Differentiated School Leadership: Effective Collaboration, Communication, and Change Through Personality Type / Edition 1

by Jane A. G. Kise, Beth Ross-Shannon Russell

Overview

This resource shows how an understanding of personality types and adults' individual leadership styles helps build school teams that can collaborate and distribute leadership responsibilities more effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412917735
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/20/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Jane Kise, an educational consultant with extensive experience in leadership, instructional coaching, differentiation, and effective mathematics instruction, is considered a worldwide expert in Jungian type and its impact on leadership and education. The author of over 20 books, she works with schools and businesses, facilitating the creation of environments where everyone—leaders, teachers and students—can flourish.

She trains educators around the world on coaching, collaborative practices, effective change processes, and differentiated instruction, especially in mathematics. A frequent conference keynote speaker, her past engagements include education conferences and type conferences across the United States and in Europe, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. Jane has also written articles for several magazines and has received awards for her differentiated coaching research.

Jane currently teaches doctoral courses in education leadership for the University of St. Thomas and is a past faculty member of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type. She served as President of the Association for Psychological Type International. She holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management and a doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of St. Thomas. She is certified in Neuroscience and Jungian Personality, is a MBTI ® Master Practitioner qualified to use MBTI Steps I, II and III, and is certified in emotional intelligence instruments and leadership 360 tools. You can read more about her work at www.janekise.com.

Table of Contents

A Note From the Authors
Table of Professional Development Activities
Introduction
About the Authors
1. What Type of Leader Are You?
2. Strengths-Based Leadership Priorities: You Can't Do It All
3. Succeeding at School Change
4. Your Leadership Team: Distributing Roles Effectively
5. Communicating so That What You Say Is What They Hear
6. Making Professional Learning Communities Worth the Effort
7. Observing All Types of Teachers
8. Tools for Schoolwide Discipline
9. Working With All Types of Parents
10. Strategies for Coping With the Stress of School Leadership
Appendix A. Descriptions of Leadership Styles for the 16 Types
Appendix B. Problem-Solving or "Z" Model
Appendix C. Making Type a Schoolwide Language
Appendix D. Further Reading on Personality Type
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"I was glued to the book and constantly thinking about how I could apply what I was reading to my team. "

Bruce Deterding

"There are so many strengths to this book that I can't list them all, but the terrific communication tips for working with your team are some of my favorite pieces—these alone are worth the price of the book. "

Jim Kelleher

After reading this book, I have a much clearer understanding of why staff members express differing reactions to the same situation. More importantly, I now know what I can do differently to enable better understanding for each person. I look forward to sharing the book and its concepts with our administrators.

The School Administrator

"I was glued to the book and constantly thinking about how I could apply what I was reading to my team."--Bruce Deterding, Principal

"There are so many strengths to this book that I can′t list them all, but the terrific communication tips for working with your team are some of my favorite pieces--these alone are worth the price of the book."--Jim Kelleher, Assistant Superintendent

"This book does more to allow school administrators to follow the old admonition of ′know thyself′ than many other training books. The personality type framework informs administrators how to know their staff in ways that can be applied every day. Twenty years in the principalship have given me some of the same understandings as those found in this book, but this book allows those lessons to be learned more quickly and with less cost."--Brian Doty, Principal (6/26/2007 12:00:00 AM)

"This book is research-based and grounded in practice and practical application. A wonderful resource for ensuring high-quality learning environments that honor students′ learning preferences."

--Mark Bower, Director of Elementary Education and Staff Development (4/26/2006 12:00:00 AM)

"After reading this book, I have a much clearer understanding of why staff members express differing reactions to the same situation. More importantly, I now know what I can do differently to enable better understanding for each person. I look forward to sharing the book and its concepts with our administrators."--The School Administrator, May 2008 (5/28/2008 12:00:00 AM)

From the Publisher

"This book is research-based and grounded in practice and practical application. A wonderful resource for ensuring high-quality learning environments that honor students' learning preferences. "

Mark Bower

"This book does more to allow school administrators to follow the old admonition of 'know thyself' than many other training books. The personality type framework informs administrators how to know their staff in ways that can be applied every day. Twenty years in the principalship have given me some of the same understandings as those found in this book, but this book allows those lessons to be learned more quickly and with less cost. "

Brian Doty