Full Description
ConnectED Leaders is a call to action for superintendents and school system leaders to grow lead and engage in professional leadership networks. The book is based on principles developed in our professional roles as authors, a district superintendent, educational researcher, non-profit leader, leadership development expert, and a K-16 branding consultant for education and business and our personal roles and as friends, siblings, co-workers and parents. The position we claim in highlighting professional leadership networks is grounded in our work and experience. Our belief in professional leadership networks leads us to collaborate upon the superintendency's need to employ a strategy of growing professional networks, a first book in today's literature. We intend to help superintendents, novice or veteran, and other school system leaders recognize the importance of collaboration through professional leadership networks at a critical point in public education. With the call for more leadership collaboration and less isolation in today's schools, we offer school system leaders essential principles of networking, that will help them develop and engage in strategic opportunities of collaboration as a means to strengthen and improve the superintendency, their school district organization, and their students' success.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Foundations for ConnectED Leadership
ConnectED Leaders: An Explanation
ConnectED Testimonials
A ConnectED Leader's Perspective
A Superintendent's Call to Action
The Work of AASA as a Network Connector
The Importance of Professional Leadership Networks
Meet the ConnectED Leaders PLN
Advice from a ConnectED Superintendent
Setting the Stage
Chapter 1: AWAKENING: Recognizing the context for creating new networks
Chapter 2: BECOMING: Innovating and disrupting beyond the traditional ivory tower.
Chapter 3: BRANDING: Owning the image, promise and result of a leadership networking brand.
Chapter 4: DEEPENING: Inspiring internal networks for community growth
Intermission: Value-added ConnectED Leadership
Chapter 5: REACHING: Discovering connectivity in building external networks
Chapter 6: BELONGING: Supporting systems and frameworks that sustain a networking strategy
Chapter 7: MOBILIZING: Claiming your social and digital leadership networking presence
Conclusion
Afterword
ConnectED Advice for Your Journey
Appendix: AASA Member Blogs
Bibliography
About the Authors
