Build a school where students flourish academically while also meeting their social and emotional learning needs. In this practical school leadership book, author Jane A. G. Kise offers a toolkit of strategies specially designed to support the leadership development goals and daily work of school leaders. Learn how to overcome ongoing school leadership challenges, navigate competing priorities, and unite your entire school community around one common purpose: supporting whole-child learning.

Lead schools in teaching the whole student, with help from this educational leadership book:

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Developing Leadership for Whole-Child Schools
Chapter 2: Thinking in Terms of Both and And: A Core Leadership Competency
Chapter 3: Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Leading for the Whole Child
Chapter 4: Leading Toward a Common Vision and Guiding Others in Leading Themselves
Chapter 5: Implementing Initiatives and Making Them Meaningful
Chapter 6: Building a Collaborative Learning Community and Ensuring That Individuals Have Autonomy
Chapter 7: Taking Reality Into Account and Pursuing a Vision
Chapter 8: Building on Current Success and Changing to Meet the Future
Chapter 9: Moving Ahead Quickly and Moving Ahead for the Long Haul
Chapter 10: Balancing Logical Objectivity and Valuable Subjectivity
Chapter 11: Getting Results and Building Trust
Chapter 12: Effectively Using Positional Power and Sharing Power
Chapter 13: Having Clarity on What and Why and Having Flexibility on How
Chapter 14: Planning for the Predictable and Embracing the Possible
Chapter 15: Making Measurable Whole-Child Achievement Progress and Finding Purpose
Chapter 16: Focusing on Your Priorities
Appendix: Personality Type and the Lenses of Leadership