Shaking up the schoolhouse : how to support and sustain educational innovation / Phillip C. Schlechty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlechty, Phillip C., 1937-2016.

Series:

Jossey-Bass education series

The Jossey-Bass education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

United States.

Curriculum change--United States.

Curriculum change.

Physical Description:

xix, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]

Summary:

Informed by decades of experience with hundreds of schools, this book provides educators with a blueprint for managing and leading change in school systems. In it, renowned educator Phillip Schlechty explains why schools must create systems that will ensure the longevity of successful programs and improvements. He shows educators how to coordinate their efforts and systematically focus on results that matters -- setting learning and performance goals, evaluating and aligning curriculum, assessing student interest, planning daily or year-long programs, and supervising staff development. And, he demonstrates how rules, roles, relationships, values, traditions, lore, and belief define the structure, culture, and systems of schools. From lesson plans to leadership, Creating Change-Adept Schools guides educators step-by-step through the complex process of change. This book is a practical companion to Schlechty's popular book, Inventing Better Schools.

Contents:

Introduction: social change and school reform

Characteristics of change-adept organizations

Focusing on results

Getting down to business

Learning from competitors

Assessing the quality of schoolwork

Using the WOW framework

Leading structural and cultural change

Empowered leaders: questions of style and substance

Who's on first? a personal view

Epilogue: a future for public education?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.

ISBN:

078795540X

OCLC:

44083923