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
