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Leading Collective Efficacy
Powerful Stories of Achievement and Equity



November 2020 | 184 pages | Corwin
Inspiration and Guidance  to Develop Collective Teacher Efficacy

Collective efficacy, or a shared belief that through collective action educators can positively influence student outcomes, has remained at the top of a list of influences on student achievement in John Hattie’s Visible Learning research. Collective efficacy has been embodied by many educators, though collaboration tends to be focused on building community and relationships, which alone are not enough to move the needle on student achievement.

This book contains stories of collective efficacy in schools where it has been actualized in practice, and includes:

• Real-world case studies of teams who have fostered and sustained collective efficacy
• Practical guidance for building collective efficacy through professional learning designs
• Tools that can be adapted for specific needs or local contexts

Through these accounts, readers will gain a better understanding of ways to capitalize on the reciprocal relationship between student achievement and collective efficacy by having a clear understanding of what collective efficacy looks like and how it can be accomplished.

 
List of Figures and Tables
 
Acknowledgments
 
Preface
 
About the Authors
 
Chapter 1: Educators’ Beliefs Matter
A Tale of Two School Improvement Teams With Very Different Outlooks

 
Collective Efficacy Beliefs

 
Efficacy Beliefs Drive Receptiveness to Change

 
The Formation of Efficacy Beliefs

 
Five Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 2: Goal Consensus
The Nature of Goal Consensus

 
The Maine Township Journey

 
Focusing on Adult Learning

 
Overcoming Challenges

 
Evidence of Success

 
How Does Goal Consensus Develop Collective Efficacy?

 
How Can We Support Goal Consensus in Our School or District?

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 3: Empowered Teachers
Teacher Leadership

 
What Is an Instructional Leadership Team?

 
Overcoming Challenges

 
Evidence of Success

 
How Does Empowering Teachers Develop Collective Efficacy?

 
A Leadership Mindset

 
How Can We Empower Teachers in Our School or District?

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 4: Cohesive Teacher Knowledge
Improvement and Change Do Not Follow a Linear Trajectory

 
What Is Opening Classroom Doors?

 
Evidence of Success

 
How Does Cohesive Teacher Knowledge Develop Collective Efficacy?

 
How Can We Use Opening Classroom Doors to Build Cohesive Teacher Knowledge in Our School or District?

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 5: Embedded Reflective Practices
Perceptions Are Critical to Confronting Inequity

 
Introduce Structures and Protocols That Help to Facilitate Reflection Based on Evidence

 
Ensure Teams Use Disaggregated Data and Multiple Measures as Diagnostic and Formative Tools

 
Encourage Experimentation With Evidence-Based Strategies

 
Supporting the Sustained Use of Strategies

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 6: Supportive Leadership
A Leadership Mindset

 
How Do Leaders Shape the Conditions for All to Learn?

 
What Is the Process of “Letting Go”?

 
Creating Opportunities for Informal Leadership

 
Conclusion

 
 
Chapter 7: Conclusion
The Best Time to Plant a Tree Is 200 Years Ago. The Second Best Time Is Today.

 
 
Afterword: What Collective Belief Does for Communities
 
Appendix A: Positive Consequences of Collective Teacher Efficacy
The Relationship Between Collective Teacher Efficacy and Student Results

 
 
Appendix B: Enabling Conditions for Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale (EC-CTES)
 
Appendix C: The Stakeholder Interview
 
Appendix D: Logic Model Template
 
Appendix E: World Café for Revisiting Logic Model
 
Appendix F: Opening Classroom Doors Logistics
 
References
 
Index

Free resources

Key features
  • A practical how-to book that offers guidance for building collective efficacy through the use of efficacy enhancing professional learning designs
  • Provides a menu of tools that any district can use or adapt to their specific needs and local contexts.
  • Includes an array of real world case examples of North American schools that have successfully fostered and sustained collective efficacy leading to positive impacts on student achievement.
  • Focuses on three essential categories of professional learning designs:: (1) Opening Classroom Doors; Participatory Leadership Practices; (3) Collaborative Inquiry

 

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ISBN: 9781071801802
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