The foundational volume in the new series Leading Schools as Effective Organizations: Big Ideas Made Real, this important book lays the groundwork for organizational change by taking readers on a journey of thinking in new ways about what leadership is and what it means to lead schools. Exploring instructional, transformational, and collaborative leadership frameworks, this book helps educators understand how to lead from a position of deeper understanding of schools and districts as organizations. Succinctly applying theory and research to practice, while being full of helpful features such as interactive leadership reflection prompts and supplemental online resources, Leading Schools as Organizations helps leaders get started right away in becoming more informed, wiser, and more adept leaders.