100-Day Leaders. Robert Eaker
Six Steps
Part 2: Creating the Environment for Success
Why Before How: The Moral Imperative of Leadership
Essential Elements of Leadership
Sustainability
Summary
The Six Steps of 100-Day Leadership
Step 1: Identify Your Values
Values and the 100-Day Leader
Values Worth Fighting For
Step 2: Take an Initiative Inventory
Taking the Initiative Inventory
Creating Implementation Rubrics
Applying the Rubrics
Step 3: Make a Not-to-Do List
Email and Other Communication
Meetings
Ineffective Practice
Step 4: Identify 100-Day Challenges
Step 5: Monitor High-Leverage Practices
High-Leverage Strategies
The Results Fallacy
The 100-Day Learning System
Step 6: Specify Results
The Challenges With Traditional Result Measurement
A Better Way to Measure Results
Objections to Interim Assessments
Summary
Identifying Your Values
Taking an Initiative Inventory
Making a Not-to-Do List
Identifying 100-Day Challenges
Monitoring High-Leverage Practices
Specifying Results
Summary
Creating the Environment for Success
The Four Pillars of a PLC
Mission
Vision
Values
Goals
Leading Cultural Change
Focusing On the Right Things
Collaborating Where It Counts
Aligning the Work of Teams Districtwide
The School Board and Superintendent Team
The Central Office Team
The Principal Team
The School Leadership Team
Teacher Teams
Support Staff Teams
Focusing Teacher Teams on Learning
Planning Units of Instruction
Analyzing Student Work and Learning
Monitoring and Celebrating the Work of Teams
Summary
Auditing Your Assumptions
Possessing an Optimistic Mindset
Modeling What You Expect of Others
Resilience
Personal Behavior
Student Achievement
Decision Making
Communication
Learning
Summary
Putting Your Stars on the Table and Making Long-Term Success Possible