Shared knowledge between educators breeds shared success in all systems and schools
Comprehensive in scope, CLARITY illustrates how system and school leaders must come together to boost student achievement and build teacher capacity to learn, teach and lead. By emphasizing collaborative processes, Lyn Sharratt’s detailed design demonstrates how shared knowledge, equity and expertise can make every classroom more impactful and every teacher more empowered. Readers will uncover these ‘Big Ideas’:
- 14 essential Parameters to guide system and school leaders toward building powerful collaborative learning cultures
- Case studies, vignettes and firsthand accounts from gifted teachers and leaders bring important theories and practices to life
- From all points in the organization, a ‘line-of-sight’ directly to students’ FACES in every classroom to ensure continuous improvement
- Data-driven tasks and tools to tackle solutions needed in all facets of education
With more than four decades of research, writing and practical experience in system, school, and classroom improvement, Sharratt provides a ‘why-and-how-to guide’ to assist educators across the globe as they solve 21st century-created problems and identify the much-needed learning critical to the success of our future citizens.
Innehållsförteckning
List of Online Resources
List of Acronyms
Foreword by John Hattie
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
In Memoriam
Introduction by Alma Harris
PART I. LEARNING
Chapter 1. CLARITY: The 14 Parameters: A Learning Framework
The Third Teacher: Creating a Collaborative Culture of Learning
Introduction to the 14 Parameters
Achieve CLARITY Using the 14 Parameters
How to Begin Implementing the 14 Parameters
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 2. CLARITY: Knowing the FACES of Learners
Achieving Because They Believe They Can
Parameter #1: Shared Beliefs and Understandings
Parameter #14: Shared Responsibility and Accountability
Putting FACES on the Data
Powerful Questions to Get to Know Learners and Learning
Parents Are Critical Partners in Knowing Each Learner
Parameter #12: Parents and the Community Are Critical Partners in Learning
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 3. CLARITY: Collaborative Inquiry With Teachers and Leaders
Parameter #11: Collaborative Inquiry
The Value of Collaborative Inquiry
When Do We Inquire Collaboratively? Professional Learning Communities at Work
Lead in Order to Learn and Learn in Order to Lead
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
PART II. TEACHING
Chapter 4. CLARITY in Teaching: Assessment
Parameter #3: Quality Assessment Informs Instruction
Formative and Summative Assessment
Debriefing Each Component of the Assessment Waterfall Chart
Learning Walls Capture the Ongoing Assessment Journey
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 5. CLARITY in Teaching: Instruction
Parameter #3: Assessment Informs Instruction and Parameter #13: Cross-Curricular Literacy Connections
Literacy Learning Is the Foundation of All Instruction
Eight Components of High-Impact Literacy Instruction
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 6. CLARITY: Processes That Support Collaborative Inquiry With Students
Parameter #14: Shared Responsibility and Accountability
Collaborative Inquiry With Students
Collaborative Inquiry in the Classroom
Three Approaches to Student-Led Collaborative Inquiry
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 7. CLARITY: Using Data for Prevention and Intervention
Parameter #6: Case Management Approach
Prevention: Data Walls
Intervention: Case Management Meetings
Parameter #5: Early and Ongoing Intervention
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
PART III. LEADING
Chapter 8. CLARITY: The Knowledgeable Other—Leading Alongside
Parameter #2: The Embedded Knowledgeable Other
Six Evidence-Proven Professional Learning Approaches
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Chapter 9. CLARITY: Precision in Leadership Practice
Parameter #4: Principals and System Leaders as Lead Learners
The Six Dimensions of Leadership
The New Sixth Leadership Dimension
System Leadership in Action
School Leadership in Action
Principal Learning Teams
Learning Walks and Talks: Leading to Ensure the Growth of All Students
A Deliberate Pause to Create CLARITY
Conclusion
CLARITY: Leadership for the Future
The FACES of CLARITY
Afterword by Melanie Greenan
Glossary of Terms
References and Further Reading
Index
Om författaren
Lyn Sharratt, Ed D, is a practitioner and researcher working in remote and urban settings worldwide. Lyn is an Adjunct Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada; a Fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia; an author consultant for Corwin Press; an advisor for International School Leadership with the Ontario Principals’ Council; and consults internationally, working with system, school, and teacher leaders at all levels in Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lyn focuses her time and effort on increasing each student’s growth and achievement by working alongside leaders and teachers to put FACES on their data, taking intentional action to make equity and excellence a reality for ALL students. Visit www.lynsharratt.com for articles, video clips, podcasts; on Twitter: @Lyn Sharratt; on Instagram: lyn_sharratt; and on Linked In where Lyn owns the “Educational Leadership” Linked In group made up of 99, 000+ members. Lyn’s authorship includes: Realization: The Change Imperative for Deepening District-Wide Reform (with Michael Fullan); Putting FACES on the Data: What Great Leaders Do! (With Michael Fullan); Good to Great to Innovate: Recalculating the Route, K-12+ (with Gale Harild); Leading Collaborative Learning: Excellence (with Beate Planche); CLARITY: What Matters MOST in Learning, Teaching and Leading (International Best-Selling Education Book in 2020); and Putting FACES on the Data – the 10th Anniversary Edition (with Michael Fullan). Lyn is proud of the recent co-development of the CLARITY Learning Suite (CLS) – a web-based collaborative Professional Learning opportunity that mirrors CLARITY. Lyn and her team believe that ‘everyone’s a leader’, thus CLS provides guidance to Learning Leaders on how to do this work of system and school improvement – together – to make a difference for all students. Visit www.claritylearningsuite.com.
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