Leading Effective Meetings, Teams, and Work Groups in Districts and Schools
Leading Effective Meetings, Teams, and Work Groups in Districts and Schools

Author: Matthew Jennings

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2007-06-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1416617396

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Teachers share one vital characteristic with students: they function best in settings that are organized enough to provide structure and focus, yet flexible enough to respect developmental and personality differences. In Leading Effective Meetings, Teams, and Work Groups in Districts and Schools, author and veteran educator Matthew Jennings provides everything you need to help the teachers in your school or district achieve their full potential: *An overview of the research on collaboration and what it means for educators *Step-by-step guidelines for designing and facilitating meetings *Strategies for avoiding and resolving conflicts among educators *Checklists, questionnaires, and rubrics for designing, implementing, and assessing work groups and teaching teams *Whether you're setting up a complex district-level task force or a simple school faculty meeting, this comprehensive guide will ensure that you do so as efficiently and effectively as possible. Packed with field-proven activities, worksheets, and metrics, it is an indispensable resource for all educational leaders.

Collaboration Among Professionals, Students, Families, and Communities
Collaboration Among Professionals, Students, Families, and Communities

Author: Stephen B. Richards

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-31

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1317502035

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Collaboration Among Professionals, Students, Families, and Communities provides a foundation for understanding concepts of collaborative learning along with strategies for the application of collaborative skills in teaching. The book moves logically from issues of macro-collaboration (district and school) to micro-collaboration (individual student focus and co-teaching) in K-12 environments before concluding with strategies for family and community collaboration. Significant emphasis is placed on knowledge, skills, and teaching models for pre-service and in-service teachers in general education, special education, and of diverse students including English Learners. Each chapter includes meaningful pedagogical features such as: Learning objectives A case study illustrating the implementation of information presented A case study challenging the reader to apply the information learned in the chapter Study questions for readers in Comprehension Checks at key points in the chapter Highlights of major points in a chapter summary for aid in studying content University, school, and community-based application activities A companion website features additional resources, including PowerPoint presentations, practice tests, suggested video and Internet resources, and advanced application activities.

Leading In Sync
Leading In Sync

Author: Jill Harrison Berg

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1416626476

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Teacher leadership holds great promise for improving the quality of teaching and ensuring student success. But for co-performance of leadership among teacher leaders and principals to be effective, they must learn to lead in sync. Leading In Sync: Teacher Leaders and Principals Working Together for Student Learning provides principals, assistant principals, coaches, department leaders, grade-level and content team leaders, mentors, professional development leaders, and in fact all teachers with the strategies and tools needed to *Examine their own thinking about what constitutes high-quality teaching so they can work toward a shared vision. *Identify teachers’ many strengths as potential assets for achieving the shared vision. *Recognize ways in which most teachers are already leading. *Support leadership collaboration through efficient, effective communication. *Develop trust required to learn to lead together. Jill Harrison Berg offers thought-provoking context and reflection questions that enable educators to examine their unique settings; real-world examples of teachers and principals co-performing leadership to improve student success; and dozens of strategies, tools, and templates to facilitate leading in sync. This book includes a link to free downloadable tools.

The Principal Influence
The Principal Influence

Author: Pete Hall

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 141662144X

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Principals navigate the dynamic complexities and subtleties of their schools every day. They promote, facilitate, and lead efforts to achieve both tangible and intangible results throughout the school community. They fulfill a role that includes counseling, budgeting, inspiring, teaching, learning, disciplining, evaluating, celebrating, consoling, and a million other critical functions. As the principalship has evolved and grown, so have the expectations of it. With that in mind, ASCD developed the Principal Leadership Development Framework (PLDF). The PLDF establishes a clear and concise definition of leadership and includes clear targets that support the ongoing growth and development of leaders. Using the Framework, principals will learn to capitalize on their leadership roles: * Principal as Visionary * Principal as Instructional Leader * Principal as Engager * Principal as Learner and Collaborator The PLDF also offers 17 criteria of effective practice that allow leaders to focus on behaviors that have the greatest direct effect on the culture and status of learning and teaching. Coupled with the PLDF are tools for self-reflection that help principals identify and strengthen their reflective habits. Whether you want to develop your own capacities or support the development of a group of principals, assistant principals, or aspiring principals, The Principal Influence can help channel your efforts in ways that promote successful teaching and student learning.

