Mapping Leadership: The Tasks that Matter for Improving Teaching and Learning in Schools

by Richard Halverson, Carolyn Kelley

Drawing on twenty years of research in school effectiveness, this book presents a distributed model of task-based school leadership that leads to continuous school improvement. The book outlines the tasks school leadership teams must focus on to improve teaching and learning, grouped into the following five domains:
Recognizing that the principal is a single actor in a complex web of activity influencing student learning, the focus is not only on the principal’s role but on a range of leadership and instructional practices to be shared across the leadership team (including APs, counselors, teachers, and support personnel). These tasks, organized into 21 subdomains, have been demonstrated through extensive research to contribute to improved student learning.

224 pages, Paperback

Published July 24, 2017

Reviews

[Dave Moyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I worked with Carolyn when I was a superintendent in Wisconsin during the initial CALL studies, and enjoyed the outcome of that work. I don't know why there is only a Kindle edition option to review, since I actually read the book, but regardless, in my opinion, the book hits on the key components of effective building level leadership and should be a good resource for action planning.

[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book with a survey for formative assessment for principals on how to improve their practice.

[Matt]

An evidence-based, research-supported resource for articulating what effective instructional leadership looks like. I think this book would make for a great book study as an administrative team.