Exploring issues of student agency, equity, assessment, teaching, management, teacher leadership, and use of technology, this book provides strategies, tips, and guidance for enacting innovative change in today‘s schools. Drawing from unique and creative approaches at international schools, real practitioners share their stories and best-practices. Chapters contain engaging snapshots of the innovative practices currently happening in international schools, translate those practices into leadership actions, and show how those innovations are played out in localized contexts. This exciting book is for every school and district leader keen to think outside the box, reassess their schools’ strengths, and improve the purposes and means by which they educate students.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction: Innovative Leadership Practices in International Schools
Jayson W. Richardson
Section I: Student Agency
Introduction to Section 1: Student Agency
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 1: iBlock @ UNIS Hanoi: Turning Potential into Performance
Glenda Baker
Chapter 2: Vignette: Classrooms without Teachers
Shwetangna Chakrabarty & Natasha Haque
Chapter 3: Vignette: Innovate, Play, Transform: Design Thinking in the Early Years
Kristen L. MacConnell
Chapter 4: Vignette: Developing Creativity in Schools
Sara Ssengendo
Section II: Equity
Introduction to Section II: Equity
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 5: A Journey to Inclusion
Ryan Elissa Hopkins-Wilcox and Deborah Bradshaw
Chapter 6: In Pursuit of International Mindedness
Natasha Haque
Chapter 7: Women in Science: Community Collaboration for Real-World Inquiry
Stephanie Budd and Caleb Steindam
Section III: Curriculum, Teaching, and Student Learning
Introduction to Section III: Curriculum, Teaching, and Student Learning
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 8: Skill-Based Exams: Assessment Promoting the Transfer of Learning Beyond the Classroom
Jim Gerhard and Gray Macklin
Chapter 9: Creating Curriculum Structures that Foster Innovation
Elizabeth Rossini
Chapter 10: Vignette: Personal Learning Profiles: Learning for the Unique, Not the Average
Daniel Todd
Section IV: Management of Schools
Introduction to Section IV: Management of Schools
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 11: Instructional Coaches: An Investment in Innovation
Kimberly Ann Cofino
Chapter 12: Bringing Innovative Practices to Traditional Contexts: Navigating the Challenges of Change
Jennifer D. Klein
Chapter 13: The Future of Learning at the Western Academy of Beijing: A Work in Progress
John D’Arcy
Chapter 14: A Reimagined Doctoral Program
Matt Militello and Lynda Tredway
Section V: Teacher Leadership
Introduction to Section V: Teacher Leadership
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 15: Cultivating Teacher Leadership
Kristen L. MacConnell
Chapter 16: Vignette: Distributed Leadership Through Reciprocal Advisory Structures
Joelle Basnight
Chapter 17: Creating a Culture of Learning
Ryan Elissa Hopkins-Wilcox
Chapter 18: Vignette: Visiting Scholars: Bringing Innovation to You!
Kimberly Ann Cofino
Chapter 19: A Reimagined Doctoral Program in Action: Confronting Equity Challenges in International Schools
Matthew Militello, Lynda Tredway, Tosca Killoran, Christie Powell, and Kristin Halligan
Section VI: Technology and School Leadership
Introduction to Section VI: Technology and School Leadership
Jayson W. Richardson
Chapter 20: Innovative Learning Spaces: Design Thinking in Pedagogy
Shwetangna Chakrabarty
Chapter 21: Technology in Today's Schools
Todd Von Seggern
Chapter 22: Hit the Ground Running: Leveraging Distance Education for Teacher Induction
Jeff Dungan
About the Author :
Jayson W. Richardson is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky, and is a Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).
Review :
"What makes this book relevant and readable is that it goes beyond theory. We read about a school leader’s initiatives from the conception of the idea to its realization – the planning, the rollout, the challenges, the successes, and the results."
-Jane Swisher, MiddleWeb
