How Leaders Learn: Cultivating Capacities for School Improvement Book

Foreword   Roland S. Barth     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
A Language for Leader Learning     4
A Leader in the Midst of Leadership     5
Leadership on the Line     7
Shirley's Challenges: Through the I-C-I Lens     9
The Domains of Leadership Knowledge: A Synopsis     11
Three Learning Leaders     15
Kate Tests the Leadership Waters     16
Ted Changes His Working Relationships     19
Lori Gains a Foothold as a Teacher Leader     22
Four Themes in Leader Learning     25
The Lessons Are in the Leading     28
The Power of Practice     29
Hey, This Is About Me!     32
Knowing That I Am Leading     34
A Pebble in Your Shoe: Where Learning Starts     40
Finding a Pebble     41
The Nature of Pebbles     44
Common Leadership Challenges Through the I-C-I Lens     45
Planful Learning     47
Cultivating Relationships That Mobilize: Interpersonal Learning     53
Can I-Should I-Push?     55
Mobilization Skills     57
Relationship-Building Skills     62
Interpersonal Learning Happens Interpersonally     66
In the Heart of the Learner: Intrapersonal Learning     70
Where There's a Will-Is There a Way?     72
Can I Lead? A Matter of Values and Capability     74
Finding the "Values" Fit     78
Finding the "Capability" Fit     80
Can I Manage the Personal Challenges of Leadership?     83
The Essence of Intrapersonal Learning     87
Coming to Know I Can Lead     89
Do My Actions Create Something I'd Call Leadership?     90
Am I Making a Difference for Children?     93
Do Those I Seek to Lead See Me as a Leader?     97
Making Sense of the Evidence: The Powers of Reflection     100
The Learning Environment for Leader Growth     104
Make Leandership Practice the Source for Learning     105
Have a Plan to Lead, a Plan to Learn, and a Plan to Reflect     107
Tap a Rich Array of Cognitive Knowledge About Learning and Leadership     113
Partners-in-Learning: The Learning Team     115
Partners-in-Learning: The Facilitator as Coach     120
The Condition of Learning Conditions     125
Performance Learning     127
Cognitive Learning: Building Blocks for Educational Design      128
Interpersonal Learning: In and from Performance     131
Intrapersonal Learning: The Heart of the Journey     135
The Landscape of Leader Learning     141
What We Need to Do     144
Cast the Leadership Net Wide     145
Honor the I and I     146
Consciously Cultivate Leadership     148
Champion Learning-Including Your Own     151
A Framework for Assessing Leadership Learning     157
References     161
List of Resources for Cultivating Leadership Knowledge     167
Index     171
About the Author     178