Getting serious about the system : a fieldbook for district and school leaders /

A focused approach to raising student achievement This fieldbook shows how to focus on the issues that have most impact upon student achievement. This multidimensional process also will increase the competencies of everyone involved while implementing solutions districtwide. The authors outline the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cowan, D'Ette
Otros Autores: Joyner, Stacey, Beckwith, Shirley
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, London : Corwin ; [2012]
Temas:
School management and organization > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Administration scolaire > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Academic achievement
School management and organization
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FRONT COVER
  • GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT THE SYSTEM
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE: HOW TO USE GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT THE SYSTEM
  • Why This Book?
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Publisherâ€?s Acknowledgments
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT
  • Systems Thinking
  • Working Systemically: A Process Grounded in Research
  • The Working Systemically Approach: Levels, Components, and Competencies
  • CHAPTER 1: THE “WORKSâ€? OF WORKING SYSTEMICALLY
  • Levels of the System
  • National Level
  • State Level
  • Intermediate Agency Level
  • District Level
  • School LevelClassroom Level
  • Components of the System
  • Standards
  • Curriculum
  • Instruction
  • Assessment
  • Resources
  • Professional Staff
  • Policy and Governance
  • Family and Community
  • Competencies for Working Systemically
  • Creating Coherence
  • Collecting, Interpreting, and Using Data
  • Ensuring Continuous Professional Learning
  • Building Relationships
  • Responding to Changing Conditions
  • The Working Systemically Approach in Action
  • Phase I: Understanding Systemic Improvement
  • Phase II: Analyzing the System
  • Phase III: Planning ActionPhase IV: Taking Action and Monitoring Progress
  • Phase V: Assessing and Reflecting on Outcomes
  • CHAPTER 2: PHASE I: UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT
  • Step 1. Study the Approach
  • 1.1 Study the Systemic Approach to Improvement With Key Leaders
  • 1.2 Discuss Implications of Systemic Improvement for the District
  • Step 2. Collect and Analyze Preliminary Data
  • 2.1 Collect and Array Preliminary Data
  • 2.2 Analyze Preliminary Data
  • Step 3. Present the Approach at the School Level
  • 3.1 Meet With Principals of Recommended Schools
  • 3.2 Convene a Meeting of All Professional Staff at Each of the Recommended SchoolsStep 4. Commit to Systemic Improvement
  • 4.1 Debrief the School-Level Meetings
  • 4.2 Decide Whether to Commit to Systemic Improvement
  • CHAPTER 3: PHASE II: ANALYZING THE SYSTEM
  • Step 1. Form the District and School Leadership Teams
  • 1.1 Select Members of the District Leadership Team
  • 1.2 Convene a Meeting of the District Leadership Team and Orient Team Members to Their Roles
  • 1.3 Form School Leadership Teams
  • Step 2. Begin the Comprehensive Needs Assessment
  • 2.1 Examine a Variety of Data Sources2.2 Conduct a System Alignment Survey
  • 2.3 Collect Additional Data From School Staff Through Interviews and Focus Groups
  • 2.4 Organize Data for Analysis
  • Step 3. Conduct a Gap Analysis
  • 3.1 Explore Predictions and Assumptions
  • 3.2 Identify and Chart “Pop-Outsâ€?
  • 3.3 Discuss the Linkage Between Alignment and Student Achievement
  • 3.4 Conduct the Gap Analysis
  • Step 4. Begin the Process at the School Level
  • 4.1 Begin the Comprehensive Needs Assessment
  • 4.2 Conduct a Gap Analysis

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