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Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations by Stone, Patton, and Heen

Recommended by Vivian Troen

For those alums who are taking on teacher leadership roles I would suggest Difficult Conversations by Stone, Patton and Heen. In schools we often maintain a “culture of nice.” This may prevent teacher leaders from taking risks and giving critical feedback to colleagues regarding classroom teaching, student work etc. This book educates the reader with the pitfalls of difficult conversations and means to avoid them.

Three common crippling assumptions are highlighted:

1. The Truth assumption: I am right, and you are wrong
2. The Intention Invention: When the other persons intentions are unclear a common perception is that they are bad
3. The Blame Frame: Blame the other produces disagreement, denial and little learning

The authors map a path by showing how to avoid the pitfalls when facing a difficult conversation.

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The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It

The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It by Tony Wagner

Recommended by Lauren Sterling

This book is an easy to read approach to the needs of educating our children in the 21st Century. It brought to light many of the wonderful things that happen in some classrooms and the need for them to happen in all.

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Looking Together at Student Work (Second Edition)

Looking Together at Student Work (Second Edition) by Tina Blythe, David Allen, and Barbara Shieffelin Powell

Recommended by Rivka Ben Daniel

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Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions

Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions by Donald A. Schon

Recommended by Rivka Ben Daniel

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