4 Practices Serve As Pillars For Adult Learning

4 practices serve as pillars for adult learning

Learning-oriented leadership offers a promising way to support growth

At a recent workshop I delivered on practices that support adult growth, John, a New York City principal for more than 20 years, captured the others’ experiences. “I have a master’s degree in educational administration and have taken many courses and workshops on leadership and administration since earning my degree,” he said. “None of my coursework focused on understanding how adults learn. I need more knowledge about how I can support adult learning and growth in my school and with the newer principals I mentor.” How can we create high-quality learning opportunities for adults with different needs, preferences, and developmental orientations? Here, I present a new learning oriented model to support adult development. This model emerged from my research that explored how 25 principals from

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Drago-Severson, E. (in press). Leading adult learning: Practices for building schools and school systems as learning centers. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

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