The fearless school leader : making the right decisions / / Cynthia McCabe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461770303321
• Autore: McCabe Cynthia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-92678-1; 1-315-85513-5; 1-283-52485-6; 9786613837301; 1-61442-067-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Collana: Eye on education book
• Disciplina: 371.2
• Soggetti: School management and organization; Educational leadership; Decision making; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2011 by Eye on Education.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Free Downloads; Introduction; 1 The Power of Fear; Eyes Wide Open; New Understandings About the Brain; The Nature of Fear; Am I Worthy?; Need for Mastery vs. Fear of Failure; Need for Respect vs. Fear of Judgment; Need for a Sense of Meaning and Purpose vs. Fear ofPurposelessness; Need for Acceptance vs. Fear of Rejection; 2 The Antidote: Fearless Decisions; Lower vs. Higher Concerns; A Commitment to Higher Concerns; Reality Check: Higher Concerns; Redemption; Set Your New Intention; The Power of Intention; Attention: You Get What You Think AboutResistant Thoughts; Facing Your Fear; Build Trust; Be Who You Are; Commit to Open Communication; Support Teachers; 3 Fearless Decision: Dealing with Conflict; Need for Respect vs. Fear of Judgment; Need for Acceptance vs. Fear of Rejection; Antidote: Develop the Courage to Welcome Healthy Conflict; Set Your Intention; Find Your Voice; Build Trust; Campaign and Show Clear Contrast; Take Action; 4 Fearless Decision: ; Taking Action to Impact Student Learning; Paralysis by Analysis; The Indecisive School Improvement Team; The School Improvement Dissertation; Why Do We Allow Ourselves to Take No Action?Need for Mastery vs. Fear of Failure; The Antidote: Develop the Courage to Take Needed Action; Set Your Intention; Build Trust; Collaborative Data Analysis and Decision Making; Collective Responsibility; Campaign: Identify the Pain and the Gain; Show Clear Contrast; Build Expertise Together; Highly Structure the School Improvement Process; 5 Fearless Decision: Acknowledging Standardized Test Results; Reason 1: State or High-Stakes Assessments Are Void of Rigor; Need for Mastery vs. Fear of Failure; Reason 2: State Assessments Fail to Measure What Is Importantto Teach in SchoolsNeed for a Sense of Meaning and Purpose vs. Fear ofPurposelessness; Reason 3: It Is Unfair to Expect Our Lower Performing Studentsto Pass State Assessments; Need for Mastery vs. Fear of Failure; Antidote: Develop the Courage to Acknowledge StandardizedAssessment Data; Set Your Intention; Build Trust; To Mitigate Fear of Failure: Begin by Building theCapacity of Your Instructional Leaders; To Mitigate Fear of Purposelessness: Develop anUnderstanding with Your Leaders Regarding theImperative of High Student AchievementCampaign: Identify the Pain and the Gain; Show Clear Contrast; Build Expertise Together; Analyze Standardized Assessment Data (SummativeData) First and Find the "Red Flags"; Plan to Measure the Impact of the Strategic ActionsTeachers Will Choose; Plan a Strategic Action to Address this Specific Area ofWeakness; Act on the Information; 6 Fearless Decision: Holding Teachers Accountable for StudentAchievement; What Are We Evaluating?; The Pressure to Please; Need for Acceptance vs. Fear of Rejection
• Sommario/riassunto: This book identifies the six fearless decisions that school leaders need to make to be successful. The author analyzes the top fears that impede effective leadership and lower student achievement, then provides a step by step antidote that will change fear into intention, increase confidence, and produce positive results in your school. In this book, you'll learn how to: approach difficult classrooms and solve the problem of low-performing teachers gain the strength to accept judgment when making controversial decisions during the change process offer trust and gain it from your staff use