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Leadership isn't just a title
What could you do with a $1 billion budget if you had 100,000+ students and one of the largest school systems in America? Imagining is his reality. Learn along from Dallas Dance as he shares the successful change efforts he employed to transform Baltimore Public Schools.
Deliberate Excellence is a true story of success in a challenging school environment that delivers great insight and inspiration. Readers will be moved and changed by three key success principles:
Establishing equity over equality by providing exactly what individuals need to be successful
Understanding change, how it happens, and what one needs to make it so
Knowing people deeply and how that leads to accomplishment and organizational change
Be inspired by this passion for progress and the drive to maximize latent potential in all people.
"For 20 years, Dr. Dallas Dance has been an inspiration to me as a leader. He understands that true leaders inspire others to lead, galvanize their audience, and provide practical applications to difficult situations. Regardless of the political climate, Dr. Dance has always kept students first. After reading Deliberate Excellence, educators will take away successful strategies to increase student achievement."
Dr. John B. Gordon III, Chief of Schools
Chesterfield County Public Schools, Chesterfield, VA
"Leaders are desperate for books that offer techniques from educational leaders who still practice and hone their craft from the trenches and a proven record of success. Dallas Dance offers educational leaders a unique, candid, and welcome perspective."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal - Grades 6-8
Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore, NY
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
Success Principle 1
LEADING FOR EQUITY: FOCUSING ON EACH CHILD, EVERY DAY
Know What Your Values Are
Demonstrate a Strong Appreciation for People
Addressing Equity Takes Leadership
Addressing Equity Will Guarantee Resistance
Equity Is the Work, Not an "Add-on" to the Work
Students Want Us to Focus on Equity, Not Equality
Success Principle 2
LEADING THE CHANGE: IMPLEMENTING SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES
Understand the History of the Organization
Acknowledge the Current State of the Organization
Understand the "Players" Within the Organization
Ensure People Understand What Change Means
Have an Effective Strategy to Implement Change
Success Principle 3
LEADING THROUGH COMMUNICATION: TELLING YOUR OWN STORY
Communicate Openly, Honestly, and in a Timely Manner
Communicate Your Story, or Someone Else Will!
Organize Your Communication Efforts
Individualize Your Communications
Use Every Available Resource to Communicate
View Communication as a Two-Way Street
Have an Open-Door Policy
CONCLUSION
Avoiding Pitfalls
Mistake 1: Knowing All the Answers
Mistake 2: Bashing the Previous Leadership
Mistake 3: Speaking Before You Think
Index
