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Leading with Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and District Improvement

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In his 2011 ASCD best-seller Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, author Mike Schmoker described a fresh pproach to K-12 teaching built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum; clear, prioritized lessons; and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy. Now, in Leading with Focus, he shows administrators, principals, and other education leaders how to apply his model to the work of running schools and districts. In this companion to his previous book, Schmoker offers

* An overview of the case for simple, focused school and district leadership—demonstrating its power for vastly improving the work of teachers and leaders.
* Examples of real schools and districts that have embraced focused leadership—and the incredible results for student learning.
* A practical, flexible, and easy-to-follow implementation guide for ensuring focused leadership in schools and districts.

All students deserve to learn in schools where educators eschew distractions and superfluous activities to concentrate on what's most important. To that end, this book is an essential resource for leaders ready to streamline their practice and focus their efforts on radically improving student learning.

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In his 2011 ASCD best-seller Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, author Mike Schmoker described a fresh approach to K-12 teaching built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum; soundly structured lessons; and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy. Now, in Leading with Focus, he shows administrators, principals, and other education leaders how to apply his model to the work of running schools and districts. In this companion to his previous book, Schmoker offers

* An overview of the case for simple, focused school and district leadership, demonstrating its power for vastly improving the work of teachers and leaders.

* Examples of life schools and districts that have embraced focused leadership--and the remarkable results for student learning.

* A practical, flexible, and easy-to-follow implementation guide for ensuring focused leadership in schools and districts.

All students deserve to learn in schools where educators eschew distractions and superfluous activities to concentrate on what's most important. To that end, this book is an essential resource for leaders ready to streamline their practice and focus their efforts on radically improving student learning.

About the Author

Mike Schmoker is a former administrator, English teacher, and football coach. He has written six books and dozens of articles for educational journals, newspapers, and Time magazine. His is the author of the best-seller Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning (2011) and Results Now (2006), a finalist for the Association of Education Publishers’ Book of the Year award.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ ASCD
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416621369
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416621362
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.8 inches

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- #195 in Educational Certification & Development

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Dr. Mike Schmoker is a former school administrator, English teacher and football coach. He has written several bestselling books and dozens of articles for educational journals, newspapers and for TIME magazine. His most recent book is the expanded 2018 edition of FOCUS: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning. His previous bestseller, Results NOW, was a finalist for “book of the year” by the Association of Education Publishers.
He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for his publications and presentations. In a 2018 Education Week survey of national school leaders, he was ranked among the best sources of “practical advice, wisdom and insight” on effective school improvement.
Schmoker has consulted and keynoted throughout the US, Canada, Australia, China and Jordan. He now lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Cheryl.
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Customers appreciate the book's focus on literacy, with one customer highlighting its emphasis on integrating reading and writing across all subjects, while another notes it is a must-read for school administrators.

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Practical Strategies for Implementing Focus
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2016
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Those who read and found value in Focus already may have implemented some of the strategies outlined in Leading with Focus. For those interested in incorporating the elements of Focus and want a succinct, straightforward framework to begin with, Leading with Focus provides that framework. As the author cautions, though, this book is not the "silver bullet." The recommendations must be adjusted to meet the context of each school or district.

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Getting us Back on track
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Really helped us focus our efforts in our department toward developing good teaching that will prepare our kids for college and beyond.

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Less is More
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017
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Is less more? Leading with focus takes the education of students back to the basics. Gives insight into the problems teachers and school face and strategies to use that are researched based and successful. Put reading and writing in all subjects - what was old school is new again! Yea!

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Great book
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I really like how the text models it's recommendations for clarity, focus and redundancy. The fundamentals for
School improvement are content rich curriculum, literacy and effective instruction!!

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This is an excellent resource for district leaders and school principals
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2016
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This is an excellent resource for district leaders and school principals. It would be a great book for an entire Administration team to read together and do a self evaluation of the systems in place in their schools.

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Must read for school administrators
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Great book!
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Very nice book, delivered on time.

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Really easy read that made you reflect upon teaching practices and the direction education needs to start heading.

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