{"product_id":"leading-for-results-transforming-teaching-learning-and-relationships-in-schools-paperback","title":"Leading for Results: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Relationships in Schools - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Sparks\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the First Edition: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSparks rejects simplistic solutions to school improvement, and honors the practical knowledge and expertise of educators.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Richard DuFour, Educational Author and Consultant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Dennis Sparks has given us a practical, original, and tough-minded book about what schools need now. An excellent book--but even more, a book to act on.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Mike Schmoker, Consultant and Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In this inventive ′self-help′′handbook for educators, Dennis Sparks challenges and helps us--not to do something but to be something different.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Roland S. Barth, Author, \u003ci\u003eLessons Learned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprove teaching and learning in your school by fostering personal and organizational change!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthentic or transformational leadership flows from self-awareness regarding intentions, values, and feelings and its influence is reflected in a leader′s actions. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeading for Results, Second Edition, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on the educational leader′s role in actualizing human potential and unleashing individual and organizational energy, while promoting extraordinary performance in \"ordinary\" people by first changing within oneself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this updated edition featuring 18 new thought-provoking essays, Dennis Sparks shows how school leaders can promote extraordinary changes, be accountable, and achieve meaningful results for schools, districts, and their personal lives. Using bold theories about education, leadership, teaching, and student learning, you′ll learn how to make change happen, create usable strategies, commit to action, and achieve goals by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamining your assumptions and producing results-oriented thoughts, words, and actions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeepening your understanding of important issues related to the interpersonal challenges of change \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngaging in next-action thinking and applying what you′ve learned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful resource helps leaders to recognize their capacity for making a tremendous difference in their organizations, ensuring ultimate success!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Sparks has been executive director of the 10,000-member National Staff Development Council since 1984. He previously was an independent educational consultant and director of the Northwest Staff Development Center. Sparks has been a teacher, counselor, and co-director of an alternative high school. He completed his doctorate in counseling at the University of Michigan in 1976, and has taught at several universities. He speaks frequently throughout North America on topics such as powerful staff development and effective teaching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSparks has authored \u003cem\u003eDesigning Powerful Professional Development for Teachers and Principals\u003c\/em\u003e (NSDC, 2002) and \u003cem\u003eConversations that Matter\u003c\/em\u003e (NSDC, 2001), a collection of his JSD interviews since 1991. He is co-author with Stephanie Hirsh of \u003cem\u003eLearning to Lead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLeading to Learn\u003c\/em\u003e (NSDC, 2000) and \u003cem\u003eA New Vision for Staff Development\u003c\/em\u003e (ASCD\/NSDC, 1997). He also co-authored, with Joan Richardson, What \u003cem\u003eis Staff Development Anyway?\u003c\/em\u003e (NSDC, 1998). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSparks' column appears each month NSDC′s newsletter, \u003cem\u003eResults\u003c\/em\u003e. His interviews with leading educational thinkers also appear in NSDC′s\u003cem\u003eJournal of Staff Development\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition, his articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including \u003cem\u003eEducational Leadership\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhi Delta Kappan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe American School Board Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Principal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe School Administrator\u003c\/em\u003e. Sparks' interviews and articles are accessible on the NSDC web site at www.nsdc.org\/library\/authors\/sparks.cfm.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522567901432,"sku":"9781412949705","price":69.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ZWgWduyaGq9781412949705.webp?v=1789559480","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/leading-for-results-transforming-teaching-learning-and-relationships-in-schools-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}