Leading With Intention

How School Leaders Can Unlock Deeper Collaboration and Drive Results
Peter M. DeWitt - Corwin Author and Consultant
Michael Nelson - Assistant Executive Director for Professional Learning, Washington Association of School Administrators
Leading With Intention
May 2024 | 168 pages | Corwin
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Deepen your connections with students, staff, and your larger community.

Behind every thriving school or district are deeply interconnected teams that consistently engage in a reciprocal transfer of learning. Leading With Intention aims to make this process visible by helping leaders and teachers understand how their thinking impacts their decision-making and the overall well-being of their learning communities. Through five highly practical chapters, authors DeWitt and Nelson explore self-awareness, nurturing human interconnectedness, collective inquiry, establishing a learning network, and crafting a personal learning environment.

Filled with research, stories, and places to process information, this timely book is focused on how educators think, the choices they make, and how they develop deeper academic and social-emotional connections. Other features include:

  • Success criteria to help readers identify personal goals
  • Suggested activities to apply knowledge
  • Reflection sheets with guiding questions
  • In-depth examples to illustrate content

School-leaders will come away with a deeper understanding of the importance of self-awareness in leadership and the pedagogical knowledge required to focus initiatives on student learning. Leading with Intention helps education leaders go from being merely ‘on task’ to deeply engaged and reconnected with why they entered the education profession in the first place.

Contents

Foreword by John Hattie

Foreword by John Hattie

Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1 Self-awareness

Chapter 1 Self-awareness

Chapter 2: Human Interconnectedness

Chapter 2: Human Interconnectedness

Chapter 3: Collective Inquiry

Chapter 3: Collective Inquiry

Chapter 4: Engaging in Intentional Professional Learning to Impact Student Learning

Chapter 4: Engaging in Intentional Professional Learning to Impact Student Learning

Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Learning Environment

Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Learning Environment

Afterword by Shelley Harwayne

Afterword by Shelley Harwayne

Additional materials

Description

Deepen your connections with students, staff, and your larger community.

Behind every thriving school or district are deeply interconnected teams that consistently engage in a reciprocal transfer of learning. Leading With Intention aims to make this process visible by helping leaders and teachers understand how their thinking impacts their decision-making and the overall well-being of their learning communities. Through five highly practical chapters, authors DeWitt and Nelson explore self-awareness, nurturing human interconnectedness, collective inquiry, establishing a learning network, and crafting a personal learning environment.

Filled with research, stories, and places to process information, this timely book is focused on how educators think, the choices they make, and how they develop deeper academic and social-emotional connections. Other features include:

  • Success criteria to help readers identify personal goals
  • Suggested activities to apply knowledge
  • Reflection sheets with guiding questions
  • In-depth examples to illustrate content

School-leaders will come away with a deeper understanding of the importance of self-awareness in leadership and the pedagogical knowledge required to focus initiatives on student learning. Leading with Intention helps education leaders go from being merely ‘on task’ to deeply engaged and reconnected with why they entered the education profession in the first place.

Contents

Foreword by John Hattie

Foreword by John Hattie

Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1 Self-awareness

Chapter 1 Self-awareness

Chapter 2: Human Interconnectedness

Chapter 2: Human Interconnectedness

Chapter 3: Collective Inquiry

Chapter 3: Collective Inquiry

Chapter 4: Engaging in Intentional Professional Learning to Impact Student Learning

Chapter 4: Engaging in Intentional Professional Learning to Impact Student Learning

Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Learning Environment

Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Learning Environment

Afterword by Shelley Harwayne

Afterword by Shelley Harwayne

Additional materials

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Leading With Intention

How School Leaders Can Unlock Deeper Collaboration and Drive Results


May 2024 | 168 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 01/01/2025 9781071924419 $37.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781071947883 $35.00

Deepen your connections with students, staff, and your larger community.

Behind every thriving school or district are deeply interconnected teams that consistently engage in a reciprocal transfer of learning. Leading With Intention aims to make this process visible by helping leaders and teachers understand how their thinking impacts their decision-making and the overall well-being of their learning communities. Through five highly practical chapters, authors DeWitt and Nelson explore self-awareness, nurturing human interconnectedness, collective inquiry, establishing a learning network, and crafting a personal learning environment.

Filled with research, stories, and places to process information, this timely book is focused on how educators think, the choices they make, and how they develop deeper academic and social-emotional connections. Other features include:

  • Success criteria to help readers identify personal goals
  • Suggested activities to apply knowledge
  • Reflection sheets with guiding questions
  • In-depth examples to illustrate content

School-leaders will come away with a deeper understanding of the importance of self-awareness in leadership and the pedagogical knowledge required to focus initiatives on student learning. Leading with Intention helps education leaders go from being merely ‘on task’ to deeply engaged and reconnected with why they entered the education profession in the first place.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by John Hattie
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Chapter 1 Self-awareness
  • Chapter 2: Human Interconnectedness
  • Chapter 3: Collective Inquiry
  • Chapter 4: Engaging in Intentional Professional Learning to Impact Student Learning
  • Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Learning Environment
  • Afterword by Shelley Harwayne

Recent Product Reviews:

Leading With Intention delves into a complex topic, but makes it a “tight” read. Every chapter has charts, focused checklists, and reflective tools. Systemness is always helped by “interaction” effects of core factors. This book will help you focus and integrate through self-awareness and self-efficacy, connection and inquiry, and intentional professional learning that generates impact.
Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leading With Intention provides valuable insights that encourage “leaning in rather than leaning away” from our collective responsibility for student learning. DeWitt and Nelson have crafted a powerful guide inviting readers to harness thoughtful and genuine relationships to cultivate a legacy of learning.
Kimberly M. Fry, Assistant Executive Director, Professional Learning; Former School Principal and District Superintendent, Washington; Association of School Administrators, Olympia, WA
Education is in a tough spot. The only sustainable way out is through intentional leadership and connection. Peter M. DeWitt and Michael Nelson provide the roadmap here in Leading With Intention.
Danny Bauer, Ruckus Maker & Do School Different™ Designer, Better Leaders better Schools, Bestselling Author, Syracuse, NY
Leading With Intention is an excellent resource for educational leaders aiming to deepen their impact on student learning and build stronger connections within their school community. Through a skillful blend of practical insights, research, and personal stories, authors Peter M. DeWitt and Michael Nelson articulate a vision for leadership that underscores the importance of self-awareness and human interconnectedness, providing a foundation for effective decision-making.
Valerie Page Truesdale, Senior Assistant Executive Director, The School Superintendents Association Alexandria, VA
Through a skillful blend of practical insights, research, and personal stories, DeWitt and Nelson articulate a vision for leadership that underscores the importance of self-awareness and human interconnectedness.
G. Joel Aune, Washington Association of School Administrators

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