Distributed Leadership Matters: Perspectives, Practicalities, and Potential

Distributed Leadership Matters: Perspectives, Practicalities, and Potential
ISBN-10
1483332586
ISBN-13
9781483332581
Category
Education
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2013-11-22
Publisher
Corwin Press
Author
Alma Harris

Description

The benefits of distributed leadership are yours with this research-based change process. Distributed leadership—engaging the many rather than the few in school improvement—has long been a promising theory. It’s time to make it a reality. This book shows why harnessing educators’ collective expertise leads to better student outcomes, and details the collaborative processes to make distributed leadership happen. Insights include: How to translate the research on distributed leadership into tangible results for your school Methods for building the social capital necessary for sustainable institutional change How to distribute leadership widely and wisely through professional collaboration

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