Leadership and Literacy Principals, Partnerships and Pathways to Improvement /

• Main Authors: Dempster, Neil (Author), Townsend, Tony (Author), Johnson, Greer (Author), Bayetto, Anne (Author), Lovett, Susan (Author), Stevens, Elizabeth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Literacy.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Learning & Instruction.

This book focuses on what school leaders need to know and understand about leadership for learning, and for learning to read in particular. It brings together theory, research and practice on leadership for literacy. The book reports on the findings from six studies that followed school principals f...

Table of Contents:

• Leadership and Literacy: Principals, Partnerships and Pathways to Improvement; Neil Dempster, Tony Townsend, Greer Johnson, Anne Bayetto, Susan Lovett and Elizabeth Stevens
• Acknowledgements
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• 1. Leadership for Learning Research
• 2. The PALL Approach
• 3. Using Disciplined Dialogue and Evidence to Build a Strong Moral Purpose
• 4. A Focus on Curriculum and Pedagogy
• 5. Shared Leadership
• 6. Professional Learning for both Leaders and Teachers
• 7. Establishing Positive Conditions for Learning
• 8. Schools Finding Alternative Ways to Engage Families and Communities in Children’s Learning
• 9. PALL and Student Learning
• 10. Looking Back to Look Forward
• References. .