Leading adult learning : Supporting adult development in our schools /: Supporting adult development in our schools. ([2009])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eleanor Drago-Severson.
• Authors: Drago-Severson, Eleanor
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part 1. Foundations; 1. A New Model of Leadership for Adult Growth and Learning; In This Chapter; Meeting Adaptive Challenges; The Need for a New Model of Leadership; Supporting Learning Across the System; Re-envisioning Staff Development; The Research Informing This Book; A New Learning-Oriented Model of School Leadership; Organization of the Book; Summary and Conclusion; Reflective Questions; 2. How Constructive-Developmental Theory Informs the Pillar Practices; Why Constructive-Developmental Theory?; Informational Learning vs Transformational Learning; Constructive-Developmental Theory: An Introduction; Why Ways of Knowing Matter When Supporting Adult Growth; Shaping School Cultures: Noble Expectations and Hidden Developmental Demands; The Holding Environment and Why It Matters in Schools; The Learning-Oriented Leadership Model; Chapter Summary; Frequently Asked Questions; Application Exercise; Reflective Questions; Part 2. Pillar Practices for Growth; 3. Teaming: Growth Opportunities for Individuals, Organizations, and Systems; About Effective Teaming and Its Value; Key Elements of Successful Teaming; The Team as a Source of Individual Growth and Development; Why and How School Leaders Employ Teaming; Team Structures That Nurture Adult Development; Implementing Teaming: Lessons From the Field; Chapter Summary; Frequently Asked Questions; Application Exercise; Reflective Questions; 4. Providing Leadership Roles: Learning and Growing From Leading Together; About Providing Leadership Roles; Developmental Benefits of Providing Leadership Roles; Examples of School Leaders? Use of Providing Leadership Roles; Cases and Lessons From the Field; Chapter Summary; Reflective Questions; 5. Collegial Inquiry: Engaging in Shared Dialogue and Reflection on Practice; Collegial Inquiry: A Kind of Reflective Practice; Collaborative Cultures; How Collegial Inquiry Attends to Developmental Diversity; Why and How School Leaders Employ Collegial Inquiry; Practices School Leaders Use to Initiate Collegial Inquiry; Case Study: One Principal?s ?Rare and Unique Opportunity? to Engage in Reflective Practice Over Time; Convenings: Personal Case-Based Discussions That Support Collegial Inquiry; Chapter Summary; Application Exercises; Reflective Questions; 6. Mentoring: Building Meaningful and Growth-Enhancing Relationships; About Effective Mentoring and Its Value; Mentoring and Developmental Diversity; Implications: How Our Way of Knowing Influences the Way We Mentor; Why and How School Leaders Employ Mentoring; An Example of a Mentoring Program: Lessons From the Field; A Protocol for Mentoring Relationships That Nurture Adult Development; Chapter Summary; Application Exercise; Reflective Questions; 7. Implementing the Pillar Practices: Cases From the Field; Case 1: Mentoring Principals and Assistant Principals; Case 2: Coaching School Leaders; Case 3: Leading Teachers by Listening; Case 4: Supporting Adult Development Through Schoolwide Transformation; Case 5: The Pillar Practices, Hawaiian Style; Chapter Summary; Application Exercise; Reflective Questions; 8. The School as Learning Center: Stepping Forward With Hope; Meeting Adaptive Challenges by Building Developmental Capacity; The Promise of Building Schools as Learning Centers; Implications of the New Learning-Oriented Leadership Model; Attending to and Valuing Adults? Ways of Knowing; Putting the New Learning-Oriented Model Into Practice; Stepping Forward; On the Gift of Giving; Research Appendix; Glossary; Endnotes; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 344 pages)
• Subjects: 374; Teachers -- In-service training; School administrators -- In-service training; Educational leadership; Adult learning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452223001; 1452223009
• Related ISBNs: 9781412950718; 9781412950725
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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