5-Gen Leadership: Leading 5 Generations in Schools in the 2020s

by Mark E. White

Overview

An unprecedented leadership challenge for school administrators

Today’s leaders face the challenge of leading five generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and brand-new Generation Z teachers, along with Gen Alpha, today’s youngest students. Based on research and the author’s experience working with thousands of educators and students, 5-Gen Leadership addresses expectations implicit with leading each generation. Readers will find:

• Tactics for transitioning to 5-Gen Leadership and understanding distinct generations in teaching staff
• Tips for moving leadership styles from a managing to a coaching model
• Advice for creating a welcoming environment for Gen Z and Gen Alpha
• Suggestions for closing the digital gaps that emerged during COVID-19
• A glimpse into the future to imagine how new leaders will reshape schools by 2030

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071837023
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/11/2021
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	998,345
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark White is a school leadership and training consultant. Previously, he was the director of education and outreach at Mindset Digital and academic principal in the International Department of the Beijing National Day School in Beijing, China. As the superintendent of the Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools in Gahanna, Ohio, he played a key role in the design of Clark Hall and the implementation of global skills and technology into its curriculum. During his tenure as superintendent, the district earned the state's highest academic ranking, opened Clark Hall, and achieved financial stability. Mr. White has been a consultant to both the College Board and the ACT and has served on two national education reform committees. He has frequently been a guest speaker at schools and universities and at local, state, and national conferences. Prior to being a superintendent, Mr. White was a band director, high school English teacher and department head, high school assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: From Boomers to Alphas
Understanding the Four Generations in Staffs Today
Two Groups Are Trying to Lead, and Two Groups Are Trying to Fit In. Sort of . . .
Millennial Teachers Are Walking Away
Making Generational Adjustments
Trouble in the Gen Z Teaching Pipeline
Recruiting Gen Z Teachers
Take Steps Now to Become a 5-Gen Leader
And After We Recruit and Retain Them . . .
Chapter 2: The Impact of the Silent Generation and Gen Alpha
Lessons From the Silent Generation
Gen Alpha, the New Generation
Gen Alpha’s Impact on Education
The Transcendent Power of Relationships
Chapter 3: Moving From Managing to Coaching
The Challenge of Transitioning to a New Model
Millennials, Gen Zers, and Gen Alphas: Handle With Care
Coaching Into Grit and Professionalism
Rethinking Evaluations
New Channels for Communication
Chapter 4: Teaching Distracted Generations
Our Evolving Brains
Distracted Students, Distracted Teachers
Clues in the News
Chapter 5: Tactics for Creating Multigenerational PD
Acknowledging the PD Problem
A Global Leadership Question: “How Do We Train These Different Generations?”
Relevancy in PD
Finding the Generations in the Staff
Mind the Gap!
Presentation Methods for Teacher Z
Chapter 6 Generational Lessons of COVID-19
Gen Z and Gen Alpha: The New Lost Generations?
The New Digital Divide
A Flipping of the Paradigm
Adjusting Mindsets
Advice for Changing Mindsets
The Digital Gap in Administrators
Chapter 7: Upagers and Political Activism
Gen Z Survivors Leading the Way on Gun Reform
Gen Z Leading the Way in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Lessons From a University Protest
The Coming of the Minority Majority
Chapter 8: Millennials and Gen Z Ascending in the 2020s
Four Key Points and Questions for the 2020s
The University Model Could Affect the Pre K-12 Model
New Paths to Leadership
The Future: Millennial Teachers, Gen Z Teachers, and AI Teachers?
Being Human in the 2020s
50 Tips for Transitioning to 5-Gen Leadership
References

Editorial Reviews

How do we prepare today’s students for the rapidly changing workplace and society in which they will live, work, and interact in an education system designed for a century that has passed us by? In 5-Gen Leadership: Leading 5 Generations in Schools in the 2020s, Mark White clearly provides a well-lit path to assist educators to successfully make the necessary cultural, structural and instructional changes that are needed.

Founder, International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) - Bill Daggett

There are so many nuances that take place within a school that we need to understand, and Mark White focuses on one of the most important. 5-Gen Leadership engages educators into understanding how different generations teaching within our school approach our greatest issues and provides the tools to begin those conversations.

Leadership Coach, Author, Collective Leader Efficacy and Instructional Leadership - Peter De Witt

Where you stand depends sometimes on where you sit. And where you sit is often influenced by how and when you grew up. Mark’s analysis and unique understanding of the impact and needs necessary for today’s leaders to work with different generations is timely, relevant, and revealing. One size rarely fits all.

Former CEO of Battelle for Kids - Jim Mahoney

Here is a publication that celebrates the different generations that schools now have teaching in and attending them. It offers practical tips to include the skills of all the generations to offer the best teaching and learning for everyone.

Joy Rose