Building Effective Learning Communities : Strategies for Leadership, Learning, and Collaboration

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ISBN: 9780761939832 | 0761939830
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/23/2005

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This groundbreaking text demonstrates how to build collaborative environments that both help schools achieve national standards, and also help the school community realize high academic standards.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Authors	p. xvii
About the Contributor	p. xix
Preparing for Leadership: Focusing on the Personal	p. 1
Reaching Our Common Goal: High Achievement for All Children	p. 3
Children, Parents, and Their Schools in the Era of Accountability	p. 5
Making Leaps But Still Labeled as Failing	p. 5
City Tests Loom and Third Graders Feel the Heat	p. 5
Principal Sees Mistake in Plan to Hold Back Third Graders	p. 6
Reflective Practice	p. 7
Espoused Theories and Theories-in-Use	p. 8
Constructivism and Reflective Practice	p. 14
Psychological or Individual Constructivism	p. 15
Social Constructivism	p. 15
The Outside Perspective	p. 17
Literacy and the Ring Toss Game	p. 19
Chapter Summary	p. 22
Suggested Readings	p. 22
Leadership and Self-Knowledge	p. 24
Case	p. 24
Analysis	p. 28
Chapter Objective	p. 30
Rationale	p. 30
Leadership Qualities	p. 31
Assessing Your Leadership Style: The Survey	p. 31
Assessing Your Leadership Style: What It Means	p. 37
The Primary Quality Types	p. 38
The Secondary Quality Types	p. 39
Putting Them Together to Form Seven Quality Types	p. 40
Conclusions About Leadership Qualities	p. 41
Practicing Ethical and Moral Leadership	p. 42
From Theory to Practice	p. 44
Suggested Readings	p. 47
Let Us Learn	p. 48
First Things First: What Is Learning, and How Does It Occur?	p. 49
So How Do I "Understand," Articulate, and Communicate How I Learn?	p. 50
The "Let Me Learn" Process	p. 50
More About the Learning Connections Inventory	p. 51
The Process at Work	p. 53
Teachers and the Let Me Learn Process	p. 53
Bringing the Process to the Students	p. 57
Building the Space for and With Parents	p. 59
The ILM and Reflective Practice	p. 62
Chapter Summary	p. 63
Notes	p. 63
Suggested Readings	p. 63
Developing a Personal Vision Statement for Building and Sustaining Leadership	p. 64
Framework	p. 65
Existential	p. 67
Biological	p. 68
Psychological	p. 69
Experiential	p. 69
Environmental	p. 70
Guidelines for Writing Your First Draft of a Vision Statement	p. 73
Developing a Second Draft of Your Personal Vision Statement	p. 77
Guiding Questions	p. 77
Class Practice	p. 79
Sample Statements	p. 79
Chapter Summary	p. 89
Suggested Readings	p. 90
Building a Learning Community and a Community of Learners: Strategies and Techniques	p. 91
Bridging the Personal and the Interpersonal	p. 93
Listening Skills	p. 94
Introduction to Listening and Listening to Introductions	p. 94
Communication Techniques	p. 95
Barriers to Communication	p. 97
Assertion Messages	p. 99
Chapter Summary	p. 103
Note	p. 104
Suggested Readings	p. 104
Getting Started: Setting the Tone	p. 105
Getting to Know You: Icebreakers	p. 106
Introductions to Listening	p. 106
Find Someone Who...	p. 107
Which One Isn't True?	p. 110
Complete the Thought	p. 111
Getting Off On the Right Track	p. 112
Ground Rules	p. 112
Brainstorming	p. 113
Stages of Group Development	p. 114
North, South, East, and West: Understanding Preferences in Group Work	p. 116
Coming to Consensus	p. 118
"Thinking Out of the Box"	p. 124
Chapter Summary	p. 126
Note	p. 127
Suggested Readings	p. 127
Getting There	p. 128
All-Purpose Techniques	p. 130
Nominal Group Process	p. 130
Brainstorming Alternatives and Techniques	p. 131
The Fishbowl	p. 132
Microlab	p. 134
Descriptive Review	p. 134
Small-Group Consultancies	p. 138
Corporate Techniques	p. 140
Pieces of the Pie	p. 140
Rating and Ranking	p. 142
Force Field Analysis	p. 144
The Fishbone	p. 145
Double Reversal	p. 147
Chapter Summary	p. 149
Notes	p. 150
Suggested Readings	p. 151
Pulling It Together	p. 152
Case Study: Fieldston Middle School, Burlington School District, Anywhere, USA	p. 152
Community of Learners in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities	p. 152
Setting: A Vision of a New Superintendent	p. 153
Underlying Principles: Constructivism and Reflective Practice	p. 155
Prerequisites: Leadership, Communication, and Vision	p. 157
Gaining a Foothold: Start Small and Work Gradually	p. 160
The Key to School Success: Focus on Instruction	p. 160
The Realities of Leadership: Leader Styles Are Critical	p. 161
A Rocky Start: The Case of Principal Rashid	p. 162
Curriculum Renewal at Fieldston: The Beginnings of Community Learning	p. 164
Pulling It Together in the Classroom	p. 164
One Year Later...	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 167
Resource: The Problematic Student	p. 169
References	p. 171
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Building Effective Learning Communities : Strategies for Leadership, Learning, and Collaboration

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