Future Focused Leaders

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: Conversational Leadership: Leadership Driven by Relationships, Listening, and Communication School Leader's Story: Listening to Student Voice The Conversation Is the Relationship More Meaningful Meetings School Culture School Leader's Story: Building Authentic Relationships Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities School Leader Simulation (SIM): The Bully Teacher Chapter 2: Communication Builds Community: Telling Your School Story Together School Leader's Story: Telling Your School's Story Branding Your School Digital Media Tools Relevance School Leader's Story: Communicating by Relating Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 3: Connecting to Make a Difference: Building Relationships With the Entire School Community School Leader's Story: Connecting Students With Their Community Connecting for Learning School, It's Not Just for Students Anymore School Leader's Story: Engaging the Community Partnerships to Strengthen Learning School Leader's Story: Making a Difference for Others Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 4: Shift in How We Do School: The Changing Architecture of Learning and Schooling School Leader's Story: Increasing Parent Involvement Holding Back Innovation: Comfort, Cost, and Courage A Future Crisis: Pulling Away From the Past to Save the Future Physical Environment School Leader's Story: Empowering Students Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 5: Digital Leadership, Learning, and Technology: Digital School Leaders Making a Difference for Students School Leader's Story: Modeling Digital Learning You Think You Have Problems? SwERI Framework Future Design Learning Environments School Leader's Story: Technology Supports Student Interest Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 6: Nurturing Creativity: Strategies for Leaders to Inspire Creativity in Their Teachers, Students, and Parents School Leader's Story: Creating Space for Creativity The Fourth Revolution Growing Creativity School Leader's Story: Creative Solutions for Authentic Problems Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 7: Inspiring Others to Greatness: Principals Inspiring Teachers, Students, and Parents for Amazing Things School Leader's Story: Getting All Voices Heard Making a Lasting Difference Culture Changes in Education Returning to the Call School Leader's Story: Community Members Inspiring Students Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 8: Building on Strengths: Leadership That Focuses on Strengths and Celebrates the Success of Others School Leader's Story: A House Undivided The Power of Team Focus on Strengths School Leader's Story: Stronger Together: Collaborating for Success Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 9: Servant Leadership: Serving the Students, Staff, and Community to Ensure They Get What They Need to Learn School Leader's Story: Serving the School Community Kindergarten Lessons School Leader's Story: Supporting Students' Ideas: "Make It Happen" Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Chapter 10: Learning Is the Goal: Leadership That Resists Trends and Quick Fixes School Leader's Story: Supporting Leadership Throughout the School for Learning A Lead Learner Do What Matters Resist the Quick Fix Keys to Learning as School Leaders Celebrate Learning School Leader's Story: Changing a School Culture for Learning Relate, Innovate, Invigorate Activities Appendix References Index

Dr. Bill Ziegler is a high school principal in Pennsylvania. He was recently honored as the 2016 Pennsylvania Principal of the Year, the 2015 National Association of Secondary School Principals Digital Award Winner, and was selected to serve on the United States team of School Leaders to the Great Leaders Summit in China. Dr. Ziegler has over 24 years of service in public education where he has served as a school leader for 20 years. Bill was recently selected to serve on the team to rewrite the NASSP/NAESP Breaking Ranks publications for school leaders. He has served as a high school social studies teacher, high school assistant principal, middle school principal, and he currently serves as a high school principal. Bill also earned Apple Teacher certification and was recently selected to participate in an Apple Research Study for School Leaders. Bill is honored to be part of the Corwin Consulting Team that provides high quality professional development to school leaders. Dr. Ziegler also serves as an adjunct professor at Temple University in their Masters of Education department. Bill is very active in his state; he served as the President of the Pennsylvania Principals Association in 2014 and 2016 and was honored to be selected as Treasurer and Southeast Regional Representative for the same association. Dr. Ziegler presents regularly around the world on School Leadership. He has presented at national conferences such as the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Association of Curriculum & Supervision Development, International Society for Technology in Education, and many more. Bill spoke on Capitol Hill to lobby for better ERate coverage for schools throughout the United States. Bill is the owner of Chase Learning (https://chaselearning.org), a private educational consulting firm designed to provide high quality and engaging professional development to strengthen school leaders throughout the United States. Personally, Bill is married to his beautiful wife, Kim and they have two high school aged children. Bill can often be found fly fishing in the streams of PA, cheering on his favorite Philly sports teams, or playing his saxophone. Watch Bill's video Dave Ramage, Ph.D. has been a public school educator for 29 years. He spent eleven years as a middle school music teacher in grades six through nine at Souderton Area SD in suburban Philadelphia, and then became the Coordinator of Technology Staff Development for the same district. Dave moved to middle school administration as an assistant principal and principal. He currently leads Pottsgrove Middle School. Dave was a 2005 national finalist in the Technology Leaders award sponsored by Technology & Learning magazine. He has presented at conferences including PETE & C, NECC, and PASCD. Dr. Ramage has done adjunct teaching since 1998 for several universities including DeSales University, California University of Pennsylvania, and currently for Drexel University. He received his BS in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College, M.Ed. in Computers in Education from DeSales University, and Ph.D in Educational Leadership and Technology Learning from Drexel University. Dave and his wife Diane have three children who currently practice their lifelong learning in high school, college and graduate school. One of Dave's favorite quotes is from Dennis Sparks who reminds us, "At school, everyone's job is to learn." Dave is excited to lead his staff and grow a learning community that improves instruction, innovates with technology, values critical thinking, and cares for the achievement of every student. Stories of student successes always find their roots in strong relationships and Dr. Ramage is humbled and blessed to be a partner in this vital work.