The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results [Paperback]

Douglas B. Reeves (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 221 pages
• Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve (April 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416603328
• ISBN-13: 978-1416603320
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Education Leaders & Teachers: A must read!, May 30, 2007

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Claude Michel (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results (Paperback)

Have you ever blamed a student, a parent, or the school's Social Economic Status (SES) for their lack of student achievement? Have you ever felt like you were in a hopeless school environment? Are you in a school district that students achieve but a few are still left behind? Do you want every student and teacher to achieve at his or her highest potential? The Learning Leader: How to focus school improvement for better results by Douglas B. Reeves is a book that will challenge your present thoughts about what a school is today, what it can be, and empower you to change the answers to the previous questions. This 180 page book presents the reader with current educational problems, both student and organizational. For each problem, The Learning Leader provides research-based solutions to school issue. From Mr. Reeve's research he developed a leadership framework called "The Leadership for Learning" framework. This framework is the backbone of the book. The reader willing, could use the research and framework to impact student learning and organizational practice. Chapters two through four will challenge you to look at school leadership from a different perspective, provide a historical account of leadership, and then present essential leadership skills and practices that will help you meet the challenges. Chapter five through seven suggest how to implement, execute, and monitor school improvement. Chapter eight speaks in depth about the leadership framework and how to use it to assess the effectiveness of your school improvement. I highly recommend this book to school leaders and teachers who truly want to be an impact player in school-age children's lives.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly recommended for student teachers seeking their teaching certificates, June 5, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results (Paperback)

The Learning Leader: How To Focus School Improvement For Better Results by Douglas B. Reeves (Director of the Center for Performance Assessment, an international organization dedicated to improving student achievement and educational equity) is an 121-page compendium of tactics and strategies appropriate for teaching and guiding students to achieve their best efforts in the classroom regardless of the curriculum or subject being studied. Addressing important issues such as the dimensions of leadership, the dilemmas of grading, transformation between learning and leading, improving a school through leadership, and so much more, The Learning Leader acts as a complete mapping of the struggles often faced by educators in new schools, positions of combined administrative and "on the line" teaching. Critically important reading, especially for those new to teaching, The Learning Leader is very strongly recommended for student teachers seeking their teaching certificates, as well as recently repositioned teachers searching for an adaptive reference for effectively guiding of their students to improved scholastic results.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Learning Leader, December 27, 2011

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Robert T. Hess "The Data Coach" (Lebanon, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results (Paperback)

The Learning Leader is one of the best books I have read when it comes to practical ideas about how to improve schools. In addition to exposing the truth about planning and stirring school leaders toward action and doing things that matter, Reeves also debunks our century old grading system and leads us toward proficiency models. He discusses several different types of leadership styles, and shows how schools and districts can create Improvement Science Fairs based upon data. In addition, he walks us through some practical data analysis tools including the Lucky, Loser, Learning, and Leader framework among others.

A bit technical in spots, but plenty of good stories (not just education ones), and lots of real life examples from the field make this book a must read for anyone serious about using data to help their school improve.