James W. Guthrie, Patrick Schuermann

Leading Schools to Success

Constructing and Sustaining High-Performing Learning Cultures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What's missing in education reform in the United States? The answer is leadership; specifically, the ability of school and district leaders to construct and continually nurture a culture of sustained high performance. A true leader needs to have not only a vision of the desired culture, but the skills and information necessary to make that vision a reality. Providing a combined 70 years of classroom and administrative experience, renowned authors James Guthrie and Patrick Schuermann offer a practice-based approach, grounded in research and theory, to achieving and maintaining an atmosphere of success in schools through effective leadership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781412979016
• ISBN-10: 1412979013
• Artikelnr.: 31252980

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
School Culture Checklist
Case Study 1: Buchanan School: Can School Culture Get Better than this?
Chapter 1: Defining and Specifying the Significance of School Culture
Case Study 2: Possible Reform at Washington High School: How Far Can a
Productive Culture Stretch?
Chapter 2: Components of a High Performing School Culture
Cast Study 3: Walton Charter Prepares to Select A Head: What Kind of Leader
Might Create a Productive Culture?
Chapter 3: Leadership and Effective School Culture
Case Study 4: Warren County School Board Performance Pay Cram Down Can a
Productive Culture Withstand an Unexpected External Pressure?
Chapter 4: Personnel and School Culture
Case Study 5: The Challenge of an (Almost) Brand New School: Can the Past
be Blended with the New to Form a Productive Culture?
Chapter 5: Resource Deployment and School Culture
Case Study 6: Data, Data Everywhere but Hardly a Drop of Useful Information
Chapter 6: Data-driven Decision Making and School Culture
Case Study 7: "My Way" Ray and the "New" Accountability
Chapter 7: Assessments, Accountability, Awards, and School Culture
Case Study 8: A Principal Opening at the Grant School: Can a Dysfunctional
Culture Be Undone?
Chapter 8: Contextual Challenges to Formation of a Learning Culture
Glossary
Index