Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening Instructional Leadership Teams

This book provides a research-based, hands-on guidebook for school leadership teams to integrate teacher and leader efficacy and harness it with a process to develop powerful collective leader efficacy. It offers activities and strategies to build collective efficacy, theories of action, tools, reflection prompts, and guiding questions to help teams nurture greater impact together.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

For school teams to achieve success, they require a combination of leadership, independence, meaningful collaboration, and a shared belief in their ability to bring about real change. While educators are aware of this, they often lack a structured inquiry process that fosters a community of learning leaders capable of making a profound collective impact on student learning and well-being.

In this research-based, hands-on guidebook, school leadership coach Peter DeWitt presents eight key drivers for integrating teacher and leader efficacy (mindset, well-being, context beliefs, working conditions, professional learning, organizational commitment, skills, and confidence). He then harnesses these drivers with a process to help educators focus on the nuances of instruction and teaming to develop powerful collective leader efficacy.

Throughout the book, readers will discover a wealth of activities and strategies designed to build collective efficacy in instructional teams and foster leadership and interdependence among teachers. Theories of action are provided to guide team efforts and help individuals create their own action plans. Additionally, tools, reflection prompts, and guiding questions are included to assist readers in defining their desired outcomes and the steps necessary to achieve them.

By implementing the strategies and insights outlined in this book, instructional leadership teams will cultivate a learner's mindset, a collective commitment to improvement, and a shared process for inquiry and continual growth. Together, they will be able to nurture greater impact and drive positive change in their schools.

Weight: 594g
Dimension: 178 x 254 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781071813720