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The Educational Leadership Dialogues presents
Learning for Leadership
Building a school of professional practice
by Michelle Anderson and Christine Cawsey
ACER's new educational leadership dialogue series helps to bridge the gap between research and practice!
Christine Cawsey & Michelle Anderson
This second book in ACER's educational leadership dialogues, Learning for Leadership was launched by Dr Paul Brock, AM FACE Director, Learning and Development Research, NSW DEET on 29th April at Rooty Hill High School. This event was well attended with many people coming from Sydney and beyond to help celebrate the arrival of this exciting new resource. Dr Kathy Lacey was also a guest speaker.
This book teams up ACER researcher Michelle Anderson and experienced school principal Christine Cawsey to present a concise, evidence-based, practical guide to develop the leadership potential of teachers in their school.
Learning for Leadership explores how school principals can initiate and maintain programs and practices to develop the leadership potential of teachers in their school. It explains the theory behind the concept of educational leadership and then it tells the story of a school much admired for its leadership development. Together, the research and the case study present a strong argument for the introduction of similar programs in schools throughout Australia.
About the Authors
Michelle Anderson is a Senior Research Fellow at ACER. Her work includes co-authoring Standards for School Leadership (for Teaching Australia) and the Australian Country Background Report for the OECD's Improving School Leadership Activity (for DEST). Previously, she was a researcher for England's National College for School Leadership. She is doing a PhD in school leadership with the University of London.
Christine Cawsey is Principal of Rooty Hill High School, a comprehensive 7-12 school in Sydney. In 2007, she was a winner in the National Awards for Quality Schooling for Excellence by a Principal. She is Deputy President of the NSWSPC and her academic interests include school culture, communication, leadership development and quality teaching.
Purchase Learning for Leadership
Other titles in the educational leadership dialogues include:
Towards a Moving School by John Fleming and Elizabeth Kleinhenz