Students Taking Charge Implementation Guide for Leaders

Inside the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-71387-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

Lead your organization to implement innovative learning environments in which students take ownership so they can achieve at high levels and meet rigorous standards. Students Taking Charge Implementation Guide for Leaders shows you how to inspire, coach, and support teachers to create student-driven classrooms that empower learners through problem-based learning and differentiation, where students pose questions and actively seek answers. Technology is then used seamlessly throughout the day for information, communication, collaboration, and product generation.

You’ll find out how to:

- Inspire the adaptive change at the core of the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom, aimed at engaging students;

- Understand the structures needed to support its implementation and empower teachers and students;

- Employ leadership strategies that will move teachers and students from engagement to empowerment to efficacy.

This new implementation guide for school leaders offers a more detailed look into the key mindset shifts that are critical for leaders of a Learner-Active, Technology-Infused School. With the book’s practical examples and step-by-step guidelines, you’ll be able to help your teachers implement innovative classrooms immediately.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sulla, Nancy

Bosco, Tanya

Marks, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Meet the Authors

eResources

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 From Transactional to Transformational

2 From Engagement to Empowerment to Efficacy

3 From Ferry to Bridge

4 From Mandating Change to Inspiring Change

5 From Nodes to Lines

6 From Surface Innovation to Deep Innovation

7 From Office-Based to Classroom-Based

8 From Dissemination to Conversations

9 From Silos to Teams

10 From Dutiful Administrator to Warrior and Advocate

Appendix A - Willing and Able ThinkSheet

Appendix B - CWTES Great Student Rubrics K-2 and 3-5

Appendix C - Faculty Task: Changing the World at CWTES

Appendix D - Vetting Peer Experts and Those to Offer Small-Group, Mini-Lessons

Appendix E - LATIC School Candidate Individual Interview Sample Questions

Appendix F - ZPD ThinkSheet

Appendix G - Flow ThinkSheet

Appendix H - Co-Teaching ThinkSheet

Appendix I - Team Norms

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Sulla is an author, national speaker, and thought leader in transforming learning environments to build student engagement, empowerment, and efficacy. As the creator of the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom™ and founder of IDE Corp. (Innovative Designs for Education) and EdQuiddity Inc, Dr. Sulla leads her educational consulting firm in the pursuit of equity-focused instructional design, positioning students to change the world. Learn more at nancysulla.com.

Tanya Bosco is passionate about changing students’ lives through meaningful learning and empowering educators with the ability to create classrooms that do that. As the Executive Vice President of IDE Corp., a professional development provider, Tanya facilitates transformational professional development for schools and school leaders. She is a former high school and middle school English and public speaking teacher, and holds both a MAT and an MBA. Tanya’s most important roles are that of mom, wife, and daughter.

Julie Marks is the principal of Chester W. Taylor Elementary School in Pasco County and led the school to be the first fully LATIC school in the state of Florida. She began her career as a teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels before moving into the role of school leadership. Julie earned a Master’s in Educational Leadership at the University of South Florida. While at Chester Taylor, she has been recognized as Elementary Principal of the year and District Administrator of the Year finalist in 2016 and 2018.