Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning
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Make your school a place where professional learning thrives
Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward’s seven Standards for Professional Learning, which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning.
This volume focuses on the pathways through which leaders can orchestrate a learning environment that empowers teachers to take charge of their own development. Features include:
- An original essay by Karen Seashore Louis on creating a school culture in which all adults see themselves as part of the larger enterprise of continuous learning
- Strategies, tools, and specific examples focused on the leader’s role in everyday practice
- A case study of how public school leaders in Lexington, Massachusetts, improved outcomes for the district’s students by building trust, developing collaborative capacity, and fostering leadership at all levels of the system
When you make professional development an everyday part of the life of your school, you create an environment that encourages innovation, inspires collaboration, and makes continuous learning a priority—which benefits teachers and students.
Contents
Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Leadership Standard
The Leadership Standard
About the Authors
About the Authors
1. Introduction - Karen Seashore Louis
- Foundations: Leadership is Important – In New Ways
- Integration: Organizing a School Around Learning for All
- The Human Dimension of Professional Learning
- Caring and Emotional Intelligence
- Learning to be a Learning Organization
- References
2. Learning Together for Leading Together - Shirley M. Hord
- Change Makers – Change Leaders
- Who Are Change Leaders
- The Role of Leaders for Professional Learning and Change
- Changing Larvae Into Butterflies
- Alignment of Standards, Implementation Strategies, and Cycle of Continuous Improvement
- Loosely or Tightly Coupled: Does It Matter
- Conclusion
- Readings of the Leadership Standard
- References
3. Case Study - Valerie von Frank
- Using this Case Study
- The LaMura Report Catalyzes Change
- Changing Classroom Practice Requires Changing the Working Culture
- Professional Learning is Pushed to the Forefront
- Changing Student Performance Required Changing Classroom Practice
- Additional Instruction for Students
- The Result is Improvement
- Backlash and Reinvestment
- Lexington Faces the Future
- View from Three Seats
- References
- Discussion Questions
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Make your school a place where professional learning thrives
Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward’s seven Standards for Professional Learning, which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning.
This volume focuses on the pathways through which leaders can orchestrate a learning environment that empowers teachers to take charge of their own development. Features include:
- An original essay by Karen Seashore Louis on creating a school culture in which all adults see themselves as part of the larger enterprise of continuous learning
- Strategies, tools, and specific examples focused on the leader’s role in everyday practice
- A case study of how public school leaders in Lexington, Massachusetts, improved outcomes for the district’s students by building trust, developing collaborative capacity, and fostering leadership at all levels of the system
When you make professional development an everyday part of the life of your school, you create an environment that encourages innovation, inspires collaboration, and makes continuous learning a priority—which benefits teachers and students.
Contents
Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
The Leadership Standard
The Leadership Standard
About the Authors
About the Authors
1. Introduction - Karen Seashore Louis
- Foundations: Leadership is Important – In New Ways
- Integration: Organizing a School Around Learning for All
- The Human Dimension of Professional Learning
- Caring and Emotional Intelligence
- Learning to be a Learning Organization
- References
2. Learning Together for Leading Together - Shirley M. Hord
- Change Makers – Change Leaders
- Who Are Change Leaders
- The Role of Leaders for Professional Learning and Change
- Changing Larvae Into Butterflies
- Alignment of Standards, Implementation Strategies, and Cycle of Continuous Improvement
- Loosely or Tightly Coupled: Does It Matter
- Conclusion
- Readings of the Leadership Standard
- References
3. Case Study - Valerie von Frank
- Using this Case Study
- The LaMura Report Catalyzes Change
- Changing Classroom Practice Requires Changing the Working Culture
- Professional Learning is Pushed to the Forefront
- Changing Student Performance Required Changing Classroom Practice
- Additional Instruction for Students
- The Result is Improvement
- Backlash and Reinvestment
- Lexington Faces the Future
- View from Three Seats
- References
- Discussion Questions
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning
Leadership
May 2016 | 120 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781452292137 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483320472 | $35.00 |
Make your school a place where professional learning thrives
Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward’s seven Standards for Professional Learning, which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning.
This volume focuses on the pathways through which leaders can orchestrate a learning environment that empowers teachers to take charge of their own development. Features include:
- An original essay by Karen Seashore Louis on creating a school culture in which all adults see themselves as part of the larger enterprise of continuous learning
- Strategies, tools, and specific examples focused on the leader’s role in everyday practice
- A case study of how public school leaders in Lexington, Massachusetts, improved outcomes for the district’s students by building trust, developing collaborative capacity, and fostering leadership at all levels of the system
When you make professional development an everyday part of the life of your school, you create an environment that encourages innovation, inspires collaboration, and makes continuous learning a priority—which benefits teachers and students.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction to the Series - Stephanie Hirsh
- The Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
- The Leadership Standard
- About the Authors
- 1. Introduction - Karen Seashore Louis
- Foundations: Leadership is Important – In New Ways
- Integration: Organizing a School Around Learning for All
- The Human Dimension of Professional Learning
- Caring and Emotional Intelligence
- Learning to be a Learning Organization
- References
- 2. Learning Together for Leading Together - Shirley M. Hord
- Change Makers – Change Leaders
- Who Are Change Leaders
- The Role of Leaders for Professional Learning and Change
- Changing Larvae Into Butterflies
- Alignment of Standards, Implementation Strategies, and Cycle of Continuous Improvement
- Loosely or Tightly Coupled: Does It Matter
- Conclusion
- Readings of the Leadership Standard
- References
- 3. Case Study - Valerie von Frank
- Using this Case Study
- The LaMura Report Catalyzes Change
- Changing Classroom Practice Requires Changing the Working Culture
- Professional Learning is Pushed to the Forefront
- Changing Student Performance Required Changing Classroom Practice
- Additional Instruction for Students
- The Result is Improvement
- Backlash and Reinvestment
- Lexington Faces the Future
- View from Three Seats
- References
- Discussion Questions
- Index