How Teams Work: A Playbook for Distributing Leadership - Couverture souple

Lassiter, Cathy J.; Fisher, Douglas; Faddis, Toni Osborn; Frey, Nancy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1071948741 ISBN 13 : 9781071948743

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 2024

Synopsis

Foster Trust, Accountability and Engagement in Your Teams

Creating strong, cohesive teams is an art, and How Teams Work: A Playbook for Distributing Leadership is the essential guide for school leaders looking to master this craft. This interactive playbook doesn′t just advise but actively equips leaders with the tools they need to foster trust, accountability, and engagement in their teams.

School leaders today face a critical mandate: to empower, engage, and work in concert with their teams to foster a positive and productive school environment. How Teams Work doesn′t offer mere platitudes―it offers practical strategies and tools, with concept maps, learning intentions, team challenges, reflection prompts and more. Information is organized into six modules exploring:

• The foundational role leaders play in team dynamics
• Strategies to bring together and mobilize effective leadership teams
• Methods to forge and maintain team unity and collaboration
• How to build and maintain trust and respect within teams
• Practical tools for maximizing team productivity and decision-making
• Guidelines on reflective leadership to assess and improve team performance

How Teams Work isn′t only a resource; it′s a roadmap to sustainable success, illuminating the path to nurturing leadership at every level. In an age where the turnover of educators is high and the need for sustained, collective school improvement efforts is urgent, leveraging the power of teams isn′t just advantageous―it′s essential.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Cathy Lassiter, Ed.D., is a consultant and author with Corwin Learning with over forty years in public education. Prior to this role, she served as a middle and high school social studies teacher, award-winning middle school principal and respected central office leader in a large urban district in Virginia.  Her published titles include Everyday Courage for School Leaders, How Leadership Works, Leader Credibility and How Teams Work, all published by Corwin. Cathy’s consulting expertise includes all aspects of school and central office leadership, school improvement, curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development.  She is a certified consultant in all facets of Visible Learning, Teacher Clarity, and a number of other Corwin service lines.  Cathy served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, teaching graduate courses in educational leadership.

Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Fisher was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as Your Introduction to PLC+, Welcome to Teaching, How Feedback Works, Teaching Reading, and RIGOR Unveiled. Fisher loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.

Toni Faddis joined Corwin as a full-time professional learning consultant in 2021. Before that, she was a bilingual teacher in elementary and middles schools as well as a Reading Recovery specialist before becoming a principal and principal coach in San Diego, California. In addition, Toni served as the Director of Equity, Access, and Leadership Development at the district level. Toni holds teaching and administrative services credentials in California and earned her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from San Diego State University.

Toni is the co-author of Collaborating Through Collective Efficacy Cycles: Ensuring All Students and Teachers Succeed,PLC+ for Instructional Leaders, How Teams Work, and The Ethical Line, as well as numerous professional articles about adolescent literacy.

Nancy Frey is a professor in educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Her published titles include The Courage to Learn, The Art and Science of Coaching, How Scaffolding Works, and The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning. Frey is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1071948741
• ISBN 13: 9781071948743
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible