Restructuring schools for collaboration : promises and pitfalls / edited by Diana G. Pounder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pounder, Diana G.

Series:

SUNY series in educational leadership.

SUNY series, educational leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

School-based management--United States.

School-based management.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

vii, 184 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.

Summary:

A comprehensive discussion, from multiple perspectives, of the complex nature of school collaboration efforts. This book provides a more comprehensive discussion of collaborative school efforts than any other single source currently available. Specifically, multiple disciplinary perspectives are presented, addressing the complexity or "promises and pitfalls" of school collaboration efforts. The book is organized in terms of major considerations in school collaboration initiatives--the organizational structure; the change process; inter-agency and intra-school collaborative efforts; and implications for instruction, leadership, and leadership preparation. Also, the book informs the design of educator preparation programs emphasizing collaborative schools and cross-disciplinary teaching. The chapters address many issues regarding school collaboration, such as which organizational structures will enhance collaborative efforts; which change processes are important in building school collaboration; the costs (in effort, energy, time, or other resources) of collaborating with other external agencies; how teachers' work can be redesigned to enhance collaboration between teachers and the anticipated outcomes for teachers and students; how educators can overcome their separate role socializations to build collaborative work relationships within schools; and the implications of school collaboration for teaching and learning, school leadership, and leadership preparation. The closing chapter offers five synthesizing issues or dilemmas for school collaboration. Diana G. Pounder is Professor of Educational Administration, University of Utah.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foundations for Collaboration: Organizational Structure and Change Processes

1. Introduction and Overview of the Book by Diana G. Pounder

2. Organizing for Collaboration: A Reconsideration of Some Basic Organizing Principles by Bob L. Johnson, Jr.

3. Changing Schools into Collaborative Organizations by James E. Barott and Rebecca Raybould

Inter- and Intraorganizational Collaboration

4. The Organizational Economics of Interagency Collaboration Patrick F. Galvin

5. Teacher Teams: Redesigning Teachers' Work for Collaboration by Diana G. Pounder

6. Marshaling Forces: Collaboration across Educator Roles by Ann Weaver Hart

Implications of Collaboration

7. Implications for Collaborative Instructional Practice by Karen Evans-Stout

8. Implications for Leadership in Collaborative Schools by Gary M. Crow

9. Implications for Collaborative Educator Preparation and Development: A Sample Instructional Approach by Joe Matthews

Closing

10. Promises and Pitfalls of Collaboration: Synthesizing Dilemmas by Diana G. Pounder

About the Authors

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1640-7

0-585-05676-5

OCLC:

42855176