Essential Skills for Effective School Leadership

by Siccone, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780131385191
• ISBN10: 0131385194
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-05-06
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A succinct, practicable text that equips school leaders with an expansive repertoire of essential skills and reinforces the leadership knowledge necessary for success.   All leaders, particularly school leaders, share five essential skills:   Confidence.Leaders believe in themselves and their ability to mobilize others to act. Communication. Leaders are able to articulate their goals and transform words into deeds, and rhetoric into results.  Collaboration. Leaders recognize that success is a team effort. Coaching. Leaders invest time and energy into developing their team. Continuous Improvement. Leaders view change as opportunity.   This book is based on the premise that there is no single ideal school leader profile or leadership style. It contains tools for activating and motivating the community on behalf of students, developing the ability to be decisive and achieve results, facilitating collaboration to improve teaching and learning, implementing detailed action plans, and balancing leadership challenges.   Designed for individual school leaders and those who aspire to be, this book contains easy-to-understand, ready-to-use leadership lessons created to inspire the acquisition of pertinent decision-making and school leadership skills. A valuable resource for every reader, it is designed to be easily customizable. Topics that are most relevant to each situation are easily selected and tailored to every leader's individual development program.  

Author Biography

Frank Siccone Ed.D. is an educator, author, and organizational leadership consultant. For three decades he has been offering workshops to teachers and administrators throughout the country, and has conducted youth leadership training for students not only in the United States, but also from Russia, and South Africa.

 

Dr. Siccone has written a previous book on school leadership entitled, The Power To Lead: A Guide For School Administrators On Facilitating Change. His first book, 101 Ways to Develop Student Self-Esteem and Responsibility was co-authored with Jack Canfield (co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul). His books have been translated into Chinese, Czech, Russian, and Spanish. He has taught classes and workshops at several colleges and universities including the California State University, East Bay and San Bernardino; San Francisco State University; University of California, Riverside; the University of San Francisco; and the Leadership Institute at Yale University.

 

In addition to his work in education, Frank has also consulted with an impressive list of corporate clients such as Cisco Systems, Hitachi, Intel, Pepsi Cola, Sprint, Sun Microsystems, and Walmart.com. Among the nonprofit organizations with whom he has worked recently are the California Association of Student Councils, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Green For All.

 

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
About the Author	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
To Lead Is to Learn-Confidence Skills	p. 1
7 Ways to Build Confidence in Your Leadership	p. 1
Leading to Learn	p. 3
Leading With Vision	p. 6
Leading With Inspiration	p. 9
Leading With Responsibility	p. 12
Leading With Results	p. 17
Leading With Values	p. 22
Leading With Consistency	p. 26
To Lead Is to Listen-Communication Skills	p. 33
6 Tools To Enhance Comminication	p. 33
Recognizing the Difference Between content and Context	p. 35
Being a Dedicated Listener	p. 39
Measuring Rapport by Results	p. 45
Learning Styles	p. 50
Connecting With Style	p. 58
Building a Communicating Community	p. 62
To Lead Is to AlignCollaboration Skills	p. 65
9 Stratergies to Facilitate Collaboration	p. 65
Facilitating "Learningful" Dialogue	p. 67
Knowing How You Decide Can Be as Important as What You Decide	p. 73
Building Consensus	p. 80
Solving Problems Collaboratively	p. 84
Transforming Problems Into Opportunities	p. 87
Creating Innovative Solutions	p. 91
Choosing the Best Solution	p. 95
Committing to Act	p. 98
Mastering the Art of Dilemma Management	p. 99
To Lead Is to Teach-Coaching Skills	p. 103
6 Practices to Improve Performance	p. 103
Making Deposits in the Emotional Bank Account	p. 106
Creating a Context for Coaching	p. 109
Coaching Bold Goals	p. 113
Giving Focused Feedback	p. 116
Balancing Reflection and Instruction	p. 119
Sharing Best Practices	p. 125
To Lead Is to Succeed-Continuous Improvement Skills	p. 127
6 Steps to Manage Change	p. 127
Creating a Culture of Shared Leadership	p. 130
Envisioning School Success	p. 136
Planning School Success	p. 139
Allocating Resources to Support School Success	p. 142
Developing Capacity for School Success	p. 147
Measuring and Rewarding School Success	p. 151
Summary	p. 157
Endnotes	p. 159
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 167
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