The Listening Leader.

Listerning ... The key t becoming a transformative school leader. The Listening Leader is a practical guide that will inspire school, district, and teacher leaders to make substantive change and increase equitable student outcomes. Rooted in the values of equity, relationships, and listening, this l...

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Main Author: Safir, Shane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Exhibits -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Equitable School Transformation Is Possible -- Leader-ful Schools, Not Leader-thin -- Primary Audiences for This Book -- The Listening Leader Map -- How to Read This Book -- Anonymity and Pseudonyms -- Notes -- Chapter 1: The Transformative Power of Listening -- Learning to Listen -- What We've Inherited -- A Few Core Beliefs -- Key Challenge 1: The Persistence of Inequity -- Key Challenge 2: Integrity in the Face of Pressure -- Key Challenge 3: Dealing With Trauma -- Key Challenge 4: Disconnected Data -- Becoming a Listening Leader -- A Word on Mindfulness -- The Arts Academy Revisited -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Part 1: Awareness -- Chapter 2: The Core Tenets of Listening Leadership -- The Leader Who Wanted to Write People Up -- Listening Is Brain-Savvy -- The Neighborhoods of the Brain -- Tenet 1: Our Brains Are Wired for Survival First -- Tenet 2: Our Brains React to Survival Threats Through Fight, Flight, or "Tend-and-Befriend" -- Tenet 3: Social Threats Signal Survival Threats to Our Brains -- Tenet 4: Every Brain Grows in the Right Conditions -- Tenet 5: Organizations Have Core Memories -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Listening for Equity -- The Fragility of Trust Across Difference -- Tuning in to Structural Racism -- Tuning in to Unconscious Bias -- Tuning in to Cultural Difference -- Lessons Learned: Joy and Wendy -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Getting Ready to Listen -- Listening Below the Green Line -- No Shortcut to Trust -- Bids and Betrayals -- Understand Your Living System -- Mindful Listening -- The Problem of Rumination -- A Seamless Transition -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Part 2: Relational Capital -- Chapter 5: undefined -- The Fallout of Failing to Listen -- Relational Capital. 
505 8 |a Two Types of Listening: Deep and Strategic -- Principles of Deep Listening -- Deep Listening Stance 1: Attention toNonverbal Cues -- Deep Listening Stance 2: Mature Empathy -- Deep Listening Stance 3: Affirmation -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Practicing Strategic Listening -- The Impact of the Right Question -- Building Capacity Through Listening -- Principles of Strategic Listening -- Strategic Listening Stance 1: An Orientation to Vision -- Strategic Listening Stance 2: Reflective Inquiry -- Strategic Listening Stance 3: A Bias Toward Action -- Integrating the Six Stances -- Seeds of Transformation -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Listening to Parents -- When Things Fall Apart -- Navigating Difference With Parents -- Flipping the Script Between Parents and Educators -- Five Ways to Listen to Parents -- Jackie's Reflections -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Listening to Students -- Listening to Students Tell the Real Story-Even When It's Hard to Hear -- Discarding Well-Worn Scripts -- Five Ways to Listen to Students -- Listening and Democracy -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Part 3: Complex Change -- Chapter 9: Influencing Complex Change -- The Listening Leader's Landscape -- Leadership in a Living System -- Diagnose Your Problems and Challenges -- Six Steps to Influence Complex Change -- Shaping the Path -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Leveraging Listening Routines -- A Staff Meeting with 100% Engagement -- Grown-Ups Need Routines Too -- First, Take Your Team's Temperature -- Next, Design Humanizing Routines -- Revisiting the Engaged Staff Meeting -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Growing a Listening Culture -- A High School Network in Transition -- From Hero to Host -- The Four Seasons of a Listening Culture -- "Set the Table" with Annual Retreats -- Listening Campaigns -- Learning Leader Chats. 
505 8 |a Team One-on-Ones -- Safe-to-Learn Inquiry -- Transforming a Culture -- Key Takeaways -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Listening for Liberation -- Conversation by Conversation -- Building a Movement -- The Courage to Listen -- Notes -- Appendix A: Listening Leadership Rubric -- Appendix B: The Six Stances of a Listening Leader -- Deep Listening Stances -- Strategic Listening Stances -- Appendix C: The Instructional Conversation Planning Tool -- Appendix D: Additional Resources for Listening to Parents -- Resources for Conducting home Visits -- Tips for Implementing Focus Groups -- A Primer on Community Walks -- Appendix E: Additional Resources for Listening to Students -- Student Feedback Interview Tool -- Essential Elements of a Talking Circle -- Talking Circle Planning Tool -- Appendix F: Telling the Current-State Story Tool -- Appendix G: Tools and Facilitation Steps for Listening Routines -- Quick Design Tips for Meetings -- Ways to Facilitate Constructivist Listening -- Ways to Facilitate Agreements -- Ways to Facilitate a Kiva Process -- Top Ten TED Talks and Corresponding Prompts -- Guidelines for Data-Based Inquiry -- Helping Trios Protocol -- Agenda Template (Aligned with the Experiential Learning Cycle) -- Applying the Six Stances in a Challenging Meeting -- Appendix H: Tools for Growing a Listening Culture -- Seasonal Rubric of Group Behaviors -- Tips for Creating Simple Rules -- Listening Campaign Tool -- Facilitation and Design Tips for Safe-To-Learn Inquiry -- The Listening Leader Year at a Glance (Sample Calendar) -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA. 
520 |a Listerning ... The key t becoming a transformative school leader. The Listening Leader is a practical guide that will inspire school, district, and teacher leaders to make substantive change and increase equitable student outcomes. Rooted in the values of equity, relationships, and listening, this luminous book helps reimagine what is possible in education today. Drawing from more than twenty years of experience in public schools, Shane Safir incorporates hands-on strategies and powerful stories to show us how to leverage one of the most vital tools of leadership: listening. As a Listening Leader you'll feel more confident in these core competencies: Cultivating relationships with stakeholders Addressing equity challenges in your organization Gathering student, staff, and parent perspectives as rich data on improvement Fostering a thriving culture of collaboration and innovation The Listening Leader offers a much-needed leadership model to transform every facet of school life, and most importantly, to shape our schools into equitable places of learning. As Michael Fullan writes in the Foreword,'Read it, act on it, and reap the benefits for all.''This book is a'must have'for any leader trying to move the needle on equity. Drawing from her lived experience as a principal and leadership coach, Safir offers stories that give insight and practical strategies that get results. It's one you'll keep coming back to.'--Zaretta Hammond, author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain'The Listening Leader immediately changed the way I interact with students, teachers, families and community members.'--Tamara Friedman, assistant principal, Berkeley High School'Shane Safir has written a brilliant book. As engaging as it is informative and as revelatory as it is relevant. It is a must-read for school leaders and those who aspire to lead.'--Chris Emdin, associate professor of science education, Teachers College, Columbia University; author of For White Folks Who Teach In the Hood and the Rest of Ya'll too. 
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