Leading for Change:
Leading for Change: A Practical Guide to Instructional Leadership
What constitutes effective instructional leadership? What specific leadership practices make areal impact on teaching and learning? How should instructional leaders begin the complex and nebulous task of engendering school improvement? Leading for Change: A Practical Guide to Instructional Leadershipprovides answers to these and other questions facing school leaders today. Based on current research and theory, this guide provides a practical framework (The Six Goals of Instructional Leadership) for thinking about key issues that impact school leaders and overcoming the obstacles that often get in the way.
This guide includes:
- Six specific leadership goals that every instructional leader should be focused on achieving.
- A comprehensive Action Planning Guide that will assess your school's readiness for sustained improvement.
- Case studies and reflection activities designed for application to your school's individual context.
- A robust set of instructional leadership activities, aligned to the Six Goals of Instructional Leadership, that your team can use to promote school growth.
Distilling rigorous research into practical and actionable steps, Leading for Changegives instructional leaders the tools they need to provide effective leadership for stronger and better schools.
" I cannot begin to tell you how impressed I have been by the work Insight has done with our school. Feedback from staff has been very positive. "
Alex Ruvalcaba, Principal, Washington Middle School