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Academy for Teaching and Learning

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Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching for Tenured Faculty

Collective Leadership: A Catalyst for School Improvement

Collective school leadership and collective teacher efficacy through turbulence

Catalytic improvement through collective leadership in Christian schools

Promoting educator wellbeing: the relationship between political skill, community empowerment, and collective leadership

School belonging and adult outcomes: Exploring the predictive power of SOBAS for flourishing

Great teachers are a gift: Jill Anderson and Jon Eckert

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Get the book, Leading Together: Teachers and Administrators Improving Student Outcomes
About Dr. Jonathan Eckert
Dr. Jonathan Eckert is associate professor of education at Wheaton, and previously served as a Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education under the Bush and Obama administrations. He works in teacher education at Wheaton, and with schools across the country to improve policies and teaching practice through the Center for Teaching Quality. He's the author of two books.

Jonathan Eckert—Leading Together: Teachers and Administrators Improving Student Outcomes

The Happiness Crisis: How Adversity Can Build a Resilient and Joyful Next Generation

Just Teaching: Feedback, Engagement, and Well-Being for Each Student (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Leading Together: Teachers and Administrators Improving Student Outcomes

The Novice Advantage: Fearless Practice for Every Teacher (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Future Ready

Small Shifts, Meaningful Improvement: Collective Leadership Strategies for Schools and Districts

Catalytic Improvement Communities: Cultivating Flourishing Schools (Leadership for School Improvement)

Jon Eckert, Ed.D. is professor of Educational Leadership and the Lynda and Robert Copple Endowed Chair for Christians in School Leadership. Dr. Eckert provides academic leadership for the Baylor Center for School Leadership, serving as executive director, and is the program director of Baylor’s MA in School Leadership in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, where he is assistant department chair.

Dr. Eckert came to Baylor in 2019 with over two decades of experience in education. He taught and coached intermediate and middle school students outside of Chicago and Nashville for 12 years. After completing his doctorate at Vanderbilt University in 2008, he was selected as a Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education, where he worked in both the Bush and Obama administrations on teaching quality issues. Prior to joining Baylor, he prepared teachers at Wheaton College.

His research interests include collective leadership, teaching effectiveness, evaluation and strategic compensation to enhance that effectiveness, and science education. Dr. Eckert has conducted research for the U.S. Department of Education, the Carnegie Foundation, the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, and the Center for Teaching Quality.

He is the author of books including Just Teaching: Feedback, Engagement, and Well-being for Each Student (2023), Leading Together: Teachers and Principals Improving Student Outcomes (2018), and The Novice Advantage: Fearless Practice for Every Teacher (2016); book chapters; numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Elementary School Journal, Leadership & Policy in Schools, Professional Development in Education, and Education Policy Analysis Archives, and practitioner publications such as Education Week and Phi Delta Kappan. He has written and presented white papers on Capitol Hill and the National Press Club and has been invited to present all over the U.S., Australia, Canada, Windsor Castle, and Muscat, Oman at a G8-Broader Middle East Summit for education ministers.

Educational Leadership

Teaching Effectiveness

Collective Leadership

Teaching Evaluation

Instructional Design

Science Education

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We delayed getting our kid a phone, social media until high school. We were right | Opinion

The Principal Center's mission is to build capacity for instructional leadership. In each episode of Principal Center Radio, Director Justin Baeder interviews education thought leaders and authors.

Principal Center Radio

Jon Eckert, Executive Director, Baylor Center for School Leadership interviews leading experts, both educators and parents, who have evidence and experience that kids can become more of who they were created to be. The Joy Over Happiness podcast, showcases inspiring stories of joy through adversity, belonging, and curiosity. In just 20-30 minutes per episode, we offer actionable tips and uplifting messages to empower everyone to continue doing the critical work that shows kids that joy is better than happiness.

Joy Over Happiness

TechnologyEnhanced Engagement and Feedback

The sustainability of Christian Schools

Thriving learning communities: Enhancing protective factors and reducing risk factors for substance abuse in Mississippi schools

Copple Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership | Executive Director, Baylor Center for School Leadership

Dr. Jon Eckert welcomed the entire freshman class at Baylor throughout the summer. Hear him share some of the reasons students are meant to be at Baylor.

Jon Eckert | 2024 Baylor Orientation

Jon Eckert | 2025 Academic Welcome

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