The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community explores the nature of leadership in a PLC. Using insights from a variety of experts who have implemented and sustained collaborative cultures of continuous improvement in schools around the nation, this anthology offers answers to the most important questions surrounding PLCs.

The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together As a Professional Learning Community

Education & Teaching

Anthony Muhammad

Mike Mattos

Kenneth C. Williams

Erkens, Cassandra

Eric Twadell

Buffum, Austin

Hinman, Charles

Susan Huff

Lillie G. Jessie

Terri L. Martin

Peter Noonan

Geri Parscale

Jay Westover

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree

Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division

GBBC

The goal of Transforming School Culture is to provide a framework for understanding how school cultures operate and how leaders can overcome staff division to improve relationships and transform toxic cultures into healthy ones with the ultimate goal of improved learning for all students. Anthony Muhammad contends that in order to transform school culture, we must examine and understand educators motivation for hanging on to paradigms that are contrary to those articulated by their school or district. In this book, Dr. Muhammad explores many aspects of human behavior, social conditions, and history. Drawing upon his study of 34 schools (11 elementary, 14 middle, and 9 high schools) from around the country, Dr. Muhammad describes the underlying tensions that impact culture among four different groups of educators in a school. Much of the book is devoted to introducing readers to these groups: The Believers are those who are committed to the learning of each student and who operate under the assumption that their efforts can make an enormous difference in that learning. The Fundamentalists are preservers of the status quo. The Tweeners are members of a staff who are typically new to a school and are attempting to learn its prevailing culture. The Survivors are those who have been so overwhelmed by the stress and demands of the profession that their primary goal becomes making it through the day, the week, and the year. Dr. Muhammad describes the prevailing beliefs and assumptions of each of these groups and the dynamics within and among the groups. He argues that it is the outcome of these dynamics that will ultimately determine the culture of a school. He provides specific strategies for working with each group of educators to transform school culture and intentionally create positive atmospheres that not only tolerate change, but also seek and embrace the changes that maximize organizational effectiveness.

School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and improve classroom management, increase literacy, establish academic vocabulary, and contribute to a healthier school culture. Benefits: 
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<li>Reflect on current practices, and identify areas for improvement. </li> <li>Spot the factors that can be harmful to school cultures. </li> <li>Identify your school as high will/low skill, high skill/low will, low will/low skill, or high will/high skill. </li> <li>Develop a blueprint for achieving skilled pedagogy and successful school improvement. </li> <li>Gain practical classroom management strategies and activities. </li>
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Contents: Part I: Will and Skill Chapter 1: The Two Parts of a Positive School Environment Part II: The Will to Lead Chapter 2: Conflicting Wills Chapter 3: Frustration in a Toxic Culture Chapter 4: The School Culture Framework: Creating a Culture of Collaboration Chapter 5: Leadership at Every Level Part III: The Skill to Teach Chapter 6: Developing a Responsive Pedagogy Chapter 7: The Steps to Responsive Pedagogy Chapter 8: Responsive Classroom Management Chapter 9: Responsive Academic Vocabulary Chapter 10: Responsive Academic Literacy Chapter 11: Responsive Learning Environment

The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level (Create a responsive learning environment) (Essentials for Principals)

Sharroky Hollie

Ensure learning equality in every classroom so that factors such as economic standing and race don t play a role in determining students achievement. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on students. Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from cultural attitudes that reinforce negative academic performance expectations.
Benefits 
<li>Delve into the factors that impact achievement inequality.</li> <li>Consider the importance of mindsets and frameworks related to the achievement gap, including how impartiality is missing from struggling students school experiences, especially for poor and minority students.</li> <li>Discover real-world case studies from three schools that have achieved great results from embracing principles of the liberation mindset.</li> <li>Examine the indicators that can help you assess whether your school has fostered the values of responsibility, advocacy, and equality.</li> <li>Utilize diagnostic surveys and rubrics for assessment and decision making.</li> Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The History Behind the Achievement Gap Chapter 2: A Practical Commitment to Equality Chapter 3: Mindset and Cultural Change Chapter 4: The Superiority Mindset Chapter 5: The Victim Mindset Chapter 6: The Liberation Mindset References and Resources Index

Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change (Reduce Inequality in Education and Examine the Schools Roles in Superiority and Victim Mindsets) (Classroom Strategies)

Transformational leaders have four distinctive skills: strong communication, the ability to build trust, the ability to increase the skills of those they lead, and a results orientation. Time for Change offers powerful guidance for those seeking to develop and strengthen the educational leadership skills needed for change management and overcoming resistance to change. Throughout this authoritative guide, Anthony Muhammad and Luis F. Cruz share concrete tools and strategies that will prepare you to lead your school toward lasting, meaningful, and strategic change. Use this educational leadership book to inspire a shared vision and help in overcoming resistance to change: 
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<li>Develop an understanding of educational leadership and change management as skills that can be practiced and improved.</li> <li>Consider three questions of transformational leadership (Why? Who? How?) and then Do!</li> <li>Learn about the technical and cultural dimensions of change and the ways in which both must be addressed.</li> <li>Understand the reasons behind resistance to change and how to manage it through effective leadership.</li> <li>Synthesize your skills as a school leader and utilize them to effect strategic change.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Finding Balance for Systems Change Chapter 2: Communicating the Rationale -- Building Cognitive Investment Chapter 3: Establishing Trust -- Making an Emotional Investment Chapter 4: Building Capacity -- Making a Functional Investment Chapter 5: Getting Results -- Collecting the Return on Investment Chapter 6: Tying It All Together Afterword: Final Thoughts References and Resources

Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders (Educational Leadership Development for Change Management) (Solutions)

Luis F. Cruz

Solution Tree Press

With foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour Transforming School Culture provides a school improvement plan for leaders to overcome staff division, improve relationships, and transform toxic school cultures into healthy ones. Dr. Anthony Muhammad contends that in order to transform school culture, we must understand why teachers continue to hold on to models or beliefs contrary to those put forth by their school or district. He explores the human behavior, social conditions, and history that cause the underlying conflict among the four different types of teachers in a school. The second edition of this best-selling resource delivers powerful new insight into the four types of educators (Believers, Fundamentalists, Tweeners, and Survivors) and how school leaders can work with each group to create positive school culture. The book also includes Dr. Muhammad's latest research as well as a new chapter dedicated to answering frequently asked questions on culture and school leadership in education. How this new edition will help you create a positive school culture: 
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<li>Study the author's research and observations of 34 schools 11 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, and 9 high schools and how each school's staff supported or hindered student achievement.</li> <li>Consider the characteristics of positive school cultures and how your school's culture and climate may differ.</li> <li>Learn how laws such as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and No Child Left Behind ( NCLB) impact teachers and school culture.</li> <li>Understand why teachers must work together to improve student performance.</li> <li>Obtain tips for creating a positive school culture and producing synergy.</li>
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New in This Second Edition: 
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<li>An updated research base, including over 60 new references</li> <li>Connections to ESSA as well as reflections on NCLB's impact on education</li> <li>Additional insights into the four types of educators</li> <li>Further guidance on what it takes to be a transformational leader and redirect Fundamentalists through communication, trust, capacity, and accountability</li> <li>A new chapter of frequently asked questions in regard to school culture, leadership, and the four types of educators</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: From Status Quo to True Reform Chapter 2: The Framework of Modern School Culture Chapter 3: The Believers Chapter 4: The Tweeners Chapter 5: The Survivors Chapter 6: The Fundamentalists Chapter 7: "Drop Your Tools": A Lesson in Change and Our Best Chance at Eliminating Fundamentalism Chapter 8: Implications for Practice Chapter 9: Frequently Asked Questions Appendix: Study Design References and Resources Index

Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division (Leading the Four Types of Teachers and Creating a Positive School Culture)

Create a positive school culture with this video workshop that includes the second edition of Anthony Muhammad's best-selling book Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division. This educational leadership video workshop and facilitator's guide details a proven process for addressing diverse issues of staff resistance to build a productive, positive school culture. Participants follow one district's teachers and educational leadership through their journey as they explore how they implemented Anthony Muhammad's framework to become an award-winning district. This comprehensive video workshop on positive school culture provides K-12 educational leaders with: 
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<li>A copy of Transforming School Culture, 2nd edition, for in-depth referencing of workshop material</li> <li>A facilitator's guide, in print and on CD, with activities to better interact with and understand the content</li> <li>High-quality footage of teachers, administrators, and educational leadership in real-life school settings</li> <li>Guidance for identifying and achieving dynamic changes through trust, collaboration, and process with an emphasis on student learning</li> <li>A school improvement plan framework for educational leadership to understand how to move a school culture forward</li>
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Contents: One DVD One paperback copy of Transforming School Culture, 2nd Edition One CD with PDF of facilitator's guide One physical facilitator's guide

Transforming School Culture [DVD/CD/Facilitator's Guide/Book]: How to Overcome Staff Division (An Educational Leadership Video and Book for Creating a Positive School Culture)

Language can help lift or limit students. Based on brain research and authentic classroom experience, this book will help you get back to the optimism of teaching by reconnecting with the possibility of each student. From classroom practice to systemwide policies, readers will find strategies for shifting the way we approach teaching to cultivate the gifts each student has to offer. 
Teachers and leaders will: Understand how limiting language stifles student growth and academic success Utilize figures and other resources to better recognize limiting language and replace it with positive language Reflect on the culture of your own school and improve collaborative work Access and analyze data that will equip you to better handle obstacles in developing your professional learning community Improve communication among all classrooms within your school or district 
Contents: 
Foreword by Anthony Muhammad 
Introduction 
Part 1: What We Say About Students 
Chapter 1: Talking About Underserved Students 
Chapter 2: Talking About Expectations for Students 
Chapter 3: Talking About Student Motivation 
Chapter 4: Talking About Student Data 
Part 2: What We Say About Colleagues 
Chapter 5: Talking About Taking Responsibility 
Chapter 6: Talking About Research and Best Practices 
Chapter 7: Talking About Teacher Individuality 
Chapter 8: Talking About Collaboration 
Chapter 9: Talking About Trust 
Epilogue 
Appendix

The Language of Possibility: How Teachers’ Words Shape School Culture and Student Achievement (Increase empathic communication in your classroom)

michael-roberts

Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Featuring some of America's best educators, this anthology includes information, insights, and practical suggestions for both PLCs and HRS. The overarching purpose is to demonstrate how these two approaches, taken together, complement each other and support educators in their efforts to create a culture of continuous improvement. Use this resource to ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum: 
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<li>Study the HRS and PLC practices with guidance from numerous practitioners and experts, developing good teachers into great teachers through a culture of accountability.</li> <li>Learn how to keep your school focused on the right work in order to achieve learning for all through a continuous improvement process.</li> <li>Understand how the HRS model can improve success with the PLC process and how the PLC at Work process is the cornerstone of a high reliability school.</li> <li>Explore the ways in which strong leaders can model and improve the why and how of PLC at Work through a collaborative culture.</li> <li>Explore the five levels of the HRS model, and then learn how to relate each level to PLC at Work process to improve education in your school or district.</li>
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Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning (Ensure a viable and guaranteed curriculum) (Leading Edge) (Leading Edge, 11)

Robert J. Marzano

Cameron L. Rains

Philip B. Warrick

Mike Ruyle

Jan K. Hoegh

Robert Eaker

Timothy D. Kanold

Heather Friziellie

Julie A. Schmidt

Tammy Heflebower

William M. Ferriter

Mario Acosta

Toby Boss

Marc Johnson

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