Differentiated School Leadership: Effective Collaboration, Communication, and Change Through Personality Type

About the Book

"The personality type framework allows administrators to know their staff in ways that can be applied every day. Twenty years in the principalship have given me some of the same understandings as those found here, but this book allows those lessons to be learned more quickly and with less cost."
-Brian Doty, Principal
Caledonia Middle School, MN

"This book is research-based and grounded in practice and practical application. A wonderful resource for ensuring high-quality learning environments that honor students' learning preferences."
-Mark Bower, Director of Elementary Education and Staff Development
Hilton Central School District, NY

A dynamic model for transforming leadership teams into powerful agents for school change!

How can you help your leadership team collaborate and resolve conflicts in ways that improve student achievement? The authors demonstrate how an understanding of personality types and adults' individual leadership styles can help school leaders and team members understand one another's personal working preferences, work from individual strengths, uncover new areas for development, and distribute leadership responsibilities more effectively. This text provides:

• Descriptions of leadership styles
• Ways to build a team
• Strategies for coping with leadership stress
• A model for problem solving

Differentiated School Leadership is an ideal resource for principals, teacher leaders, superintendents, and those leading or serving on school improvement teams.

Table of Contents:
A Note From the Authors Table of Professional Development Activities Introduction About the Authors 1. What Type of Leader Are You? 2. Strengths-Based Leadership Priorities: You Can′t Do It All 3. Succeeding at School Change 4. Your Leadership Team: Distributing Roles Effectively 5. Communicating so That What You Say Is What They Hear 6. Making Professional Learning Communities Worth the Effort 7. Observing All Types of Teachers 8. Tools for Schoolwide Discipline 9. Working With All Types of Parents 10. Strategies for Coping With the Stress of School Leadership Appendix A. Descriptions of Leadership Styles for the 16 Types Appendix B. Problem-Solving or "Z" Model Appendix C. Making Type a Schoolwide Language Appendix D. Further Reading on Personality Type References Index

About the Author :
Jane Kise, an educational consultant with extensive experience in leadership, instructional coaching, differentiation, and effective mathematics instruction, is considered a worldwide expert in Jungian type and its impact on leadership and education. The author of over 20 books, she works with schools and businesses, facilitating the creation of environments where everyone—leaders, teachers and students—can flourish.   She trains educators around the world on coaching, collaborative practices, effective change processes, and differentiated instruction, especially in mathematics. A frequent conference keynote speaker, her past engagements include education conferences and type conferences across the United States and in Europe, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. Jane has also written articles for several magazines and has received awards for her differentiated coaching research.    Jane currently teaches doctoral courses in education leadership for the University of St. Thomas and is a past faculty member of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type. She served as President of the Association for Psychological Type International. She holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management and a doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of St. Thomas. She is certified in Neuroscience and Jungian Personality, is a MBTI ® Master Practitioner qualified to use MBTI Steps I, II and III, and is certified in emotional intelligence instruments and leadership 360 tools. You can read more about her work at www.janekise.com.

Review :

"This book is research-based and grounded in practice and practical application. A wonderful resource for ensuring high-quality learning environments that honor students′ learning preferences."

"I was glued to the book and constantly thinking about how I could apply what I was reading to my team." "There are so many strengths to this book that I can′t list them all, but the terrific communication tips for working with your team are some of my favorite pieces—these alone are worth the price of the book." "This book does more to allow school administrators to follow the old admonition of ′know thyself′ than many other training books. The personality type framework informs administrators how to know their staff in ways that can be applied every day. Twenty years in the principalship have given me some of the same understandings as those found in this book, but this book allows those lessons to be learned more quickly and with less cost." “After reading this book, I have a much clearer understanding of why staff members express differing reactions to the same situation. More importantly, I now know what I can do differently to enable better understanding for each person. I look forward to sharing the book and its concepts with our administrators.”