Leverage Leadership 2.0 - 2nd Edition by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Paperback)

About the Book

Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, this edition offers a practical, updated, and easier-to-use follow-up to the original, with field-tested techniques and actionable advice. The companion DVD includes 30 videos showcasing effective leadership along with additional material.

Book Synopsis

Cut through the mystique to learn the real drivers of great school leadership

Leverage Leadership 2.0 answers the basic question: what do great school leaders do that separates them from the rest? Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, Leverage Leadership 2.0 offers a practical, updated and easier-to-use follow-up to the original, with field-tested techniques and actionable advice. As educational leaders around the world implement Leverage Leadership ideas, their collective stories have revealed a simple framework by which the seven levers may be implemented: See It, Name It, Do It. This book aligns classic Leverage Leadership principles with this proven framework to streamline implementation and help good leaders become great. Expert discussion and real-life success stories prove that effective leadership is not about innate charisma, charm, or personality--it's about how a leader uses their time.

Aimed at all levels of school leadership, this book shows you what to do, and how and when to do it. The companion website includes 30 real-world videos that showcase effective leadership happening in our schools right now, and all templates, tools, and other professional development materials have been fully refreshed with a renewed focus on real-world implementation. Informational, inspirational, and highly motivational, this book explores both the separate components of success and what it looks like as a whole.

• Learn the core principles of effective leadership
• Understand what success looks like on the ground
• Practice the seven levers of leadership that allow transformational growth
• Adopt the tools and techniques that facilitate a schoolwide transformation

Educational leaders from a diverse array of schools around the world have found unprecedented success using the key principles detailed in Leverage Leadership, and this book is inspired -- and informed -- by their stories. Leverage Leadership 2.0 is the practical resource school leaders need to start making real change happen today.

From the Back Cover

LEVERAGE YOUR LEADERSHIP

Exceptional school leaders across the globe are changing the narrative of what is possible in school leadership simply by focusing on how they use their time: what they do and how and when they do it. Fully revised and updated from the first edition, Leverage Leadership 2.0 is grounded in the experience of more than 20,000 school leaders worldwide and offers the most current on-the-ground techniques to transform your leadership. By consistently using seven principles or "levers," each minute of each day is leveraged to maximal results:

• Drive as much teacher development in a year as most schools do in twenty (instructional levers--Chapters 1-4)
• Build the habits of mind and heart that can shape a strong school culture (cultural levers--Chapters 5-7)

With over 30 updated videos of top-tier leaders in action along with fully updated professional development materials, ready-to-use rubrics, and calendars, Leverage Leadership 2.0 brings great schools to you--and allows you to create one yourself.

"Paul Bambrick-Santoyo has his boots on the ground. This gifted teacher, school leader, and leader of leaders does the work every day in his highly successful Uncommon Schools. Leverage Leadership 2.0 affirms his rare ability to see what works in school leadership. This book is as crucial for superintendents as it is for principals, teacher leaders, and policymakers. A must-read!"
--Kim Marshall, Consultant, Principal Coach and Author of Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

"In the fight to eradicate the achievement gap, Leverage Leadership 2.0 is the complete arsenal. Culled from thousands of hours of observing extraordinary leaders obtaining exceptional results, this book identifies the seven key levers of school and student success. Don't just read Leverage Leadership 2.0, implement it--now! The state of our schools demands it."
--Elizabeth Topoluk, Director, Friends of Education

"Leverage Leadership 2.0 is a stand-out among the millions of books principals have cluttering their shelves on leadership and student achievement. Bambrick-Santoyo provides an unequivocal blueprint on implementing effective change that will bolster student achievement in an actionable way."
--Nakia Haskins, Principal, Brooklyn Brownstone School

About the Author

PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is the Chief Schools Officer for high schools at Uncommon Schools and the Founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, creating proofpoints of excellence in urban schools worldwide. He is the author of Driven by Data, Leverage Leadership, Great Habits, Great Readers, Get Better Faster, and A Principal Manager's Guide to Leverage Leadership 2.0.