Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

I bought this new. I was about to use the DVD, took it out of the sleeve and noticed that it just wasn’t placed right in the back in the book. Took it out and it is ruined!

The information contained in this book is very valuable to me as an educational leader. The levers of leadership are well-defined and explained in detail. Practical applications are extremely helpful in my quest to build leadership in myself and others. Highly recommend!!

I don't usually like reading, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this book! Although I am currently a teacher, I found this book a life-saver even to be used to teach me how to teach more effectively. Starting from data-driven instruction (always the go-to step), it is golden! It is somewhat similar to the book I read- The Breakthough Principals. These books are direct and precise in what to do in all kinds of situations. I just feel so much more confident in leading because now I am more knowledgeable in how to lead. You cannot live without this book if you are a leader in a school!

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I love the book. I feel lost because part of it are the videos and I tried to watch them and the website says it can’t be found. I didn’t get a DVD either or a code on my email 🤷🏽‍♀️ so I missed all my hose extra resources.

It's a great tool for fixing chaotic schools. Each chapter has concept boxes that express invaluable insights into the topics espoused in the chapter.

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I had to read this book for my graduate school class. It ended up being a helpful tool for understanding all the initiatives introduced during my school year. I do recommend it for those who need help with understanding why certain things are in place for certain schools.

My senior leadership team at school love this book. We’ve based our improvements around it and the impact is amazing.

Great read for educational leaders that would be invaluable if you are contemplating going up the ladder in your school. Well written and as a school leader myself I also found some useful pieces in this. 10/10

The book is incredibly practical gives easy to implement advice and support to help schools improve. The videos on the DVD is useful and gives clear insight to support the work in the book.The DVD was damaged as it was glued into the spine of the book and a replacement would've cost more than the book in postage. Check your DVD upon receipt.

I've read quite a lot from the Amercian school of thought of Doug Lemov, and have had success in implementing the methods described in "Teach like a Champion" in my own school. As a (newish) leader of a small team in a school, I was interested to read this. I do like the way it's laid out with space to jot notes, and the back up of videos, however much that is in offer here doesn't necessarily adapt to the British way of managing schools. The way assessment works and observations are suggested doesn't necessarily take into account the British ways of doing things and the different focus of leaders in schools.There is, still, probably something for every leader to take from this, and it's interesting to read the approach and the inspiring stories of schools that have been turned around. For a school like mine though, with a strong ethos, sense of identity and tradition I'm not sure that the ideas in this book are that relevant. Interesting, but probably best for the American market if I'm honest.

There is some great advice in this book but you have to work to adapt it to the UK context. Its worth you knowing that before you go any further.There are some considerable and fundamental differences to how systems in UK and USA differ, despite the central purpose of teaching being easily transferable across the ocean. What this means is, if you want to use any of the worksheets, the clips and the examples with your team, you've got to alter them to make them fit for purpose. That is extra work for you.And of course, we're all familiar with the 'Eeyore' in every team who resists change and will therefore use 'cultural inappropriateness' as an excuse not to engage in a central message shift during training sessions, unless you make those adaptations.That said, the ideas are sound and whilst many will already be familiar to any reasonably experienced and emotionally intelligent leader, there is still exciting new ground to be explored and ideas to steal. The clips are also useful as finding clips of people teaching that don't involve 'actors' is quite hard. These can spark some good debate. I suppose then, it depends if you are looking for a 'plug and play' training manual as to how useful you'll find this. If you are, I'd suggest leaving this one and instead exploring some of the offerings from the lovely people at UK based 'Independent Thinking' such as Ian Gilbert. I did find the 'Americanisims' to be intensely annoying and felt the cultural backdrop often derailed the central message. It therefore wasn't as useful to me as I'd hoped.