Leithwood / Seashore-Louis Linking Leadership to Student Learning

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-13224-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Linking Leadership to Student Learning
Linking Leadership to Student Learning clearly shows howschool leadership improves student achievement. The book is basedon an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that wassponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, andsecondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen SeashoreLouis, and their colleagues report on what they found. Theyexamined leadership at each organizational level in the schoolsystem--classroom, school, district, community, and state.Their comprehensive approach to investigating school leadershipoffers a balanced understanding of how the structures within whichleaders operate shape what they do. The results within will havesignificant implications for future policy and practice.
Praise for Linking Leadership to Student Learning
"Kenneth Leithwood and Karen Seashore Louis offer a seminal newcontribution to the leadership field. They provide a rich andauthoritative evidence base that demonstrates clearly just whyschool leadership is so important and how it promotes successfulstudent learning."--Pamela Sammons, Ph.D., Professor ofEducation, Department of Education, University of Oxford,Oxford
"This ambitious, groundbreaking, and thought provoking treatmentof the link between school leadership and student learning is atestament to the outstanding work of these exemplary scholars. Thisis a 'must read' for academics and practitionersalike."--Martha McCarthy, President's Professor, LoyolaMarymount University, and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, IndianaUniversity
"The question is no longer whether school and district leader'simpact student learning, but rather how they do it. The authorsprovide a convincing answer, one that recognizes the crucialinteraction between leader and locality."--Daniel L. Duke,Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Virginia

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leithwood, Kenneth

Seashore-Louis, Karen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
1. Leadership And Learning: The Critical Connection
Part One: School Leadership That Matters For Students
2. Collective Leadership: The Reality Of Leadership Distribution Within The School Community
Kenneth Leithwood And Doris Jantzi
3. Shared And Instructional Leadership: When Principals And Teachers Successfully Lead Together
Karen Seashore Louis And Kyla Wahlstrom
4. Distributed Leadership In Action: A Complex Pattern Of People, Tasks, And Goals
Stephen E. Anderson
5. Core Practices: The Four Essential Components Of The Leader's Repertoire
Kenneth Leithwood
6. An Up-Close View Of Instructional Leadership: A Grounded Analysis
Kyla Wahlstrom
Part Two: The Broad And Unique Role Of Districts In The School Improvement Business
7. How To Harness Family And Community Energy: The District's Role
Molly F. Gordon And Karen Seashore Louis
8. Confidence For School Improvement: A Priority For Principals
Kenneth Leithwood, Blair Mascall And Doris Jantzi
9. Principal Efficacy: District-Led Professional Development
Kenneth Leithwood, Stephen E. Anderson And Karen Seashore Louis
10. Succession: A Coordinated Approach To Leadership Distribution
Blair Mascall And Kenneth Leithwood
11. Data Use: An Exploration From The District To The School
Stephen Anderson, Kenneth Leithwood And Karen Seashore Louis
12. The "District Difference": A New Perspective On The Local Challenges For Improvement
Stephen E. Anderson And Karen Seashore Louis
13. Case Studies: District Responses To State Leadership
Karen Seashore Louis, Stephen E. Anderson And Emanda Thomas
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth Leithwood is professor emeritus at the OntarioInstitute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University ofToronto.
Karen Seashore Louis is Regents Professor ofOrganizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, and Robert H.Beck Chair in the College of Education and Human Development at theUniversity of Minnesota.