Leading in Sync: Teacher Leaders and Principals Working Together for Student Learning

by Jill H Berg

Teacher leadership holds great promise for improving the quality of teaching and ensuring student success. But for co-performance of leadership to be effective, teachers and principals need to lead in sync. Leadership coach Jill Harrison Berg guides educators through the process of creating a shared vision for student success and effective teaching, developing a mutual understanding of each person's role in achieving that vision, establishing a schoolwide culture of teacher leadership, and building the trust needed to bring it all together. Leading In Teacher Leaders and Principals Working Together for Student Learning provides principals, assistant principals, coaches, department leaders, grade-level and content team leaders, mentors, professional development leaders, and in fact all teachers with the strategies and tools needed
* Examine their own thinking about what constitutes quality teaching.
* Tap faculty members who are already leading.
* Identify who has the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for particular leadership roles.
* Support leadership collaboration through efficient, effective communication.
* Develop trust within the school community. Berg offers thought-provoking context and reflection questions so that educators can examine their own unique settings; real-world examples of teachers and principals co-performing leadership to improve student success; and dozens of strategies, tools, and templates to facilitate leading in sync.

192 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2018

Reviews

[Terry Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Dr. Berg’s approach and vision for leadership. This book offers lots of tools for school leaders to create optimal conditions to synchronize and empower all the leaders in a school (hint: it’s everyone). As I transition from a classroom teacher leader to a role of teacher leadership and eventually a role as a principal, I’m grateful to have this resource in my pocket that aligns with my visions for transforming and distributing leadership.