Building Learning Capacity in an Age of Uncertainty: Leading an Agile and Adaptive School

This guide for school leaders explores how capacity as learning at the individual, team, and organizational level can help schools become more agile and adaptive in an increasingly complex context. It combines learning process, leadership mindsets, and skills to enhance learning and includes a Diagnostic for School Learning Capacity and Team Considerations.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 184 pages
\n Publication date: 20 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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In the face of a rapidly evolving global landscape marked by a pandemic, economic uncertainty, heightened racial disparities, and a climate crisis, this comprehensive guide for school leaders aims to explore the role of capacity building at the individual, team, and organizational levels in fostering agility and adaptability within schools. Author James A. Bailey delves into a novel model of capacity development that amalgamates learning processes, leadership mindsets, and skills to enhance learning outcomes. Drawing from extensive research, this book offers a Diagnostic for School Learning Capacity and Team Considerations, providing valuable insights for school leaders and their teams to initiate further discussions and advance learning in their specific contexts. The tools and strategies presented in this timely publication are meticulously crafted to equip school leaders with the skills necessary to navigate the increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world in which schools operate. By embracing capacity building, school leaders can empower their teams and create a culture of continuous improvement, enabling them to adapt and thrive in the ever-changing educational landscape.

\n Weight: 292g\n
Dimension: 152 x 226 x 16 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367701604\n \n