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Leverage Leadership 2.0

A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools
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Leverage Leadership 2.0 by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo provides a comprehensive guide for school leaders to drive student success through effective leadership practices. The book outlines key strategies for creating a high-performing school culture, focusing on data-driven instruction, observation, and feedback. It's an invaluable resource for educators seeking practical methods to elevate teaching efficiency and improve academic outcomes.
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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in transformative educational leadership strategies. The authors present actionable techniques that focus on leveraging time and priorities to enhance the effectiveness of school leaders. You’ll find valuable insights into harnessing data and improving instructional practices for educational success.

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Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, this edition offers a practical, updated, and easier-to-use follow-up to the original, with field-tested techniques and actionable advice. The companion DVD includes 30 videos showcasing effective leadership along with additional material.

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Cut through the mystique to learn the real drivers of great school leadership

Leverage Leadership 2.0 answers the basic question: what do great school leaders do that separates them from the rest? Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, Leverage Leadership 2.0 offers a practical, updated, and easier-to-use follow-up to the original, with field-tested techniques and actionable advice. As educational leaders around the world implement Leverage Leadership ideas, their collective stories have revealed a simple framework by which the seven levers may be implemented: See It, Name It, Do It. This book aligns classic Leverage Leadership principles with this proven framework to streamline implementation and help good leaders become great. Expert discussion and real-life success stories prove that effective leadership is not about innate charisma, charm, or personalityβ€”it’s about how a leader uses their time.

Aimed at all levels of school leadership, this book shows you what to do, and how and when to do it. The companion website includes 30 real-world videos that showcase effective leadership happening in our schools right now, and all templates, tools, and other professional development materials have been fully refreshed with a renewed focus on real-world implementation. Informational, inspirational, and highly motivational, this book explores both the separate components of success and what it looks like as a whole.

  • Learn the core principles of effective leadership
  • Understand what success looks like on the ground
  • Practice the seven levers of leadership that allow transformational growth
  • Adopt the tools and techniques that facilitate a schoolwide transformation

Educational leaders from a diverse array of schools around the world have found unprecedented success using the key principles detailed in Leverage Leadership, and this book is inspiredβ€”and informedβ€”by their stories. Leverage Leadership 2.0 is the practical resource school leaders need to start making real change happen today.

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Leverage Leadership 2.0 is praised for its practical guidance and actionable strategies tailored for education leaders. Reviewers highlight its detailed tools and emphasis on data-driven decision-making as highly effective in improving school leadership and student outcomes. The updates and additional resources make it especially valuable for those looking to implement immediate and impactful changes in educational settings.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119496595

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 August 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Doug Lemov

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 635g

Pages: 432

About the Author

PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is the Chief Schools Officer for high schools at Uncommon Schools and the Founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, creating proofpoints of excellence in urban schools worldwide. He is the author of Driven by Data, Leverage Leadership, Great Habits, Great Readers, Get Better Faster, and A Principal Manager’s Guide to Leverage Leadership 2.0.

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