Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Doug Lemov (Foreword by), Brett Peiser (With)

Overview

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Managing Director of Uncommon Schools)shows leaders how they can raise their schools to greatness byfollowing a core set of principles. These seven principles, or"levers," allow for consistent, transformational, and replicablegrowth. With intentional focus on these areas, leaders willleverage much more learning from the same amount of timeinvestment. Fundamentally, each of these seven levers answers thecore questions of school leadership: What should an effectiveleader do, and how and when should they do it. 

Aimed at all levels of school leadership, the book is for anyprincipal, superintendent, or educator who wants to be atransformational leader. The book includes 30 video clips oftop-tier leaders in action. These videos bring great schools toyou, and support a deeper understanding of both the components ofsuccess and how it looks as a whole. There are also many helpfulrubrics, extensive professional development tools, calendars, andtemplates. 

• Explores the core principles of effective leadership
• Author's charter school, North Star Academy in Newark, NewJersey, received the highest possible award given by the U.S.Department of Education; the National Blue Ribbon

Print version includes an instructive DVD with 30 video clips toshow how it looks in real life. E-book customers: please note thatdetails on how to access the content from the DVD may be found inthe e-book Table of Contents. Please see the section: "How toAccess DVD Contents" 

Bambrick-Santoyo has trained more than 1,800 school leadersnationwide in his work at Uncommon Schools and is a recognizedexpert on transforming schools to achieve extraordinaryresults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118138601
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/26/2012
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	1,126,541
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo is the managing director of the award-winning North Star Academies in Newark, New Jersey. He has trained thousands of school leaders nationwide in his work at Uncommon Schools and as a faculty member for New Leaders. He is also the author of Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction.

Table of Contents

DVD Contents ix

DVD Video Contents xvii

Foreword xxi

Acknowledgments xxv

About the Authors xxvii

Introduction 1

PART 1 Instruction 19

1 Data-Driven Instruction 21

The Model

Assessment: The Roadmap to Rigor

Analysis: Test in Hand, Face to Face

Action:Walking theWalk

Systems: Lock In Success

Turnaround: What to Do First

Conclusion: The Right Map to Follow

2 Observation and Feedback 59

The Traditional Model: Observation Adrift

Schedule Observation and Feedback

Identify Key Action Steps

Effective Feedback

When Feedback Isn’tWorking: Strategies for StrugglingTeachers

Accountability: Tools for Keeping Track of It All

Turnaround: What to Do First

Conclusion: Coaching Teachers Toward Greatness

3 Planning 109

Pitfalls of Planning

Yearly Curriculum Planning: Teaching the Right Content

Weekly and Daily Lesson Planning: Ensuring Accountability

Turnaround: What to Do First

Conclusion: Planning Makes Perfect

4 Professional Development 129

What to Teach: Follow the Data

How to Teach: Living the Learning

Avoiding Common Pitfalls of Poor PD

How to Make It Stick: Accountability

Turnaround: What to Do First

Conclusion: Beyond the Conference Room

PART 2 Culture 161

5 Student Culture 163

From Vision to System

Practice: Moving from Aspiration to Mastery

Maintain and Model: Keeping Culture on Track

Evaluating Student Culture

Turnaround: Fixing a Broken Culture

Conclusion: Small Details, Big Results

6 Staff Culture 189

by Brett Peiser, Contributing Author

Five Strategies for a Successful Staff Culture

Month-to-Month Excellence

Turnaround: From Crisis to Cohesion

Conclusion: Getting to‘‘Teamlyness’’

7 Managing School Leadership Teams 221

Choosing Leaders

Training Your Team

Leveraging Leadership Team Meetings: Iron Sharpens Iron

EvaluateWhat Matters Most

Conclusion: Leader Support, Student Success

PART 3 Execution 237

8 Finding the Time 239

Lock In aWeekly Schedule

Defend Your Time

The Final Step: Manage Tasks

Turnaround: Schedule for Success

Conclusion: Every Minute Matters

9 The Superintendent’s Guide 267

Train Your Principals

Coach Continuously

Leverage Principal Teams

Turnaround: Support Struggling Schools

Conclusion: Succeed at Scale

Conclusion: A Brighter Future 285

PART 4 Professional Development Workshops: Overview andHighlights 287

10 Observation and Feedback Workshop 289

11 Leading Planning Workshop 307

12 Leading Professional Development Workshop 319

13 Student Culture Workshop 331

14 Finding the Time Workshop 341

Quick Reference Sheet 351

ISLLC Standards 355

Notes 357

Bibliography 365

Index 369

How to Use the DVD 379