Richard Halverson - Mapping Leadership: The Tasks that Matter for Improving Teaching and Learning in Schools

1. Chapter 3
2. Chapter 4
3. Chapter 6
4. Chapter 8
5. Appendix B
6. Appendix C

1. Chapter 8

Mapping Leadership provides a thoroughly readable, practical guide that makes sense of a large body of research on school leadership. It moves attention away from the leader as an individual to the developer of systems of collaboration. Using tangible examples, the book vividly demonstrates the process of school improvement.

Elaine Allensworth,
LewisSebring Director, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research

The depth and utility of this book are incredible. I love how the CALL surveys exemplify a range of possible practices. The detailed descriptions in each chapter allow administrators to map what they do against exemplary leadership behaviors. This book is a gift to the field of educational leadership. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Scott McLeod,
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver, and Founding Director, CASTLE

Many practicing school leaders, especially principals, find themselves drowning in research on an endless list of education topics. Despite all that is available, leaders still struggle with knowing how to shape sustainable improvements and what tasks are essential for getting there. This book is an invitation to explore distributive leadership and to develop the practices necessary for growing capacity and improving learning for all. I can't imagine a better guide for any leader wanting to think and act differently. The book is your map for an improved future. Use it and share it now!

Patricia Neudecker,
Director, Administrative Leadership Programs, School of Education, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Halverson, Richard, author. | Kelley, Carolyn, author.

Title: Mapping leadership : the tasks that matter for improving teaching and learning in schools / Richard Halverson, Carolyn Kelley.

Description: San Francisco, CA : JosseyBass ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017005480 (print) | LCCN 2017009353 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118711699 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781118711514 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781118711576 (ePub)

Subjects: LCSH: Educational leadership.

Classification: LCC LB2806 .L324 2017 (print) | LCC LB2806 (ebook) | DDC 371.2dc23

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To our daughters

Richard Halverson is a Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the UWMadison School of Education. His research aims to bring the research methods and practices of the Learning Sciences to the world of educational leadership and interactive media. Rich codirects the Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network and the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning project, and was a cofounder and codirector the Games + Learning + Society Research Center. He is a former high school teacher and administrator, and earned an MA in Philosophy and a PhD in the Learning Sciences from Northwestern University. He is coauthor (with Allan Collins) of Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America.

Carolyn Kelley is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the School of Education at the University of WisconsinMadison, and the Jim and Georgia Thompson Distinguished Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her research focuses on educational policy and strategic human resources management in schools, including leadership development, principal and teacher evaluation, and teacher compensation. She codirects the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning project, and is coauthor (with Jim Shaw) of Learning First! A School Leader's Guide to Closing Achievement Gaps.

It has been a great journey to build and share CALL over the years. The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning project was the result of partnerships with colleagues over the past dozen years. We are grateful to the staff at the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (award R305A090265) and our program officer, Katina Stapleton, for their support on this work.