Leading for results
Subtitle: transforming teaching, learning, and relationships in schools
By: Dennis Sparks.
Publisher: Corwin Press; NSDC; National Association of Secondary School Principals
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif; [s.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: School management and organization; Educational leadership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clarify your fundamental choices, values, and purposes; title: Clarify your intentions; title: Establish stretch goals; title: Create successful schools; title: Identify multiple ways to achieve your goals; title: Promote breakthrough thinking; title: Develop a theory of action and use storytelling to communicate it; title: Gain clarity through writing, speaking, and reflecting on action; title: Tell your truth; title: Use genuine dialogue; title: Listen to others in a deep, committed way; title: Make requests to initiate action and create results; title: Make and keep promises; title: Replace questions with declarative statements; title: Minimize the language of obligation; title: Decrease the use of cause-effect language; title: Stand up for your point of view; title: Design powerful professional learning for all educators; title: Match professional development goals and methods with student outcomes; title: Bridge the knowing-doing gap; title: Appeal to the heart as well as the head; title: Amplify positive deviance in schools; title: Shape school culture to improve teaching and sustain competent teachers; title: Install next action thinking; title: Change habits; title: Sustain the conversation.