Leading School Change

This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with two national school change experts to write a comprehensive book on school change management. Everything you need to know on initiating and managing school change are covered: planning change, conditions for successful change, models for improvement, tools and strategies, understanding and using research data, implementing school initiatives, managing resources, getting student results and more.

• A comprehensive book covering all aspects of school district change management, evaluation, and improvement.
• Each chapter objectives are aligned with the new ELCC and ISLCC standards for university accreditation.
• Many federal and various state data sources are included.
• Provides a bend of theory and practical perspectives on how to implement and execute school change.
• Each chapter contains a comprehensive case study and exercises for practical application.
• Several supplemental resources are included in the appendices

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By Daniel R. Tomal; Craig A. Schilling and Margaret Trybus

Inhalt
Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. The Nature of Change

• Objectives

The meaning and need for change

• Change drivers: federal, state, and school levels
• Compliance versus commitment to change
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions
• References

Chapter 2.The School Leader as Change Agent

• Objectives

• School leadership in the change process
• Change leadership development
• Roles and leadership models
• Building the change team
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions

• References Chapter 3. Change Management Tools and Interventions

• Objectives
• School-wide change models
• Conducting interviews
• Conducting surveys
• Group and process interventions
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions

• References Chapter 4. Analyzing and Using Data for School Change

• Objectives

• Understanding sources of data and research information
• Analyzing research data for threats to validity
• Understanding and analyzing statistical data
• Interpreting national, state, and local school performance data
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions
• References

Chapter 5. Implementing Change: Resource Management

• Objectives
• The school change resource implementation model
• Managing school resources-a national challenge
• The relationship between resources and achievement
• Utilizing resources to promote change
• Evaluating the use of resources
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions
• ReferencesChapter 6. Financial and Resource Management

• Objectives

• Commonalities for change
• Executing school district change
• Executing school change
• Executing departmental/grade Level change
• Summary
• Case study
• Exercises and discussion questions
• References Epilogue Appendixes Index