kristin Artim and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers as leaders may provide additional leadership to build school capacity, but there is minimal understanding of how to cultivate teacher leadership. Twenty-seven elementary teacher leaders in southern California were interviewed about what experiences led them to become and supported them as teacher leaders. Ideas around how they became teacher leaders, who and what influenced their leadership, and why they pursued certain leadership roles were collected. The findings showed how these teachers had a passion in education that drove them to lead and sustained them as a leader; relationships formed the foundation of why and how they led; and their leadership journeys had unique nuances, but were similar in the patterns of their development. These stories showed that leadership can be cultivated and challenged the idea that leaders are born.
Download or read book Reframing the Path to School Leadership written by Lee G. Bolman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever! Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how viewing a problem through a different lens—political, human resources, structural, or symbolic—can reveal the right solution. Featuring reflective questions and solid strategies for meeting real-life challenges, the third edition also includes: New views on building morale in the #MeToo age Revamped discussion of mandates, standards and rubrics Celebration of educators as skilled professionals Expanded conversations about hope, faith, and parental involvement
Download or read book The Leader in Me written by Stephen R. Covey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.
