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The listening leader : creating the conditions for equitable school transformation / Shane Safir ; foreword by Michael Fullan.

by Safir, Shane, 1972- author.

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San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2017]

Educational leadership.

9781119186342 (paperback)

111918634X (paperback)

xxxvi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction -- The Transformative Power of Listening -- The Core Tenets of Listening Leadership -- Listening for Equity -- Getting Ready to Listen -- Practicing Deep Listening -- Practicing Strategic Listening -- Listening to Parents -- Listening to Students -- Influencing Complex Change -- Leveraging Listening Routines -- Growing a Listening Culture -- Listening for Liberation -- Appendix A: Listening Leadership Rubric -- Appendix B: The Six Stances of A Listening Reader -- Appendix C: The Instructional Conversation Planning Tool -- Appendix D: Additional Resources for Listening to Parents -- Appendix E: Additional Resources for Listening to Students -- Appendix F: Telling the Current-State Story Tool -- Appendix G: Tools and Facilitation Steps for Listening Routines -- Appendix H: Tools for Growing a Listening Culture.

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."--Provided by publisher.

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