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What is the form and function of your school’s instructional leadership team? Dr. Jennie Weiner shares key insights on local school instructional leadership teams.
Dr. Jennie Weiner is an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Connecticut, Neeg School of Education. Jennie is an author and expert on issues of women education and care work and has written over 40 peer review journals on gender, race and leadership; educator professionalism and practice; teacher leadership and teams; and organizational improvement, culture, and policy.
Topics
- Teacher leadership team membership criteria [06:30]
- Competition for resources [09:44]
- Shared decision making [12:20]
- Professional norms [14:44]
- Psychological safety and Zones of Proximal Development [18:11]
- Technical vs Adaptive routines [22:45]
- Having a voice [26:16]
- Function of a PLC & ILT [27:45]
- Equity, logic, capacity, coherence [31:00]
- Initiative audit [36:55]
- Leadership actions [37:57]
Link and resources from the show:
- Jennie’s dissertation; Investigating Instructional Leadership Teams in Action: The Impact of School Context on Team Functioning and Authority
- Jennie’s book: The Strategy Playbook for Educational Leaders: Principles and Processes
- Jennie's 2014 article; Disabling conditions: Investigating instructional leadership teams in action
- Richard Hackman's book, Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
- Summary of research from Ruth Wagemn and Richard Hackman on the 6 enabling conditions of a team
- Here’s a short and simple explanation of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
- Edmondson, Amy C., Monica Higgins, Sara J. Singer, and Jennie Weiner. "Understanding Psychological Safety in Healthcare and Education Organizations: A Comparative Perspective." Special Issue on the Role of Psychological Safety in Human Development. Research in Human Development 13, no. 1 (2016): 65–83.
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