Preface
Introduction
1. Connected Learning: The Precursor to Flipped Leadership
What is Connected Learning?
Vignette About Twitter and Social Networking
Building a PLN
2. To Flip or Not to Flip...and Other Lame Excuses
Why Flip?
The Haters
Is Flipping a Passing Fad?
Flipping Out the Classroom
3. Flipped Faculty Meeting
How to Flip a Faculty Meeting
How It Leads to Better Discussions
Examples and Action Steps
4. Flipping Parent Communication
Why?
How Does It Help School Communication?
How It Helps Build a Better Home-School Partnership
5. How to Flip Communication
It′s What You Make of It
How I Do It
Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) is the founder and CEO of the Instructional
Leadership Collective. He was a K-5 teacher for 11 years and a
principal for 8 years. For the last 10 years, he has been
facilitating professional learning nationally, and internationally,
based on the content of many of his best-selling educational
books.
DeWitt′s professional learning relationships are a monthly hybrid
approach that includes both coaching and the facilitating workshops
on instructional leadership and collective efficacy.
Additionally, in the Summer of 2021, DeWitt created a year long
on-demand, asynchronous coaching course through Thinkific where he
has created a community of learners that include k-12 educators in
leadership positions.
DeWitt′s work has been adopted at the state level, university
level, and he works with numerous school districts, school boards,
regional networks, ministries of education around North
America, Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.K.
Peter writes the Finding Common Ground column for
Education Week, which has been in circulation since 2011. In
2020 DeWitt co-created Education Week′s A Seat At the
Table where he moderates conversations with experts around the
topics of race, gender, sexual orientation, research, trauma
and many other educational topics.
Additionally, DeWitt is the Series Editor for the Connected
Educator Series (Corwin Press) and the Impact Series (Corwin Press)
that include books by Viviane Robinson, Andy Hargreaves, Pasi
Sahlberg, Yong Zhao and Michael Fullan.
He is the 2013 School Administrators Association
of New York State′s (SAANYS) Outstanding Educator of the
Year, and the 2015 Education Blogger of the Year (Academy
of Education Arts & Sciences), and sits on numerous advisory
boards.
Peter is the author, co-author or contributor of
numerous books. Click on title to purchase. They include:
Dignity for All: Safeguarding LGBT Students (Corwin Press.
2012).
Flipping Leadership Doesn′t Mean Reinventing the Wheel (Corwin
Press. 2014)
Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter
Most (Corwin Press/Learning Forward).
School Climate: Leading With Collective Teacher
Efficacy (Corwin Press/ Ontario Principals Council. 2017).
Coach It Further: Using the Art of Coaching to Improve School
Leadership (Corwin Press. 2018).
Instructional Leadership: Creating Practice Out
Of Theory (Corwin Press. 2020).
Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening the Impact of
Instructional Leadership Teams (Corwin Press. Learning
Forward. 2021).
De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What
Works (Corwin Press. 2022).
Leading with Intention - Developing self-awareness to fostering an
unreasonable human interconnectedness to impact the school
community (co-authored with Michael Nelson. Corwin Press.
2024).
Peter′s articles have appeared in educational
research journals at the state, national and international
level. His books have been translated into numerous
languages.
Some of the organizations Peter has worked with
are the American Association of School Administrators (AASA),
Learning Forward, National Association of Elementary School
Principals (NAESP), University of Oklahoma, Cognition Education
(New Zealand), Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL),
Victoria Department of Education (Australia), University of
Rotterdam (Netherlands), Washington Association of School
Administrators (WASA), Texas Association of School Administrators
(TASA), the National Education Association (NEA), New Brunswick
Teacher′s Association (Canada), the National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), Education Scotland (Scotland),
Glasgow City Council (Scotland), Kuwait Technical College (Kuwait)
the National Association of School Psychologists,
ASCD, l’Association des directions et directions adjointes des
écoles franco-ontariennes (ADFO), the Catholic Principals’ Council
of Ontario (CPCO), and the Ontario Principals’ Council
(OPC), National School Climate Center, GLSEN, PBS, NPR, BAM
Radio Network, ABC, and NBC′s Education Nation.
Learn more about bringing Peter DeWitt to your school or district
at petermdewitt.com
"Education is plagued by outdated leadership strategies and
techniques that have long lost their luster. Peter DeWitt provides
a fresh look at how leaders can make use of precious time while
increasing the effectiveness of meetings and communications. His
message is a call to action for leaders to jump on the train before
it is too late."
*Eric Sheninger, Principal*
"After reading this book, my mind is racing with ideas! I have
already started planning for flipped faculty meetings as a way to
maximize time with our staff. I am also really intrigued by the
possibility of student led conferences. The opportunity to empower
our students and allow them to use their voices to link home and
school is an important opportunity we cannot miss. Peter′s thoughts
on the power of being a connected educator and leader and being
comfortable with technology are ones that resonated with me because
the best way to prepare our students for the future is to model it
for them today. This book is a must read for all educators, and
especially educational leaders!"
*Tony Sinanis, Principal & Corwin Author of The Power of
Branding*
"Peter is the principal of the flipped! He flipped his
teaching, flipped his staff meetings, flipped his newsletters, and
shows the passion of flipping! The story shows his emerging
passion for backward design, for working from what needs to be
realised to how we then attain such success, and for listening and
carrying his staff with him. The book describes a principal’s
road to realising how to see the world in a different and more
powerful way."
*John Hattie, Author, Visible Learning*
"Peter DeWitt has a great idea, here: taking the flip concept and
applying it to leadership. If you’re looking for innovative ways to
improve staff meetings and other collaboration within your school,
you’ll get a lot out of this book."
*Jim Knight, Research Associate and Corwin Author, High Impact
Instruction*
"Utilizing the methods of flipped leadership, principles facilitate
better management and communication with their faculty,
parents, and students, and interact in a deeper level of
discussion. With broadcasting tools such as TouchCast, Peter
demonstrates how easy it is to promote your ideas through flipped
videos and use the valuable time in one-on-one sessions for
meaningful dialogue. "
*Dr. Ayelet Segal, Head of Education*
"As of now there are about 20 books in the Corwin Connected
Educator Series, a seemingly ever-growing set of titles
masterminded by Peter DeWitt and Corwin Press. Each book is
short enough to be read in one sitting, which makes the collection
ideal for book studies and professional development, both during
the summer and throughout the school year. Also, each paperback is
authored by one or two educators who speak (and blog, tweet, etc.)
with a credible voice in the world of connected education. Some of
the topics include:
Flipped leadership
Tools for connecting educators, parents, and communities
Blogging for educators
Best practices for establishing a makerspace
Tools to connect and empower teachers Finally, all of the authors
are active on social media, and they regularly present at local
conferences, which helps in bringing to life the contents of these
books."
*Ross Cooper, Supervisor of Instructional Practice K-12*
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