The Best Leadership in Education Books 2025

1. Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversation at a Time, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversation at a Time, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed and Others Fail, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Break the cycle of surface-level change and failure How do leaders become clearer as complexity increases? We live in a world where decisions require judgment, getting people on board, drawing on local knowledge, ingenuity, and commitment. As leaders, how do you get beneath surface-level change to tackle complex challenges with depth and clarity. Nuance is the answer. Michael Fullan returns with an eminently readable, compelling and practical guide on the three habits of nuance: joint determination, adaptability, and culture-based accountability. Learn how you can: - Combine the power of networks and humanity to get to desired destinations. - Embrace complexity and understand context to develop better judgment - Change the culture of your organization to harness the forces of nuance. - Develop quality change that sticks With tons of examples and case studies of this book makes explicit the hidden habits and mind frames of leaders who deliver lasting change.

Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed and Others Fail, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Failure Is Not an Option: 6 Principles That Advance Student Achievement in Highly Effective Schools, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Failure Is Not an Option: 6 Principles That Advance Student Achievement in Highly Effective Schools, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

4. Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

5. The Answer Is in the Room : How Effective Schools Scale up Student Success, Used [Paperback]

Learn the secrets of successful schools Citing wisdom from top educational experts and building on what is already working, award-winning author Alan M. Blankstein offers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling these practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools. His five-step process includes: - Identifying and assessing excellence - Creating an action plan - Assigning resources such as time, materials, etc. - Transferring excellence in the form of knowledge and skills throughout the school and district - Sustaining the excellence Also included are effective strategies for sustaining student gains, closing gaps within and between schools, building leader capacity, and increasing community commitment.

The Answer Is in the Room : How Effective Schools Scale up Student Success, Used [Paperback]

6. Development for Academic Leade [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. DEVELOPMENT FOR ACADEMIC LEADERS In addition to their other duties, academic leaders are expected to network with potential donors and to be productive and enthusiastic fundraisers. More often than not, however, academic leaders are given little or no training on how to be savvy fundraisers for their institutions. Development for Academic Leaders is a much-needed resource that offers a concise yet comprehensive guide to fundraising for those who are new to the process. The book clarifies roles, responsibilities, programs, activities, politics, and funding sources as well as offering a review of the overall process. Written by Penelepe C. Hunt, a successful practitioner of and noted expert in academic fundraising, the book includes information on attracting and retaining effective development officers and contains suggestions for deans (and other campus leaders) for working effectively with these valued members of their institutions. Hunt introduces novice fundraisers to the cycle of giving (identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship) and provides information on how and when to take part in the fundraising process. She defines the various types of funding including annual gifts, major gifts, planned gifts, and principal gifts and reveals why ascertaining which type of gift will be most appealing to a donor is an important part of planning for a successful solicitation. Development for Academic Leaders also contains suggestions for overcoming reluctance on the part of leaders to ask potential donors for a gift. Hunt explains that donors do not give merely because our programs need and deserve support. They give because of their own desires, passions, and aspirations. Development for Academic Leaders also reveals the importance of participating in your institution's overall development communications efforts and offers a general overview of campaign and event principles and how you can use these funding strategies to the advantage of your college. For any academic leader who participates in their program's fundraising efforts, this important resource offers a wealth of information for becoming a creative, skilled, and successful part of the fundraising team.

Development for Academic Leade [Hardcover - Used]

7. The Charismatic Leader: The Presentation of Self and the Creation of Educational Settings [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Future generations of educational leaders will be in debt to Brubaker for a long overdue guide to presentation of self in educational settings. The book is realistic, clear, and sensitive to the needs of practitioners on the firing line - Lawrence Simon, Professor, Elon University Dale Brubaker writes that teacher and administrator preservice and inservice education programs give too little attention to cmmunication skills that will help educational professionals reach other adults. His book explains the implications of this unacceptable truth and moves the reader to do something about it - Richard D. Amme, President, Amme & Associates, Inc. I heartily endorse Dale Brubakers latest book on civilities and the presentation of self as a natural extension of his essays, commentaries and books over the past several decades - George E. Uhlig, Professor of Education, University of South Alabama Discover the attitudes, behaviors, and skills that will help you become a more dynamic communicator in any situation! Why do some educators have the ability to inspire while others barely hold the attention of staff, parents, or seminar participants? How should you present ideas to ensure the most success in effecting change? Discover the oft-overlooked but critical civilities of leadership that will give you a distinct edge. Using vignettes and thought-provoking exercises, Brubaker illustrates the rituals, attitudes, and skills successful leaders exhibit, allowing them to make meaningful connections with audiences and foster positive and productive school cultures. The Charismatic Leader offers SAGE advice for getting the most out of every interaction, whether a one-on-one conversation, interview, or presentation,or a large group. Beginning with the table manners of leadership, Dale L Brubaker pinpoints essential skills that promote the effective exchange of information and better relationships including: Listening carefully to absorb details and discover hidden messages Focusing on the task at hand to choose the most appropriate communication strategy Preparing and rehearsing for flawless personal presentation Team building using techniques that foster collaboration and motivation Make every interaction count--and build ties that will make a positive and lasting difference in your organization!

The Charismatic Leader: The Presentation of Self and the Creation of Educational Settings [Hardcover - Used]

8. The Transformative Power of Collaborative Inquiry: Realizing Change in Schools and Classrooms [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Foster reflective teacher leadership and make real change happen Teachers are powerful change agents in the on-going process of school improvement. This insightful, must-read guide helps school leaders shape th

The Transformative Power of Collaborative Inquiry : Realizing Change in Schools and Classrooms, Used [Paperback]

9. Pre-Owned Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today s Schools (Paperback 9781412915854) by Robert D Ramsey

9781412915854. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 216. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 216 p. Now you can do more than just deal with the "crisis-du-jour". Leadership is learnable, and this comprehensive guide will show you how to be proactive, prevent crises, create dreams, push the envelope, and focus on the future instead of just reacting to crises, spending all your time putting out fires, or coping with the current system-whether it works or not. In this updated second edition, best-selling author Robert D. Ramsey gives you just what you need to avoid "simply managing" and to become a true leader instead! Unlike other manuals that give you bits and pieces on how to develop a particular curriculum or handle specific day-to-day discipline problems, this unique handbook offers administrators practical, time-proven lessons on how to think, act, plan, set priorities, manage time, and make decisions-skills that will help you navigate through the unique challenges of leading in a school environment. Included are guidelines on: Getting the most out of people Bringing about change Handling politics Dealing with setbacks Thinking, looking, and acting like an effective school leader Communicating effectively Practicing ethical leadership Being a school leader can actually be exciting, rewarding, and fun again, once you're equipped to tackle today's challenges!

Pre-Owned Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today s Schools (Paperback 9781412915854) by Robert D Ramsey

10. Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Communities at Work - a practical guide for PLC teams and leadership, Used [Paperback]

Like the first edition, the second edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs).

Learning by Doing : A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work, Used [Paperback]