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When Teams Hit Rough Waters: Navigate Challenges with a Developmental Approach
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; O'Connor, Christy Joswick; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – Learning Professional, 2018
Teaming--when done well--can make all the difference. Yet where can teachers and leaders learn how to be effective team members? What common challenges do teams face? And how can a developmental approach help teams thrive? In this article, the authors address the painful challenges many adults encounter when working in teams. They discuss how…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Adults, Leaders, Team Teaching
Tell Me So I Can Hear You: A Developmental Approach to Feedback for Educators
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – Harvard Education Press, 2016
In "Tell Me So I Can Hear You", Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano show how education leaders can learn to deliver feedback in a way that strengthens relationships as well as performance and builds the capacity for growth. Drawing on constructive-developmental theory, the authors describe four stages of adult growth and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teachers, Leaders, Capacity Building
The Self in Social Justice: A Developmental Lens on Race, Identity, and Transformation
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – Harvard Educational Review, 2017
In this essay, Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano add a new dimension to the literature on social justice in education and constructive-developmental theory by exploring how adult developmental theory can shed new light on the challenges and opportunities of teaching and leading for social justice. Drawing from their decades of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, Identification (Psychology), Adult Development
Change No to Yes: Leaders Find Creative Ways to Overcome Obstacles to Adult Learning
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Drago-Severson, Ellie; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
Effectively supporting adult development on the front lines of schools is no easy task. In this article, the authors report on talks with education leaders about the most pressing challenges they face in supporting adult development in their schools and organizations. The leaders participated in a graduate course about supporting adult development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Development, Barriers, Faculty Development
A New Approach for New Demands: The Promise of Learning-Oriented School Leadership
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2013
In response to the complexity and mounting adaptive challenges of teaching, learning and leadership today, this article presents an overview of a new "learning-oriented model of school leadership," which is composed of four pillar practices--teaming, mentoring, collegial inquiry, and providing leadership roles--that support internal…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Capacity Building, Leadership Role, Mentors
Conceptual Changes in Aspiring School Leaders: Lessons from a University Classroom
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Asghar, Anila; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica; Welch, Jennifer Roloff – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2011
Scholars and practitioners recognize the significance of improving leadership preparation programs. This longitudinal study (surveys and interviews) investigates how course structure and curricula supports graduate students' learning about content as well as how to attend and facilitate adult development. This paper describes: (a) changes in…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Students, Leadership Training