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Schools Can Change
A Step-by-Step Change Creation System for Building Innovative Schools and Increasing Student Learning
- Dale W. Lick - Florida State University Learning Systems Institute and Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Karl H. Clauset - National Whole-Faculty Study Groups Center
- Carlene U. Murphy - National Whole-Faculty Study Groups Center
Foreword by Carlene U. Murphy
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January 2013 | 256 pages | Corwin
When it comes to school improvement, there is no silver bullet. 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. Based on more than two decades of success with the Whole Faculty Study Group (WFSG) approach to professional learning, this leading-edge guide provides educators with a step-by-step, systemic change creation approach for:
Forming action teams to develop teaching and learning approaches that measurably improve student performance
Nurturing the right leadership, vision, culture, and relationships within schools for innovation and creativity
The companion website includes practical online resources, including templates, checklists, action team assessment forms, and an action team rubric.
List of Figures and Tables
Online Resources
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. The Change Creation System
Part I. Fundamentals of Effectiveness
2. Fundamentals of Effectiveness for School Improvement
3. Fundamentals of Vision and Successful Change
4. Fundamentals for Creating Learning Teams and Professional Learning Communities
Part II. The Process of the Change Creation System
5. Introducing the Decision-Making Cycle
6. Identifying Student Learning Needs and Forming Action Teams
7. Introducing Action Teams
8. Support for Action Teams
9. Creating Team Action Plans
10. Implementing Learning and Inquiry Cycles for Innovation and Improving Student Learning: Parts 1 and 2
11. Implementing Learning and Inquiry Cycles for Innovation and Improving Student Learning: Parts 3 and 4
12. Assessing the Impact of Action Teams and Sharing Results and Best Practices
Epilogue
References
Index
