Skillful Team Leader: A Resource for Overcoming Hurdles to Professional Learning

Description: Skillful Team Leader by Elisa J. Beildeck MacDonald Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Despite the growing popularity of teacher collaboration in teams such as PLCs, most teachers were never trained in the basic skills of team facilitation such as establishing and enforcing norms, setting goals, and moving beyond the "culture of nice." Whether team leadership is a shared responsibility or an individual responsibility, knowledge of effective leadership practice is an essential requirement for team success. This book provides a research-based understanding of common roadblocks that school-based team leaders encounter, and practical strategies to overcome them, and even avoid them. The author helps readers look beyond the surface to see complex challenges as windows into the existing school culture; giving them strategies to not only lead their teams, but also, offering readers concrete ways in which they can influence and grow the school culture. Publisher Description "Teacher teams have become a common fixture of North American schools. However, not all teams make the best use of their meeting time by engaging in sustained, professional learning. Written in a clear, practitioner-friendly style, this book provides team leaders with an array of useful strategies to address common team hurdles and realize the promise of powerful, collaborative learning."-Jim Knight, Author of Instructional Coaching"This book is a fantastic resource for someone who leads teams every day. The vignettes echo the very real challenges that I continually see in team meetings. The book is organized so that I can easily find practical strategies to apply right away when I am facing major challenges in my daily work."- Karen Coyle Aylward, Literacy Coach and Team LeaderBoston, MAGet the most out of your PLCs and teacher teams! All teams face hurdles. What distinguishes the skillful team leader from a less effective one is his or her approach in overcoming them. Whether you are a team leader or a trainer of team leaders, this book is an essential resource for you. Elisa MacDonald offers a skillful approach to team leadership rooted in values, mindset, intelligence, and skill. Readers will learn from reality-based examples illustrating common team hurdles in collaboration, shared leadership, goal setting and attainment, rigorous discourse, and continuous improvement. This practical guide features: Research-based and field-tested solutions for preventing and overcoming hurdlesBrief follow-up sections with tips for sustaining positive changeWays to work beyond the team to shape and influence school culturePrompts to apply learning to your own leadership hurdlesA common chapter format for easy reference and flexible use Author Biography <p class="Biography">Elisa MacDonald is a former teacher, literacy coach, AP of instruction, and consultant. She has recently joined Teach Plus, T3 as the director of teacher leader development, where she supports, coaches, and teaches leaders in underperforming schools by developing them as<del datetime="2012-11-19T22:32" cite="mailto:Ashley%20Horne">:</del> purpose-driven instructional leaders, evidence-based decision makers moving through data inquiry cycles, skillful facilitators of adult learners, and schoolwide change agents. Elisa has consulted with numerous school districts launching districtwide professional learning communities, coaching and leading courses for team leaders, and leading school-based inquiry teams and workshops in literacy and classroom management. She has received numerous grants and awards<del datetime="2012-11-19T22:33" cite="mailto:Ashley%20Horne">,</del> including the Calderwood Writing Fellowship and English Speaking Union Treadwell Scholarship, and she was featured as a teacher in Middle Ground Magazine in December 2001. Elisa is author of "When Nice Wont Suffice: Honest Discourse is Key to Shifting School Culture," which appeared in the Journal of Staff Development in June 2011. She has coauthored several articles including, "Supporting Teacher Leaders Where They are Needed Most" (JSD, December 2012) and is a contributing author to the third edition of Beyond Mentoring <del datetime="2012-11-19T22:19" cite="mailto:Ashley%20Horne"></del>(Teachers<sup>21</sup>, 2010). She earned an MA in critical and creative thinking from UMass Boston and graduated with honors from Brandeis University with a BA in psychology and education. In addition to being passionate about teacher and student learning, Elisa loves the theatre and has performed professionally in Boston. Elisa lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with her husband, Bob, and their twins, Liam and Grace.</p> Details ISBN 1452218838 ISBN-13 9781452218830 Title Skillful Team Leader Author Elisa J. Beildeck MacDonald Format Paperback Year 2013 Pages 208 Publisher Corwin Publishers GE_Item_ID:51593040; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. 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