Compelling Conversations

by Thomasina D. Piercy, Sarah Curtis (Editor), Jay McTighe (Foreword by)

Compelling Conversations is a direct leadership model based on conditional knowledge research that increases individual teacher capacity. The process uses data and backwards mapping to cut through barriers of norms hidden within traditional isolated decisions.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2007

Reviews

[Stefanie Pitzer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had some great ideas and it was refreshing to hear a book talk about the team that it takes to teach kids. I gave it 2 stars because a lot of it was information I have heard before, already knew, and or felt like my school already had some of these practices in place effectively. Chapters 1-2 were harder to get through but I found 3-4 to not be as heavy. I appreciated that this book stated the importance of administration not taking a back seat to student achievement. I loved the ideas of a Beach Bag Literacy Splash, making sure conversations are on-going, and ample time/relevant PD is provided to help students become successful.