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The Intelligent, Responsive Leader

  • Steven Katz - Director, Aporia Consulting Ltd. and Faculty Member, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
  • Lisa Ain Dack - Senior Associate, Aporia Consulting Ltd. and Instructor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
  • John Malloy - Director of Education, Toronto District School Board

Co Publication with OPC



September 2017 | 192 pages | Corwin

Jump start your roles as “learning leader” and “lead learner!”

 

Designed for leaders to learn and lead within the “middle space” between the seemingly opposing dynamics of district expectations and practitioner experience, this book advances the concept of the school as a learning organization. This innovative perspective guides leaders through an intentional, deliberate learning process to develop intelligent, responsive leadership practice. Using stories, strategies, and tools, the authors

  • Explain the power of “purposeful practice” as a methodology for getting better
  • Show how to build the requisite capacities to lead effectively via “influence”
  • Describe how to turn adaptive challenges into leadership inquiries for growth

"This important work demonstrates and reinforces the idea that continuous improvement can only come from deep, intentional, focused, and hard work on the part of everyone within an organization. While the examples are rooted within schools and school districts, this work is applicable to any organization that seeks meaningful and specific improvement in their results. This is a must-read for leaders!"

—Lynn Macan

University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY

 
Preface
The Rationale

 
The Focus

 
Organization

 
Reading and Using This Book

 
 
Acknowledgments
Publisher’s Acknowledgments

 
 
About the Authors
 
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Leading in the Middle Space
Beyond Intentional Interruption

 
The Centrality of Professional Learning

 
Leading in the Middle Space

 
Implementation Challenges at the Nexus of Pressures and Supports

 
Initiativitis and Literal Leadership

 
Polemics in the Middle Space

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
Chapter 2: The Intelligent, Responsive School
The Power of And

 
Prescription and Professional Judgment

 
Intelligent Expectations

 
Responsive Conditions

 
The Relationship Between Intelligent and Responsive

 
Beyond Polemics

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
Chapter 3: Intelligent, Responsive Leadership Practice
Leadership, Professional Learning, and Classroom Practice

 
Intelligent Leadership Practices

 
Leading an Intelligent, Responsive School

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
Chapter 4: The Psychological Foundations of “Getting Better”
The Psychological Foundations of Leadership Learning Inquiries

 
The Psychological Foundations of Collaborative Leader Learning

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
Chapter 5: Getting Better at “Influence” Through Leader Learning Inquiries
What Are Leader Learning Teams?

 
Leadership Learning Inquiries

 
Developing a Leadership Inquiry Question Using Our Leadership Inquiry Template

 
The “How” of a Leadership Inquiry

 
Why Sticking With the Template Matters

 
Knowing When a Leadership Inquiry Is “Done”

 
Moving Forward

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
Chapter 6: Ensuring That Together Is Better
The Mechanics of the Leader Learning Team

 
The Ongoing Spirit of Critical Friendship

 
Our Learning Conversations Protocol: An Intentional Interruption Strategy for Enhanced Collaborative Learning

 
Toward a Preferred Future of the Intelligent, Responsive School

 
Time for Reflection

 
 
References
 
Index

"What I like about The Intelligent, Responsive Leader is that it gives a structure for personal and vicarious learning about the real matter of school leadership, so that these accumulated experiences and wisdom are not lost at either the personal or collegial levels."

Dr Neil MacNeill, Head Master
Ellenbrook Independent Primary School, Ellenbrook, Australia

"The information in Leading Intelligent, Responsive Schools ought to be shared with more people! Some of us have had the opportunity to work with a leadership coach, but many have not and this book levels that playing field."

Brigitte Tennis, Founder, Headmistress and 8th – 10th Grade Teacher
Stella Schola Middle School. Redmond, WA

"This important work demonstrates and reinforces the idea that continuous improvement can only come from deep, intentional, focused, and hard work on the part of everyone within an organization. While the examples are rooted within schools and school districts, this work is applicable to any organization that seeks meaningful and specific improvement in their results.  This is a must-read for leaders!"

Lynn Macan
University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1


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ISBN: 9781506333151
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