Leading for results: transforming teaching, learning, and relationships in schools/

Main Author: Sparks, Dennis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California: [Oxford]: Corwin Press ;: Sage Publications ; NSDC, c2007
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006025908-t.html
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250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Thousand Oaks, California:  |b Corwin Press ;:  |c c2007  |a [Oxford]:  |b Sage Publications ;  |b NSDC, 
300 |a xxx, 213, [2] p. :  |b ill., tables ;  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : change ourselves to change organizations -- How to use this book -- Transformation through clarity and creation -- Use fundamental choices to create your life -- Clarify your intentions -- Establish stretch goals -- Identify multiple ways to achieve your goals -- Find the trim tab -- Apply the 80/20 principle -- Practice "satisficing" -- Determine root causes -- Develop a theory of action and use storytelling to communicate it -- Gain clarity through writing, speaking, and reflecting on action -- Provide teachable points of view -- Transformation through interpersonal influence -- Tell your truth -- Use candor to assess current reality -- Use genuine dialogue -- Engage in dialogue-like conversations -- Listen to others in a deep, committed way -- Use stillness and silence as learning tools -- Make requests to initiate action and create results -- Make and keep promises -- Reduce questionasking, increase declarative statements -- Minimize the language of obligation -- Decrease the use of cause-effect language -- Stand up for your point of view -- Transformation through a culture that promotes professional learning, teamwork, and continuous improvement -- Shape school culture to improve teaching and sustain competent teachers -- Create successful schools -- Promote breakthrough thinking -- Attend to leaders' inner development -- Recognize our best selves -- Increase the use of signature strengths -- Enhance your personal energy -- Build relationships to sustain positive energy -- Address the fundamental barriers to professional learning and teamwork in schools -- Spread positive emotions throughout the organization -- Address anxiety in the schoolhouse -- Appeal to the heart as well as the head -- Transformation through professional learning and doing -- Design powerful professional learning for all educators -- Match professional development goals and methods with student outcomes -- Bridge the knowing-doing gap -- Amplify positive deviance in schools -- Create professional learning that alters edu 
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