Leading for Excellence

A Twelve Step Program to Student Achievement

By (author) Thomas R. Harvey, Bonita M. Drolet, Douglas P. DeVore

Publication date:

16 January 2014

Length of book:

160 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781610489829

This book covers what twelve steps school leaders need to take to make for a high-achieving school environment. It encompasses strong leadership, vision and values, high expectations, embedded professional development, flexibility and resilience, and seven more steps. It concludes with a questionnaire, the High Expectations Environmental Scale (HEES), which you may apply to your organization to determine its level of high expectations.

Examples, Forms, Charts and Figure
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Strong Leadership
Chapter 2: Establish a Culture of High Achievement
Chapter 3: Vision and Values
Chapter 4: High Expectations
Chapter 5: Love and Passion
Chapter 6: Focus on Learning and Academic Rigor
Chapter 7: Embedded Professional Development
Chapter 8: Academic Achievement and Assessment for the 21st Century
Chapter 9: The Strength of Teams
Chapter 10: Collaboration and Shared Decision Making
Chapter 11: Communication
Chapter 12: Flexibility and Resilience
Chapter 13: Concluding Note
References
About the Authors
Index

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