{"product_id":"reach-the-highest-standard-in-professional-learning-leadership-9781452292137","title":"Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMake your school a place where professional learning thrives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward's seven Standards for Professional Learning, which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume focuses on the pathways through which leaders can orchestrate a learning environment that empowers teachers to take charge of their own development. Features include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn original essay by Karen Seashore Louis on creating a school culture in which all adults see themselves as part of the larger enterprise of continuous learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrategies, tools, and specific examples focused on the leader's role in everyday practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA case study of how public school leaders in Lexington, Massachusetts, improved outcomes for the district's students by building trust, developing collaborative capacity, and fostering leadership at all levels of the system\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen you make professional development an everyday part of the life of your school, you create an environment that encourages innovation, inspires collaboration, and makes continuous learning a priority--which benefits teachers \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Seashore Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Corwin Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452292137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Seashore Louis \u003c\/b\u003eis the Rodney Wallace Professor of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her area of expertise includes improvement in K-12 leadership and policy over the last 30 years, particularly in urban secondary schools. Louis also conducts research on organizational changes within higher education, with particular attention to faculty roles, and on international comparative policy in educational reform. A past president of Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), she is a widely published author in the field. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eOrganizing for School Change\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeadership for Change and School Improvement: International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Educational Administration, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrganizational Learning in Schools\u003c\/i\u003e. Louis earned a bachelor′s degree in History from Swarthmore College and a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley M. Hord, PhD, is the scholar laureate of Learning Forward (previously National Staff Development Council), following her retirement as Scholar Emerita at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas. There she directed the Strategies for Increasing Student Success Program. She continues to design and coordinate professional development activities related to educational change and improvement, school leadership, and the creation of professional learning communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer early roles as elementary school classroom teacher and university science education faculty at The University of Texas at Austin were followed by her appointment as co-director of Research on the Improvement Process at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at The University of Texas at Austin. There she administered and conducted research on school improvement and the role of school leaders in school change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe served as a fellow of the National Center for Effective Schools Research and Development and was U.S. representative to the Foundation for the International School Improvement Project, an international effort that develops research, training, and policy initiatives to support local school improvement practices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to working with educators at all levels across the U.S. and Canada, Hord makes presentations and consults in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer current interests focus on the creation and functioning of educational organizations as learning communities and the role of leaders who serve such organizations. Dr. Hord is the author of numerous articles and books, of which a selection of the most recent are: Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles, and Potholes, 3rd ed (with Gene E. Hall, 2011); Reclaiming Our Teaching Profession: The Power of Educators Learning in Community (with Edward F. Tobia, 2012); A Playbook for Professional Learning: Putting the Standards Into Action (with Stephanie Hirsh, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie von Frank \u003c\/b\u003ehas written extensively about education over several decades as a daily newspaper reporter in multiple states covering public schools and, over the last decade, for NSDC publications, including \u003ci\u003eJSD, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTools for Schools, The Learning System, The Learning Principal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eT3. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a former editor of \u003ci\u003eJSD, \u003c\/i\u003eworked as a daily newspaper editor, served as communications director in an urban public school district, and was communications director for a Michigan nonprofit school reform organization. She is co-author with Ann Delehant of \u003ci\u003eMaking Meetings Work: How to Get Started, Get\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGoing, and Get It Done \u003c\/i\u003e(Corwin Press, 2007). She is currently NSDC's book editor and a freelance writer and editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Corwin Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44998120472691,"sku":"9781452292137","price":64.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b9c3f84f-feca-4735-8af5-42bd2f9bda57.jpg?v=1778955264","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/reach-the-highest-standard-in-professional-learning-leadership-9781452292137","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}