Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1: So, what kind of school do we want, anyway? -- Relationships: the foundation of the foundation -- Small moments matter -- Listening (seriously) -- Speak courageously and supervise/mentor with respect and care -- Naming names -- Have fun -- Display appreciation -- Build relationship equity -- Listening 2.0 -- Messaging -- Pulling it all together -- Summary -- Chapter 2: How can our systems support the three foundational principles? -- A bit about systems -- Systems thinking in schools -- Schedule considerations for functioning systems -- A system of empowering, collaborative teams -- Communications systems in support of the three foundational principles -- School improvement planning in support of the three foundational principles -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The power of "seeing it": the collegial visit -- The case for teachers to learn from one another's work -- Collegial visits: what? -- Collegial visits: how? -- Determining the foci for collegial visits -- Determining the collegial visits unit of analysis and team -- Creating guiding questions -- Creating the space for collegial visits -- Facilitating the visit: immersing teachers in the work -- Facilitating the debriefing session: where learning connections are made -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Building a teacher leadership system -- Why your school needs teacher leadership -- Demystifying leadership for teachers -- Teacher leadership by the standards -- Fostering teacher leadership formally: The teacher leadership academy -- Who should participate? -- How can we recruit teacher leaders? -- Teacher leadership academy: how? and what? -- Selecting teacher leadership projects -- Celebrating teacher leaders' work -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Amplifying teacher leadership beyond the school's walls -- Why consider teacher leadership beyond the school? -- Leadership and sharing at the district level -- Advocacy and sharing beyond the district level -- Testifying at a public hearing -- Educational organizations -- Presenting your successes -- Writing for publication -- Seeking outside funding -- Goal setting for future leadership efforts.

"This book explores how school leaders - both formal and informal - can create a supportive culture that leverages teamwork and empowers teachers to become leaders. By focusing on three foundational principles - empowerment, collegiality, and risk taking - schools can develop and enhance educators' capacity for success. With this practical resource, you will learn intentional and actionable strategies that empower participation in leadership at all levels through peer observation and team action planning. The book's chapters explore how to create systems that support trusting relationships, inspire distributed leadership, provide a vehicle for teachers to learn from each other and take risks, and develop informal and formal teacher leaders. This book provides a positive and proactive approach to collaborative school leadership that will invigorate your school community to work together more effectively for improved student outcomes. Rich reflection questions in each chapter help readers conceptualize the information presented and take actionable steps toward improvement, and additional tools are available online for easy download here: www.routledge.com/9781032040554"-- Provided by publisher.