Learning for Leadership de Eleanor Drago-Severson

Learning for Leadership: Developmental Strategies for Building Capacity in Our Schools

Eleanor Drago-Severson

Jessica Blum-DeStefano

Anila Asghar

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 2013

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

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"Can those who teach in and lead our schools dramatically improve the development of their students without a new commitment to their own ongoing development? Drago-Severson and her co-authors think not. But more than this, they provide an expansively intelligent, intensely practical, research-based route to realizing this new commitment."
"Ellie Drago-Severson is one of our most insightful experts on the development of adult educational leaders. She is unique in her ability to move back and forth comfortably between powerful ideas and promising practices."
"This is not another book about education reform to be read and cast aside—this is a book to be savored. It contributes profoundly to our understanding about how adults learn, the differences in the ways that adults learn, and how we can support and challenge adults as continuous learners within the context of the school day—a must if we are truly dedicated to improving teaching and learning for every child in every classroom in every school."
"This book is unique in its approach to bridge theory and practice regarding leadership in our schools. The stories, examples, and vignettes are grounded in the real world of leadership and provide concrete, specific examples."
"This book provides school leaders with the theoretical framework and practical applications to better support teachers’ professional growth and learning. The authors teach us how to create meaningful change through the development of a safe, trusting, respectful environment that encourages reflection, collaboration and professional growth within schools. This book will enable educational leaders to understand and overcome resistance to change and will transform the way they facilitate professional development and guide adult learning in schools."
“A powerful new framework for supporting leaders. I see Learning for Leadership becoming the foundation for many leadership development programs. Using the adult learning lens, the authors offer a powerful approach to supporting the development and increasing the impact of school leaders.This will serve as a great reference for educators charged with the responsibility to design leadership development programs that make a difference for the participants as well as their staff and students.”
“Learning for Leadership brings right to life the experiences school leaders have had as a result of their work with TC’s LTL course! Dr. Drago-Severson provides a tremendously active and learning oriented model for school leadership. Her examination of real –life lessons learned from her adult students is action oriented in itself. These testimonies not only focus on how intentionally these leaders implemented their learning from LTL but they also put forth the challenges encountered by these thoughtful leaders as well.

Drago-Severson’s work has highly influenced the practice of School Leaders Network in school districts across the nation. As Drago-Severson notes: “ School leaders “ yearn for on-going support” and this book, while clearly illustrating learning, also prescribes critically important lessons for district practice and policy.”

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Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 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 Questions
Chapter 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 Questions
Chapter 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 Questions
Part II. Lessons and Examples From Leaders in the Field
Chapter 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 Questions
Chapter 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 Questions
Chapter 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 Questions
Chapter 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 Questions
Part III. Implications for Practice and Policy
Chapter 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 Beginnings
Resource A. Research Appendix
Resource B. Leadership for Transformational Learning (LTL) Course Topics
Resource C. Leadership for Transformational Learning (LTL) Citations for Course Readings
Glossary
References
Index

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