BooksDifferentiated School Leadership
Leaders are most effective when they understand their own styles, work from their strengths, and compensate for their blind spots. Personality type is the way people gain energy, absorb information, and make decisions. It explains how people lead, communicate, and learn. It’s possible to learn how to utilize those areas that are not our natural strengths. By understanding personality types and differentiation, school leadership teams can more effectively distribute leadership responsibilities. Principals, administrators, and teacher leaders can also help others utilize their strengths and develop their other capacities. An ideal resource for principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, assistant superintendents, superintendents, and those leading or serving on school improvement teams or other teams.  Corwin 2006 Change is hard work, even when we are convinced it’s worth the effort. Teachers are expected to change without clear explanations or evidence of how the changes will benefit them or their students. Meaningful change is most likely to occur when teachers’ beliefs, feelings, and personality are taken into consideration. Differentiated Coaching applies the latest research and theory of personality type, multiple intelligences, experiential learning models, and mind styles models to create a differentiated approach for staff development. This innovative resource touches on six key elements: --A common framework for unbiased reflection on education --Teachers' strengths and beliefs about teaching and learning --Information and evidence that can influence those beliefs --The needs of the teacher during change --The relationship of what is being learned to the problem the teacher wants to solve in the classroom --The value of creating an environment for deep, reflective collaboration among teachers When teachers understand how their strengths and beliefs may lock them into practices that limit freedom to help students succeed, they can begin to entertain fresh possibilities and stay open to new avenues for professional growth.  Corwin December 2006 From easy-to-implement techniques to templates for planning lengthy curriculum units, teachers receive clear direction for appealing to the learning personalities in their diverse classrooms. Readers will also find: --Relevant stories, exercises, and examples to illustrate differentiated classroom instruction --Balanced advice for improving student growth and performance in small-group work, class discussions, and relationship building --Practical ideas and activities for immediate application in the classroom Discover teaching techniques that result in success for students of all learning styles! |
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