The Data Teams Experience
The Data Teams Experience

Author: Angela B. Peery

Publisher: Lead and Learn Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935588023

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An instructional Data Team is a small group based on grade, department, or course that examines student's test. These tests are focus on prioritized standards or learning goals that are aligned with Common Core State Standards. The student's work is analyzed to gain a picture of how the student is doing. Then the Data Team selects instructional strategies to address the student's learning challenges. This is a how-to for those meetings.

From the Classroom to the Office
From the Classroom to the Office

Author: Matthew Jennings

Publisher: R & L Education

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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The first year of a new leader's tenure is a critical time period. If an administrator begins their position by taking certain actions while avoiding others, he or she will get off to a positive start. This positive start leads to momentum and an increased probability of success. In this book, an experienced school administrator provides practical, research-based, guidance for how to succeed during this critical first year as a new school administrator. It also includes research and practical application strategies for addressing the most important tasks to be accomplished during their first year in a new administrative position.

Before the Special Education Referral
Before the Special Education Referral

Author: Matthew Jennings

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2008-10-29

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1452296073

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"A practical approach to the real problems administrators face when dealing with intervention and referral. The writing is clear and concise, providing examples and solutions to real-world situations. This book belongs in every school administrator′s professional library." —Jack Dennis, Principal Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights, NJ Develop an efficient prereferral intervention process that truly benefits students! Prereferral intervention teams can dramatically improve academic achievement for struggling students by providing focused instructional interventions and support before a referral for special education evaluation is needed. This resource presents school leaders with a step-by-step, four-phase model for developing, leading, and evaluating effective prereferral intervention teams. The author provides numerous reproducible tools that can be used for facilitating implementation and staff training. Featuring a running example that illustrates the model in action, this book shows how school leaders can: Establish prereferral intervention teams by assessing school needs, determining the composition of the team, defining team roles, and conducting staff training Use prereferral intervention teams to support the Response to Intervention process Enhance the collaborative strengths of a professional learning community Before the Special Education Referral enables educators to apply the practical steps necessary to greatly improve the quality of prereferral intervention programs.

Leading the Launch
Leading the Launch

Author: Kim Wallace

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2021-09-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1952812704

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How do schools and districts make true progress? One step at a time. Leading the Launch offers a ten-stage initiative implementation process proven to help you lead the charge for change with ingenuity, flexibility, responsiveness, and passion. Ideal for a team book study, this resource includes strategies, tools, case studies, and end-of-chapter action plans and checklists to guide your work. Learn how to research and develop new school initiatives following an effective, systematic plan. Communicate with stakeholders and school personnel to ensure everyone is on the same page with new initiatives. Analyze data to help determine whether to move forward with a proposed initiative. Explore how to seamlessly implement new systems and initiatives into schools and districts. Sustain and balance new initiatives with current systems to guarantee long-term success. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Stage 1--Begin Research and Planning Chapter 2: Stage 2--Pitch the Proposal Chapter 3: Stage 3--Determine Priorities Chapter 4: Stage 4--Design the Prototype and Pilot Chapter 5: Stage 5--Build Stakeholder Engagement Chapter 6: Stage 6--Gather and Analyze Data Chapter 7: Stage 7--Make a Decision Chapter 8: Stage 8--Plan and Deliver Professional Development Chapter 9: Stage 9--Implement the Initiative Chapter 10: Stage 10--Provide Ongoing Support Epilogue: Balancing Acts References and Resources Index

The Power of Teacher Teams
The Power of Teacher Teams

Author: Vivian Troen

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1412991331

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While most educators believe working in teams is valuable, not all team efforts lead to instructional improvement. Through richly detailed case studies The Power of Teacher Teams demonstrates how schools can transform their teams into more effective learning communities that foster teacher leadership. The benefits of successful teacher teams include: improved performance for both teachers and students; meaningful professional development; group adoption of a new curriculum; shared insights into student work; better classroom management; support for new teachers; new roles for teacher leaders; and opportuniteis for mentor support.School leaders will find guidelines, methods, and concrete steps for building and sustaining effective teacher teams. Also included is a DVD with video case studies and one CD with reproducibles. The most important reason for building teacher teams is to enhance student learning through improved instruction, and that story is at the heart of this book.