Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools: Twelve Lenses to Balance Priorities and Serve the Whole Student

by Jane A.G. Kise

Reflective school leadership for whole-child learning environments
Build a school where students flourish academically while also meeting their social and emotional learning needs. In this practical school leadership book, author Jane A. G. Kise offers a toolkit of strategies specially designed to support the daily work of school leaders. Learn how to overcome ongoing challenges, navigate competing priorities, and unite your entire school community around one common purpose: supporting whole-child learning.

Lead schools in teaching the whole student with help from this educational leadership book:

--Understand the benefits of student engagement and having the whole child present in the classroom.
--Study the twelve lenses of leadership—core educational leadership responsibilities that are essential for leading whole-child schools.
--Develop leadership skills and emotional intelligence to overcome biases and balance student and adult needs.
--Learn how to create an environment strengthened by collaborative trust, where students and educators feel engaged and motivated.
--Gain insight into SMART goal-setting for leadership development, establishing a priority focus to achieve real goals.

Genres: Education

248 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published May 24, 2019

About the author

Jane Kise is a writer, education consultant, and corporate trainer. She has written over 25 books, including Educator Bandwidth, Doable Differentiation, Differentiated Coaching, and Intentional Leadership. She is a past president of the Association for Psychological Type International, an organization dedicated to constructive use of differences.

Reviews

[Jane]

Yes, I'm the author, but this book was created with the wisdom of all the school leaders I've worked with. Too often we get caught up in either/or thinking. Either academics or whole child initiatives--when we need both. Either focus on students or on the adults--when we need to do both. Either create a compelling vision or concentrate on current realities--when we need both. Learn from stories of leaders who learned to use both/and instead of either/or thinking, and in the process created environments where adults and students are all thriving holistically as learners and as community.