Leading with Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and District Improvement
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About
In his 2011 ASCD best-seller Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, author Mike Schmoker described a fresh approach to K-12 teaching built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum; soundly structured lessons; and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy. Now, in Leading with Focus, he shows administrators, principals, and other education leaders how to apply his model to the work of running schools and districts. In this companion to his previous book, Schmoker offers
Table of contents
Leadership Opportunities in the Three Key Areas: Curriculum, Literacy, and Instruction
Focused Leadership in Action: Examples from Schools and Districts
An Implementation Guide for Focused Leadership
About the authors
Mike Schmoker is a former teacher, administrator, and coach. He is the author of Focus, Results Now 2.0, and several other bestselling books, one of which was a finalist for Book of the Year by the Association of Educational Publishers. He has authored dozens of articles for educational journals, newspapers and TIME magazine.
In an Education Week survey of national educational leaders, he was identified as among the best sources of practical "nuts and bolts . . . advice, wisdom, and insight" on effective school improvement strategies. As a much sought-after presenter, Schmoker delivers keynotes and consults throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, China, and Jordan. Contact Mike Schmoker.