Leading for Professional Learning: What Successful Principals Do to Support Teaching Practice

Leading for Professional Learning offers guidance to school leaders on how to effectively support teachers' professional development, emphasizing the importance of leadership in fostering continuous improvement. The book provides practical tools, processes, and expert advice tailored to each school's unique context, helping leaders construct a support plan that aligns with their goals. It highlights the need for collaboration, understanding of teaching and leadership frameworks, intentional changes in teacher practice, and the provision of technical and relational support to empower teachers to improve their craft.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 04 December 2018
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Supporting teachers with more effective instructional leadership is crucial for enhancing professional development and improving student learning outcomes. Leading for Professional Learning provides valuable guidance and practical tools to help school leaders effectively support teachers' growth.

Leadership plays a vital role in professional learning by creating the necessary systems and structures that enable teachers to enhance their practice and improve student learning. This book offers an illustrative case study and provides invaluable guidance, packed with practical tools, processes, and expert advice.

Since every school has unique strengths and needs, this book avoids prescriptivism and guides school leaders in constructing a tailored support plan that aligns with their specific context. It provides specific teaching and leadership frameworks that facilitate the examination, discovery, and execution of effective practices. By equipping school leaders with the necessary tools and insight, this book empowers them to make positive changes for their teachers and, ultimately, their students.

This book is a valuable resource for principals, administrators, and other school and district leadership. It helps them identify their schools' professional learning needs, leverage existing support structures, understand the role of leadership in sponsoring and following up on professional learning, ensure intentional changes in teacher practice and student learning, and empower teachers to improve their craft.

Collaboration with teachers is essential throughout the process, as it involves a deep understanding of how best to support professional learning, setting clear goals for individual sessions and an overarching mission, and providing the necessary technical and relational support to facilitate these opportunities. By supporting teachers with more effective instructional leadership, schools can foster a culture of continuous improvement and achieve better educational outcomes for their students.

Weight: 328g
Dimension: 189 x 238 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119440444