Foreword / Michael Fullan
Introduction: Leadership and Student Achievement
Knowing Students Well and Developing Intellectual Capital
1. Purpose and Passion in Leadership
Moving to Purpose and Coherence
Uncovering Morally Compelling Purpose
Getting at the Core of Moral Purpose
Taking Charge: The Principal's Role in Uncovering Moral Purpose
Reflect on These Questions
2. The Principal and the Curriculum
Contrasting Responses to Mandated Curriculum
The Principal's Conception of Curriculum
Leadership as Meaning-Making
Reconceptualizing Curriculum and Teaching
A Way Forward: The Negotiated Curriculum
The Principal's Role in the Curriculum
Reflect on These Questions
3. Using Classroom Evidence for Learning, Capacity-Building, and Accountability
Initiating Collective Professional Learning and Development
How Can Principal Leaders Gather Useful Information?
Getting to the Heart of What Matters
Information and Accountability
Leading the Information- and Knowledge-Rich School
Reflect on These Questions
4. Personal and Collective Professional Learning
Finding Time: The 50-40-10% Solution
Personal and Collective Learning: Two Powerful Strategies
Knowing Your Students Well
Knowing Your Colleagues Well While Building Capacity
Continually Building Your Own Capacity and Understanding
A Focus on Teaching and Learning
Reflect on These Questions
5. Capacity-Building: The Promise of Professional Learning Communities
What Makes for Effective Professional Learning?
Case Study: Southern Cross Public School
How to Build a Professional Learning Community
Pedagogical Leadership: Enabling Professional Learning Communities
Reflect on These Questions
6. Thinking and Acting Strategically for School Improvement
Case Study: Conestoga Public School
Case Study: Cloverdale Public School
Case Study: Lancewood Public School Revisited-Changing Structures, Purpose, and Pedagogy
Case Study: Sutton Heights Secondary School
Lessons Learned Across the Schools
Reflect on These Questions
7. Orchestrating the Concert: Learning to Work Together
Recognizing a Culture of Participation
Three Stories of Educators Participating in Change Initiatives
Attending to Workplace Culture
Strategic Processes for Building Participation
The Power of Participation
Reflect on These Questions
8. Participation for Growth and Development
Examining the Four Pillars of Improvement
Connecting Collective Intellectual Capacity-Building and Professional Relationships
Recognizing Effective Leadership
Afterword: The Last Word / Andy Hargreaves
