Collaborative Administrator, The: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community

by Austin Buffum, Cassandra Erkens

Overview

In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator’s role is more important than ever. How do you maintain the right balance of loose and tight leadership? How do you establish profound, lasting trust? What principles strengthen principal leadership? This book answers these questions and more in compelling chapters that deliver the strategies and heartfelt inspiration essential to being the best administrator you can be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934009956
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	06/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Foreword   Robert Eaker     vii
Introduction   Richard DuFour     1
Walk the 'Lign: Aligning School Practices With Essential PLC Characteristics   Mike Mattos     13
Leading a Culture of Collaboration     37
Growing Teacher Leadership   Cassandra Erkens     39
Trust: The Secret Ingredient to Successful Shared Leadership   Austin Buffum     55
From C to Shining C: Relational Leadership Practices That Move Teachers From Compliance to Commitment   Kenneth C. Williams     73
A Passion-Driven Professional Learning Community: Putting Faith Into Action   Charles Hinman   George Knights   Jeffrey Hubbard     89
The Principal's Principles of Leadership in a Professional Learning Community   Lillie G. Jessie     109
Leading a Culture of Learning and Results     125
Teaching Matters: Leadership That Improves Professional Practice   Anthony Muhammad     127
Professional Learning in a Professional Learning Community   Terri L. Martin     143
Breaking Through the Barriers of Time: How to Find Time to Support Struggling Students   Peter Noonan     159
Building a Pyramid of Interventions   Geri Parscale     181
Digging Deep Into Data   Susan Huff     197
Leading for PLC at the District Level     217
Win-Win Contract Negotiation: Collective Bargaining for Student Learning   Eric Twadell     219
A Framework for Excellence: The Role of the Central Office   Jay Westover     235