Continuous School Improvement: Leadership for Learning Series
Autor Mark A. Smylieen Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 17 oct 2012
Focusing on school change that improves teaching and learning, this guide for headteachers integrates evolutionary change theory with the research on continuous improvement. Mark A. Smylie begins with a succinct overview of organizational change that provides readers with the foundation they need to embark on a school change initiative.
Interviews with educators involved with organizational change provide insightful examples and first-person responses to the challenges inherent in school change. Continuous School Improvement also addresses the major implementation problems that leaders face, such as:
- Building trust
- Creating a culture of mutual responsibility
- Building support
- Setting goals
- Responding to teachers' stress in the face of change.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781452209678
ISBN-10: 1452209677
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Seria Leadership for Learning Series
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1452209677
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Seria Leadership for Learning Series
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
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Recenzii
"A
hallmark
volume
by
one
of
the
nation's
most
accomplished
school
improvement
scholars....
The
most
thoroughly
researched,
well-crafted,
and
useful
volume
on
continuous
improvement
available.
Smylie
does
for
'continuous
improvement'
what
Fullan
did
for
change."
"Mark Smylie does something both highly difficult and highly unusual—he considers not only the practice of continuous improvement as an organizational strategy but also the underlying theory. Based on his review of the literature in education and other fields, he digs beneath the surface of the mantra 'continuous improvement' and provides a highly readable, clearly written, and impressively comprehensive exploration of its meaning. Then he moves from theory into practice by examining models of continuous improvement applied to schools and to non-educational organizations. What emerges is an extraordinarily helpful set of ideas for well-grounded implementation of continuous improvement principles and strategies in a school context."
"Fills missing holes in understanding how to create effective school systems that promote and support continuous improvement in all aspects of district operations. The author provides a plethora of references and interesting quotes to support his work."
"While reading this book I became so engaged with the research and the synthesis of ideas at work that I found myself stopping often to reflect on what I knew and what I had experienced as an educator. I realized I had reached a deeper understanding of the aspects of continuous change. This has already had an impact on my thinking as I begin to plan for next year’s staff development."
"Smylie's book provides an insightful, interdisciplinary perspective on our efforts to create schools that continuously focus on improving teaching and learning. Readers will appreciate his synthesis of what we know about guiding the process of organizational improvement. This book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners interested in school reform."
"For educators and their supporters who wish schools to be a better place for young learners and professional staff, this volume will help get them there. A must-read now—and again a year from now—as educators (continue to) improve their understanding of how to strengthen the educational enterprise."
"Mark Smylie does something both highly difficult and highly unusual—he considers not only the practice of continuous improvement as an organizational strategy but also the underlying theory. Based on his review of the literature in education and other fields, he digs beneath the surface of the mantra 'continuous improvement' and provides a highly readable, clearly written, and impressively comprehensive exploration of its meaning. Then he moves from theory into practice by examining models of continuous improvement applied to schools and to non-educational organizations. What emerges is an extraordinarily helpful set of ideas for well-grounded implementation of continuous improvement principles and strategies in a school context."
"Fills missing holes in understanding how to create effective school systems that promote and support continuous improvement in all aspects of district operations. The author provides a plethora of references and interesting quotes to support his work."
"While reading this book I became so engaged with the research and the synthesis of ideas at work that I found myself stopping often to reflect on what I knew and what I had experienced as an educator. I realized I had reached a deeper understanding of the aspects of continuous change. This has already had an impact on my thinking as I begin to plan for next year’s staff development."
"Smylie's book provides an insightful, interdisciplinary perspective on our efforts to create schools that continuously focus on improving teaching and learning. Readers will appreciate his synthesis of what we know about guiding the process of organizational improvement. This book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners interested in school reform."
"For educators and their supporters who wish schools to be a better place for young learners and professional staff, this volume will help get them there. A must-read now—and again a year from now—as educators (continue to) improve their understanding of how to strengthen the educational enterprise."
Cuprins
Foreword
by
Willis
D.
Hawley
and
E.
Joseph
Schneider
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. The Context and Call for Continuous Improvement
2. The Meaning of Continuous Improvement with Kelly Hallberg
3. Evidence of the Effectiveness of Continuous Improvement
4. Processes of Continuous Improvement
5. Organizational Design for Continuous Improvement
6. Continuous Improvement “In Action” with Cristal Mendlen
7. Becoming a Continuously Improving School
Endnotes
References
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. The Context and Call for Continuous Improvement
2. The Meaning of Continuous Improvement with Kelly Hallberg
3. Evidence of the Effectiveness of Continuous Improvement
4. Processes of Continuous Improvement
5. Organizational Design for Continuous Improvement
6. Continuous Improvement “In Action” with Cristal Mendlen
7. Becoming a Continuously Improving School
Endnotes
References
Index
Descriere
This
guide
for
head
teachers
integrates
evolutionary
change
theory
with
research
on
continuous
improvement
to
enable
school
change
that
improves
teaching
and
learning.
Notă biografică
Mark A. Smylie is professor of education emeritus in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and visiting professor in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Before his work in higher education, Smylie was a high school social studies teacher. Smylie served as secretary-treasurer of the National Society for the Study of Education and as a director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in the American Education Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Educational Policy, Journal of School Leadership, and Review of Research in Education. Smylie has worked with schools, school districts, and school administrator and teacher professional associations through joint projects, advising, and school leader development activities. He has served on advisory boards of numerous regional and national professional and policy organizations concerned with education generally and leadership in particular. Smylie¿s research focuses on school organization, leadership, and change.