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Schools can change : a step-by-step change creation system for building innovative schools and increasing student learning /
From No Child Left Behind to Common Core standards, we are inundated with directives for improving our schools. How can we really create lasting change? By applying the Change Creation system! The Change Creation system produces a creative, collaborative, nurturing school environment-and you can mak...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
Corwin Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SCHOOLS CAN CHANGE-FRONT COVER; SCHOOLS CAN CHANGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ONLINE RESOURCES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Purpose and Need; Who Should Read and Use This Book?; Organization and Contents; Part I: Fundamentals of Effectiveness; Part II: The Process of the Change Creation System; Resources; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 1: THE CHANGE CREATION SYSTEM; School Improvement; School Reforms; The Roots of the Change Creation System; No Silver Bullet, One Brick at a Time; Standards for Professional Learning and Practice; The Change Creation System.
- Right Leadership, Vision, Culture, and RelationshipsNew Teaching and Learning Approaches; Change Creation Process; Summary; PART I. FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVENESS; CHAPTER 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT; Understanding The Culture; School Culture; Building Blocks of School Culture; Cultural Shifts; Culture of Discipline; Disciplined Leaders and Teachers; Disciplined Thinking; Disciplined Action; Culture of Change Creation; Change Basics; Change Creation; Culture of Relationships and Collaboration; Culture of Transformational Leadership; Transformational Leadership.
- The Principal as a Transformational LeaderCultural Change; Summary; CHAPTER 3: FUNDAMENTALS OF VISION AND SUCCESSFUL CHANGE; Vision; A Vision Story; Meaning of Vision; School Vision; Power of Vision; Additional Vision Perspectives; A Vision Reminder; Change; People's Responses to Change; A Perspective on Change; Success and Failure of Change; Principles for Successful Change; Assimilation Capacity; Change Roles in Schools; Effective Sponsorship in Schools; Characteristics of Strong Sponsorship; Dealing With Weak Sponsorship; Change and Resistance in Schools; Human Nature of Change.
- Resistance to ChangeGeneral Change Resistance; Control Resistance; Other Reasons for Resistance; Universal Change Principle For Schools; Appropriate Learning; Learning Leaders in Learning Forward; Application of the Universal Change Principle; Summary; CHAPTER 4: FUNDAMENTALS FOR CREATING LEARNING TEAMS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES; Collaboration and Teamwork; National Staff Development Council; Researchers; Teachers; Action Teams and Professional Learning Communities; Authentic Teams and Synergy; Synergy Prerequisites; Synergy Process; Synergy Checklist.
- A Synergy Example: Team-Building Efforts in the Tigerville School DistrictTeams and Team Failure; Comentoring Teams; Learning Teams; Learning Team Capacities; Building Learning Teams; Professional Learning Communities; Definition of a Professional Learning Community; Change Creation System Schools as Professional Learning Communities; Change Creation System Goal and Process; A School District Example of Change Creation System Learning Communities; Summary; PART II. THE PROCESS OF THE CHANGE CREATION SYSTEM; The Faculty and Leaders; Each Action Team; Each Action Team and the Faculty.