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Leadership Development on a Large Scale: Lessons for Long-Term Success - Softcover

Leithwood, Kenneth

 
9781544342214: Leadership Development on a Large Scale: Lessons for Long-Term Success
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1544342217 ISBN 13: 9781544342214
Publisher: Corwin, 2018

Synopsis

Effective school leadership can have a transformative impact on the lives of students. Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field. this book draws lessons from one of the most successful long-term educational leadership studies ever conducted to provide actionable advice and specific strategies. Learn how to:

  • Understand the evidence base to design effective leadership development programs and initiatives
  • Support instructional leaders in leading collaborative inquiry approaches to classroom pedagogy to help teachers convey complex ideas to students
  • Establish Principal Learning Teams to help guide school-wide and districtwide decision-making

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About the Author

Dr. Leithwood is Emeritus Professor at OISE/University of Toronto. His research and writing is about school leadership, educational policy and organizational change. He has published extensively on these topics. For example, he is the senior editor of both the first and second International Handbooks on Educational Leadership and Administration (Kluwer Publishers, 1996, 2003). His most recent books include How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success (2017, Springer), Linking Leadership to Student Learning (2012, Jossey Bass), Leading School Turnaround (2010, Jossey Bass), Distributed leadership: The state of the evidence (2009, Routledge), Leading with Teachers’ Emotions in Mind (2008, Corwin), Making Schools Smarter (Corwin, 3rd edition, 2006) and Teaching for Deep Understanding (Corwin, 2006). Among his awards, Professor Leithwood is the inaugural recipient of the University of Toronto’s Impact on Public Policy award, AERA (Division A) 2011 Outstanding Leadership Researcher Award, the 2012 Roald F.  Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration and the Ontario Principal Councils’ Outstanding Contributions to Education Award for 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. With colleagues, he has completed one of the largest studies of its kind about how state, district and school-level leadership influences student learning.


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Publisher
Corwin
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1544342217
ISBN 13 
9781544342214
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208