Quantum Learning & Instructional Leadership in Practice

Take your leadership style to a whole new level! "Very powerful and user-friendly. If this book is carefully and intentionally implemented in schools, student performance will improve and principals and teachers can help eliminate achievement gaps." -Steve Hutton, Educational Consultant Villa Hills, KY Even the best principals and teachers need additional inspiration and energy to motivate students and even themselves. This inspiring handbook guides principals and teachers in upgrading their performance in the classroom and schoolwide. Using evidence-based strategies, John Parks Le Tellier provides a catalog of practiced "moves" to help create an empowering classroom climate, reinforce content, and increase or sustain motivation. Le Tellier offers four connections to becoming a highly effective leader. The Context Connection creates the "moves" to establish empowering classroom context; the Cognitive Connection updates educators on the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience; the Character Connection establishes character education′s importance to leadership practice; and the Classroom Connection develops strategies for accelerating learning, strengthening classroom management, and upgrading energy. Each chapter includes Leadership Notes that show you how specific moves can be used for Leadership initiatives. Learn to: Improve teaching effectiveness Improve student motivation Strengthen student character Implement and support leadership in the classroom Renew teachers′ energy and passion for their profession

Table of Contents:
About the Author Preface Acknowledgments 1. Leadership and Motivation Leadership Motivation and Self-Discipline Durable Motivation The Light of Leadership Four Leadership Connections Resources 2. The Context Connection Part I Context Staying Resourceful Systemic and Personal Victories Importance of Teaching The Main Event Law of Source and Resource The Law and the Main Event Two Important Connections A Giving Profession Positive Self-Coaching Catalog of Educational Moves Leadership Notes Resources 3. The Cognitive Connection Overview Brainwave States Picturing and Comprehension Brain Plasticity The Synapse Hebb’s Postulate Memory Emotion The Adolescent Brain Environment Catalog of Educational Moves Leadership Notes Resources 4. The Context Connection Part II Changing Context Establishing Rapport Environment Catalog of Educational Moves Leadership Notes Resources 5. The Character Connection The Line Success Principles The Gold Coin of Respect Gems of Excellence Catalog of Educational Moves Leadership Notes 6. The Classroom Connection The Connected Quartet ALERT State Management AGES Implementation of Moves Catalog of Educational Moves Leadership Notes Resources Teacher Resources for Chapter Six Resource A: Useful Diagrams of the Brain Resource B: Teaching Resources for Chapter Six Brain Preferences Survey Modality Indicator Brain Preferences Survey Modality Data Sheet Brain Preferences Survey Style Indicator Brain Preferences Survey Style Data Sheet Brain Preferences Profile Brain Preferences Survey Preference Descriptors Brain Preferences Survey Student Preferences Brain Preferences Survey Teacher Preferences Brain Preferences Survey Parent Preferences Brain Preferences Survey Learning Methods Preferences PAGES Teacher Notes References Index

Review :
"With the more recent emphasis on brain research and how it can be applied realistically in the classroom, this author provides very specific and clear ′moves′ as well as very useful tools. A most definite contribution to the field of education." "This book is the quintessential school improvement manual. The information is very powerful and user-friendly. If the information in this book is carefully and intentionally implemented in schools, student achievement will increase and principals and teachers can help eliminate achievement gaps." "Partly a recitation of teacher and leadership strategies, partly a collection of motivational activity how-tos for teachers and principals, and partly a review of current brain research applied to learning."