Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools: Twelve Lenses to Balance Priorities and Serve the Whole Student (Reflective School Leadership for Whole-Child Learning Environments)
Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools: Twelve Lenses to Balance Priorities and Serve the Whole Student (Reflective School Leadership for Whole-Child Learning Environments)
Build a school where students flourish academically while also meeting their social and emotional learning needs. In this practical school leadership book, author Jane A. G. Kise offers a toolkit of strategies specially designed to support the leadership development goals and daily work of school leaders. Learn how to overcome ongoing school leadership challenges, navigate competing priorities, and unite your entire school community around one common purpose: supporting whole-child learning. Lead schools in teaching the ...
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Build a school where students flourish academically while also meeting their social and emotional learning needs. In this practical school leadership book, author Jane A. G. Kise offers a toolkit of strategies specially designed to support the leadership development goals and daily work of school leaders. Learn how to overcome ongoing school leadership challenges, navigate competing priorities, and unite your entire school community around one common purpose: supporting whole-child learning. Lead schools in teaching the whole student, with help from this educational leadership book: Understand the benefits of student engagement and having the whole child present in the classroom. Study the twelve lenses of school leadership -- core educational leadership responsibilities that are essential for leading whole-child schools. Overcome biases and balance student and adult needs by developing leadership skills and emotional intelligence. Learn how effective educational leadership goal-setting can create an environment strengthened by collaborative trust, where students and educators feel engaged and motivated. Gain insight into SMART goal-setting for leadership development, establishing a priority focus to achieve real goals. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Developing Leadership for Whole-Child Schools Chapter 2: Thinking in Terms of Both and And: A Core Leadership Competency Chapter 3: Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Leading for the Whole Child Chapter 4: Leading Toward a Common Vision and Guiding Others in Leading Themselves Chapter 5: Implementing Initiatives and Making Them Meaningful Chapter 6: Building a Collaborative Learning Community and Ensuring That Individuals Have Autonomy Chapter 7: Taking Reality Into Account and Pursuing a Vision Chapter 8: Building on Current Success and Changing to Meet the Future Chapter 9: Moving Ahead Quickly and Moving Ahead for the Long Haul Chapter 10: Balancing Logical Objectivity and Valuable Subjectivity Chapter 11: Getting Results and Building Trust Chapter 12: Effectively Using Positional Power and Sharing Power Chapter 13: Having Clarity on What and Why and Having Flexibility on How Chapter 14: Planning for the Predictable and Embracing the Possible Chapter 15: Making Measurable Whole-Child Achievement Progress and Finding Purpose Chapter 16: Focusing on Your Priorities Appendix: Personality Type and the Lenses of Leadership
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