Establishing a Lasting Legacy: Six Steps to Maximize Your Leadership Impact and Improve Teacher Retention

Grow as an authentic leader and retain great teachers with Establishing a Lasting Legacy. Built on foundational leadership principles, this book offers practical tools and suggestions that will enhance what you are already doing and recharge your efforts toward making a long-lasting impact on those you serve. Learn how to develop teacher self-efficacy, address retention problems, build positive relationships, and more.

• Understand why there is a teacher retention problem and ways to provide needed support to educators.
• Learn how to grow your own leadership skills as well as how to build collective efficacy schoolwide.
• Discover how to increase transparency, self-efficacy, and trust with staff.
• Receive reflection questions, prompts, and templates to deepen learning and understanding of the material.
• Study vignettes, examples, and advice from experienced educators.

Contents: <BR>Introduction: What Will Be Your Legacy? <BR>Chapter 1: Lead Authentically <BR>Chapter 2: Develop Teacher Self-Efficacy <BR>Chapter 3: Build a School of Collective Efficacy <BR>Chapter 4: Build and Rebuild Trust <BR>Chapter 5: Listen to Your People <BR>Chapter 6: Develop a Shared Vision <BR>Conclusion <BR>References and Resources <BR>Index

<p><b>Becky Evers-Gerdes, EdD,</b> is currently the dean of academics at Loyola Catholic School in Mankato, Minnesota. Her experiences include serving as an educator and administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school settings, including in schools designated as needing to make an improvement by the Minnesota Department of Education. Becky's additional titles include K-12 curriculum director, staff development coordinator, special education coordinator, and title program director.</p> <p>At the undergraduate and graduate level, Becky has served as a course developer and designer for Bethel University and an adjunct faculty member for Minnesota State University, Bethel University, and Concordia University in the areas of leadership, research, and K-12 education and special education. Using ongoing student data and culturally responsive teaching, she focuses on social-emotional learning being equally as important as academics and strong parent and community partnerships.</p> <p>Becky credits the great educators that she has worked with for receiving the following awards: Southwest Minnesota State University Leadership Award, Celebration School Recognition (expertly documenting efforts to increase student achievement), Reward School Recognition (highest performing 15 percent of Title I Schools in the State), Feinstein's Good Deeds School Recognition, Environmental Awareness Award, Emerging Minnesota Schools of Character Award, and Academic Excellence Foundation (MAEF) School Spotlight Award.</p> <p>Becky has led teams and departments through unpacking standards, aligning them to coursework, and ensuring that formative and summative assessments are analyzed. Becky has also been active in co-presenting teacher retention solutions to professional organizations and independent school districts.</p> <p>Becky earned her doctorate in education administration from Bethel University and holds a specialist and master of education administration degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, along with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Southwest State University, Marshall.</p> <p><b>Ryan Siegle, EdD,</b> currently serves as a classroom teacher for Independent School District 318 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He is passionate about transforming school and classroom cultures and believes in the need for supporting both the whole child and the whole teacher. His focus areas of research include leadership factors influencing the retention of teachers, servant leadership, trust, school culture, and school climate.</p> <p>Ryan has been highly involved in teacher retention and mentorship at the school, district, and state levels. He has experience working with both teachers and educational leaders on the topic of teacher retention, support, and self-efficacy. Ryan has most recently provided formal presentations and training for school districts and professional organizations examining the impact of teacher turnover and how leaders can address this issue within their schools. He has also helped influence state-level policy decisions, focusing specifically on best practice teaching induction and mentoring.</p> <p>Ryan holds a doctorate in education administration from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has also earned a master's of curriculum and instruction from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.</p>