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In her full essay exploring the Leadership standard in Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Leadership, author Karen Seashore Louis offers keen insights into the question of how leaders affect the learning of other adults in a school. She writes particularly about how “school leaders can create a school culture in which all adults see themselves as part of the larger enterprise of continuous learning” (Louis, Hord, & von Frank, in press).
This excerpt takes a close look at what leaders need to understand about how learners approach change and their role in helping create a culture that recognizes the humans at the heart of change.
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional learning.
Louis, K.S., Hord, S.M., & von Frank, V. (in press). Reach the highest standard in professional learning: Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Excerpted with permission.
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