Stop fake work in education : creating real work cultures that drive student success / Gaylan Nielson and Betty Burks ; foreword by Debbie Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielson, Gaylan W., author.

Burks, Betty, author.

Contributor:

Silver, Debbie, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2021]

Summary:

Don't do more work-do the right work. Hard work that yields the same old results can mire dedicated educators in exhaustion, burnout, and a lack of confidence that improvement is possible. When you offer your team a better way of working, planning, and collaborating, you turn Fake Work into Real Work-and stagnancy into dynamic change. Inside this data-driven, research-based guide, you'll find · The critical foundations for building a culture that drives maximum performance · A simple, three-part model for shedding Fake Work · Road maps for strategic planning, for aligning organizational strategies and actions, and for executing-seeing strategy translated into daily work. · Tools for gaining focus, building teams, and cultivating productive behaviors · Real educators' stories · Exercises, reflection questions, charts, checklists, and more.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

CONTENTS

COMPANION WEBSITE CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I: THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF FAKE WORK AND REAL WORK-AND KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE

CHAPTER 1 - FAKE WORK: A ROAD TO NOWHERE

SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES OF FAKE WORK: HOW IT DAMAGES THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 2 - EXPLORING THE ORIGINS OF FAKE WORK IN EDUCATION

CHAPTER 3 - THE CULTURE OF FAKE WORK AND FOUR CAUSES THAT ENABLE DYSFUNCTIONALITY

CHAPTER 4 - FAKE WORK RESULTS FROM POOR STRATEGIES, WEAK PRIORITIES, AND THE FAILURE TO ALIGN

CHAPTER 5 - TWO CAUSES THAT UNDERMINE EXECUTING AND SUSTAINING STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION

SECTION III: THE PATHS TO REAL WORK: A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FOR STRATEGY, ALIGNMENT, AND EXECUTION

PROLOGUE: FIVE FUNDAMENTALS FOR DOING REAL WORK

PATH 1: CREATE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL CULTURE

PATH 2: THINK STRATEGICALLY

PATH 3: PLAN STRATEGICALLY

PATH 4: FOCUS ON YOUR REAL WORK PRIORITIES

PATH 5: ALIGN CULTURES, LEADERS, TEAMS, AND SCHOOLS

PATH 6: EXECUTE THE REAL WORK

PATH 7: SUSTAIN THE REAL WORK

EPILOGUE: AND THEN THERE WAS TRANSFORMATION

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781544381305

1544381301

9781544381312

154438131X

9781544381336

1544381336

OCLC:

1249474202