Schools can change : a step-by-step change creation system for building innovative schools and increasing student learning / / Dale W. Lick, Karl H. Clauset, Carlene U. Murphy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910478919403321
• Autore: Lick Dale W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks : , : Corwin, , [2013]; ?2013
• ISBN: 1-4522-8372-9; 1-4522-7963-2; 1-4833-8764-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2070973
• Soggetti: School improvement programs - United States; Educational change - United States; Education - Aims and objectives - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; CHAPTER 5: INTRODUCING THE DECISION-MAKING CYCLE
• Sommario/riassunto: Genuine effective school improvement requires leaders and teachers to be part of a broad-based, creative change system that focuses on generating improved teacher practices for enhancing student learning. This guide provides a step-by-step, systemic approach.