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The Noble School Leader

The Five-Square Approach to Leading Schools with Emotional Intelligence
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The Noble School Leader by Matthew Taylor is a practical guide for school leaders and managers aiming to enhance their professional skills. The book explores how developing social-emotional and adaptive leadership competencies can transform learning environments. Readers will discover common internal challenges, use the 5 Square tool to build emotional intelligence, clarify core values, and formulate actionable leadership goals.
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Ideal for school leaders, managers, K-12 teachers, administrators, and education professors interested in leadership development and emotional intelligence within educational settings.

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A practical guide for school leaders and managers seeking concrete strategies for professional improvement

Leading a learning community is a challenging endeavour that rewards those who build social-emotional and adaptive leadership competencies. In The Noble School Leader, veteran school leader and leadership coach Matthew Taylor delivers an inspiring and enlightening exploration of the mindsets that support leaders to thrive, as well as those that just get in the way. It is a field guide to creating learning conditions that make transformative growth happen in schools.

In this book, readers will:

  • Uncover the most common internal obstacles that hold all school leaders back, from teacher leaders to superintendents
  • Apply the core domains of emotional intelligence and create personal growth plans using the invaluable 5 Square tool
  • Surface core values and drivers that shift mindsets and behaviours
  • Set goals and plans for challenging leadership moments

Written for school leaders and managers seeking concrete techniques for building social-emotional and adaptive leadership competencies, The Noble School Leader is also an indispensable resource for any K-12 teacher, administrator, or professor with an interest in education and emotional intelligence.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119762874

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2022

Country: United States

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

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 272

About the Author

MATTHEW TAYLOR leads the Noble Story Group, a consulting firm that brings an emotional intelligence-based approach to leadership development in education and non-profit organizations. He has extensive experience teaching in and leading schools, having worked in urban neighborhood, urban charter, international, private, and magnet schools.

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