The School Leadership Playbook - by Jean Desravines & Benjamin Fenton (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Developed by renowned leadership preparation program New Leaders, the Transformational Leadership Framework focuses on the five categories that drive a school's success: Learning and Teaching, School Culture, Talent Management, Operations and Systems, and Personal Leadership. This book illustrates how each of these factors contributes to breakthrough gains, and outlines a plan for implementing changes in your own school. You'll learn how to accurately diagnose the current state of your school's academics and culture and create an action plan for the year ahead. The TLF is grounded in the latest research and case studies of the highest-gaining turnaround schools, and shows you the specific actions you can take to attract, retain, and support high-performing teachers; improve school culture; successfully involve parents and the community; and ultimately drive student success.

New Leaders developed the UEF to pinpoint what schools achieving significant student academic gains were doing, and how they were doing it. This book provides a practical breakdown of the framework to help you begin leading these changes in your own school.

• Ensure rigorous goal- and data-driven teaching and learning
• Build and manage a high-performance faculty aligned to the school's vision
• Implement effective and efficient operations and systems
• Model the tone you would like to see from students and teachers school-wide

By matching the needs of the school to effective principal actions and school practices, leaders can create a plan for transformational change.

From the Back Cover

A PROVEN FRAMEWORK FOR WHOLE-SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push school--and student--achievement to the next level. Developed by renowned leadership preparation program New Leaders, the Transformational Leadership Framework focuses on the five categories that drive school success: Learning and Teaching, School Culture, Talent Management, Operations and Systems, and Personal Leadership. This book illustrates how each of these factors contributes to breakthrough gains, and outlines a plan for implementing changes in your own school. You'll learn how to accurately diagnose the current state of your school's academics and culture, and create a concrete action plan for the year ahead.

PRAISE FOR THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

"New Leaders has provided an excellent and easy-to-use guide for transforming school performance through high impact leadership actions. The School Leadership Playbook draws from the experiences of hundreds of principals who have made the journey to better results for students and shows the consistent paths their schools took to success."
--Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, author, Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

About the Author

JEAN DESRAVINES is CEO of New Leaders, an innovative school reform organization that develops and supports highly effective leaders.

BENJAMIN FENTON is co-founder and chief strategy officer at New Leaders. A recognized expert on principal quality, Ben leads New Leaders' human capital consulting initiatives.