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Leverage Leadership 3.0
A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Author)
9781394324439, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 25 May 2026
432 pages
23.4 x 18.3 x 3 cm, 0.635 kg
A Proven, Updated Framework That Empowers School Leaders to Build High-Impact, Time-Smart Schools In the era of shrinking resources, AI and the latest high-quality curriculum materials, what separates great schools from the rest? The answer is in how a leader uses their time. Rooted in observation and training of over 40,000 school leaders worldwide, Leverage Leadership 3.0 provides school leaders with a clear, updated roadmap for achieving exceptional results. As schools face widening gaps and intensified accountability, leaders need tools that help them focus their time on what matters most to directly improve teaching and learning. In this thoroughly refreshed third edition, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo revisits and strengthens the seven levers, offering streamlined methods that help leaders reclaim hours each week and invest them in the coaching and collaboration that elevate classroom practice. Bambrick-Santoyo draws from experience founding and leading internationally recognized leadership institutes and high-performing schools to ground the book in practical insight and everyday applicability. With step-by-step guidance and a renewed focus on sustainable leadership, this edition demonstrates how consistent, intentional actions—not extraordinary personalities—create thriving schools. Designed to empower school leaders to maximize limited resources while improving instruction and student outcomes, Leverage Leadership 3.0: Leverage Leadership 3.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools is essential reading for principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, superintendents, and teacher leaders in K–12 settings, whether new to school leadership or experienced in continuous improvement. It is well-suited for leadership preparation programs, superintendent academies, principal residencies, and courses in educational leadership within M.Ed. and Ed.D. pathways.
Online Content xv Video Content xv Tools and Resources xx Acknowledgments xxiii About the Author xxv Introduction xxvii A Paradigm Shift: Leadership in the AI Age xxix A “Practical Guide”: What You’ll Find in the Book xxxiv Who Should Use This Book—And How xxxix The Path Ahead xli AI Primer—Leverage Leadership App as Your Personal Assistant xliii What is AI . . . And Why is it Limited? xlv Fixing Problem #1—Reducing Errors: The Power of Prompting (Me. You. What. How.) xlvi AI Prompt xlvi Fixing Problem #2—Increasing Excellence: The Power of Specialization xlvii The Leverage Leadership App—A Specialized LLM for You xlviii The Goal of the LL App l Do This Now—A Small Win li Build the Habit (So It Sticks) lii Ready. Set. Go. Lii Part I Instruction 1 1 Data- Driven Instruction 3 Assessment: What Will Students Learn? 7 Analysis: What and Why Didn’t They Learn? 20 Action: Teaching to Mastery 28 Action: Coaching to Mastery, Part 1: Weekly Data Meetings 37 Action: Coaching to Mastery, Part 2: Monitoring the Learning 52 Making It Work: How It Fits into a Leader’s Schedule 58 Turnaround— DDI Is the Strategy 63 Conclusion 64 Pulling the Lever 73 2 Planning 75 Effective Unit and Lesson Plans 77 Coaching for Effective Planning: Weekly Planning Meetings 85 Monitoring Planning 95 Turnaround— What to Do First 97 Conclusion 98 Pulling the Lever 104 3 Observation and Feedback 105 Observe More Frequently 109 Identify the Right Action Step 114 Deliver Effective Feedback 133 Systems: Maintain and Monitor Your Feedback 148 Turnaround— What to Do First 151 Conclusion 152 Pulling the Lever 156 4 Professional Development 157 What to Teach: Follow the Data 160 How to Teach: Live the Learning 166 How to Make It Stick: Follow Up 178 Turnaround— What to Do First 180 Conclusion 181 Pulling the Lever 187 Part II Culture 189 5 Student Culture 191 Set the Vision 194 Roll It Out to Your Staff 207 Roll It Out to Your Students 213 Monitor and Maintain 214 Turnaround— Fixing a Broken Culture 224 Conclusion 228 Pulling the Lever 236 6 Staff Culture 239 Set the Vision 242 Roll It Out 252 Make It Durable 259 Maximize Strengths 262 Community Depends on Accountability 264 Turnaround— Coming Together 267 Conclusion 268 Pulling the Lever 271 7 Managing School Leadership Teams 273 Choose Your Team 275 Train Your Team— Roll Out the Vision 277 Monitor the School 283 Lead Effective Leadership Meetings 285 Turnaround 296 Conclusion 296 Pulling the Lever 301 Part III Making It Happen 303 8 Finding the Time 305 Identify Your “Leaks” 308 Stop Your “Leaks”— Build New Habits 312 Protect Your Time 314 Build Your Weekly Schedule 317 The Final Step 329 Conclusion 334 Pulling the Lever 337 Conclusion 339 Quick Reference Sheet 341 A Companion Text 345 Notes 347 Index 361
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
