Bøger af Eleanor Drago-Severson

Be the leader you want to see in the world.Educators committed to social justice enter into the work in markedly different ways. Drawing from research with 50 educational leaders from across the United States, Growing for Justice explores how leaders committed to social justice support the growth of others while also developing their own capacities to engage, connect, and lead for change. This groundbreaking book, informed by adult developmental theory and based on a first-of-its-kind study, helps school leaders assess their own strengths and areas for growth-and then take concrete steps toward improvement. Features include: Exploration of meaning-making systems and how they affect leaders' understandings of diversity, equity, and social justice A research-based, developmental model of justice-centering educational leadership capacities and practices Leaders' personal stories of growth and development as advocates Planning activities and reflective exercises to drive decision-making, action, and internal capacity-buildingWherever you are in your social justice journey, wanting to do better is the first step toward actually doing better. With this book's help, you'll outline the supports, stretches, and scaffoldings you need to continually grow for justice.

Understanding and sharing ideas - and implementing practices - that help adults explore experiences and assumptions is a powerful driver of school change. Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano share expertise that has evolved from their many decades of research and work with educators.

Demonstrates how education leaders can learn to deliver feedback in a way that strengthens relationships as well as performance and builds the capacity for growth. Drawing on constructive-developmental theory, the authors describe four stages of adult growth and development and explain how to differentiate feedback for colleagues with different "ways of knowing".

A comprehensive guide to educational leadership preparation, this book helps foster an understanding of adult developmentthat enables education leaders to support professional learning-or build capacity-across schools.

This learning-oriented model of school leadership details four Pillar Practices for helping adults grow throughout their careers: teaming, providing leadership roles, collegial inquiry, and mentoring.

Drago-Severson presents case studies and examines strategies that help shape a school climate of teacher support, growth, and learning.