Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (Hack Learning)

The best leaders lead from the middle
When school leaders join teachers, students, and parents in a collaborative effort to improve teaching and learning, achievement soars and schools turn into vibrant communities, filled with enthusiastic members. 
Teaching and learning feel too much like work 
With constant emphasis on higher test scores and teacher accountability, it's easy for schools to become places filled with stress and despair, making teachers dread going to work and students disdain lessons and activities.
It's time to bring fun back to school 
In Hacking Leadership, award-winning school administrators Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis demonstrate how to increase learning by leaving the office and engaging directly with all teachers and learners. They identify 10 problems with school leadership and provide dynamic, right-now solutions. During this exciting journey toward change, you learn how to:
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<li>Transform yourself from leader to Lead Learner
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<li>Amplify individual staff needs while maintaining a collaborative vision</li>
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Employ unique strategies to break down the walls between home and school</li>
<li>Empower students and staff to own their space</li>
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Create a culture where “Yes” and “Trust” are the default</li>
<li>Eliminate initiative overload while encouraging teachers to lead, as well</li>
<li>Broadcast student voice</li>
<li>Bring passion into your school</li>
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Embrace technology and social channels in ways rarely considered in education</li>
<li>Eradicate your deficit mindset</li>
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What makes Hacking Leadership different?
Sanfelippo and Sinanis present leadership strategies in ways few people have ever seen. These experienced, thoughtful, decisive leaders, share amazing, real anecdotes that make you feel like you're listening to trusted friends sitting in your living room. Then, they provide progressive, courageous, and practical solutions that you and all stakeholders will love, using the popular Hack Learning formula:
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<li>The Problem (a single leadership issue that needs a Hacker's mentality)</li>
<li>The Hack (a surprisingly easy solution that you've likely never considered)</li>
<li>What You Can Do Tomorrow (no waiting necessary; you can lead from the middle immediately)</li>
<li>Blueprint for Full Implementation (a step-by-step action plan for capacity building)</li>
<li>The Hack in Action (yes, people have actually done this)</li>
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Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (Hack Learning Series)

Education & Teaching

Sanfelippo, Joe

Sinanis, Tony

Schools & Teaching

Times 10 Publications

Turn a spotlight on what’s great about your school! Inform, engage, and support your school community with this step-by-step guide in the Connected Educators Series. Begin exploring the benefits of branding and create an action plan for sharing the excellent things unfolding in your classroom, school, or district. Includes concrete suggestions and in-depth case studies that will help you: <ul>
<li>Artfully create a brand name, symbol or design</li> <li>Share great events using blogs and more</li> <li>Empower all stakeholders, including students</li> <li>Teach digital citizenship K-12</li> </ul>
Use this all-inclusive guide to start sharing just how special your school is!

The Power of Branding: Telling Your School′s Story (Corwin Connected Educators Series)

Sanfelippo, Joseph M.

Corwin

The Corwin Connected Educator series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Using social media and Web 2.0 technologies, you’ll learn and collaborate with one another in new ways. These short volumes feature practical strategies to use right away―and the series website lets you connect with authors and access additional resources. The bundle includes all of the Fall 2014 books published in the series: <ul>
<li>Connected Leadership: It’s Just a Click Away 
</li> <li>The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning 
</li> <li>Empowered Schools, Empowered Students: Creating Connected and Invested Learners </li> <li>All Hands on Deck: Tools for Connecting Educators, Parents, and Communities 
</li> <li>The Power of Branding: Telling Your School′s Story 
</li> <li>Flipping Leadership Doesn’t Mean Reinventing the Wheel 
</li> <li>Teaching the iStudent: A Quick Guide to Using Mobile Devices and Social Media in the K–12 Classroom 
</li> <li>The Edcamp Model: Powering Up Professional Learning 
</li> </ul>
Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: It’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators companion website.

BUNDLE: Corwin Connected Educators Series: Fall 2014

Anderson, Steven W.

DeWitt, Peter M.

Barnes, Mark D.

Whitby, Tom

Currie, Brad M.

Ripp, Pernille S.

Swanson, Kristen N.

Cook, Spike C.

Build transformational leadership using social media! Close the gap of knowledge and experience between educators and learn how you really can find the time to connect with other leaders using social media. This highly instructive and conversational guide makes it easy. Filled with real-world experiences from leaders all over the country, you’ll build balanced and effective leadership skills, grow a network of support, and model your vision for a thriving community of learners. Includes a handy start-up guide to help busy principals: <ul>
<li>Connect virtually with K-12 leaders</li> <li>Model continuous learning</li> <li>Find solutions using Twitter, Google Hangouts, and more</li> </ul>

Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in the Digital Age (Corwin Connected Educators Series)

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