Unlocking Group Potential to Improve Schools

AvRobert John Garmston,Valerie von Frank

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

How great groups make great schoolsTraining leaders how to conduct effective meetings is important, but it′s not enough to ensure that the professional development process is valuable. This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators′ skills, and optimize the group′s most precious resource—its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that are more effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. Specific topics include Understanding eight principles that underlie effective groupsLearning the five standards for effective meetingsSetting clear goals and rolesPracticing new ways of talking for improved collaborationExamining perceptions and mental modelsEnhancing energy sourcesWorking with conflictDeveloping basic facilitation skillsThis practical guide′s special features include the newly updated seven norms of collaboration, a sample team assessment survey, instruments for assessing meeting effectiveness, an extensive bibliography, and practical examples embedded throughout the text. Practitioners will find a valuable road map for leading effective, student-focused school improvement efforts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-06-13
Mått:152 x 228 x 20 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:SAGE Publications Inc
ISBN:9781412998895

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Utbildningsstrategier och utbildningspolitik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Robert J. Garmston is Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento. He is co-developer of Cognitive Coaching with Art Costa and co-developer of Adaptive Schools with Bruce Wellman. He has worked as an educational consultant and made presentations and conducted workshops for teachers, administrators, and staff developers on leadership, learning, and personal and organizational development in twenty-four countries on five continents. Formerly an administrator and teacher in Saudi Arabia and the United States, his work has been translated into Arabic, Dutch, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish. Bob lives in El Dorado Hills, California, near his five children and five (bright and cute) grandchildren.Valerie von Frank has written extensively about education over several decades as a daily newspaper reporter in multiple states covering public schools and, over the last decade, for NSDC publications, including JSD, Tools for Schools, The Learning System, The Learning Principal, and T3. She is a former editor of JSD, worked as a daily newspaper editor, served as communications director in an urban public school district, and was communications director for a Michigan nonprofit school reform organization. She is co-author with Ann Delehant of Making Meetings Work: How to Get Started, Get Going, and Get It Done (Corwin Press, 2007). She is currently NSDC’s book editor and a freelance writer and editor.

Recensioner i media

"This is an easy to read book that includes research-supported strategies and tips to help educators use precious collaborative time to their best advantage."

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIntroductionI. Getting Work Done1. Building Effective Groups2. Understanding Group Roles3. Examining Decision Making4. Creating Focused AgendasII. Developing Collaborative Communities5. Forming Smarter Groups6. Learning the Way Groups Talk7. Challenging Mental Models8. Working With ConflictIII. Developing a Sense of Community9. Becoming a Self-Directed Group10. Enhancing Energy SourcesIV. Developing Facilitation Skills11. Developing Facilitation Skills12. Learning the Language of Facilitation13. Intervening Successfully14. Setting up the RoomConclusionAppendix A: Large Group Room ConfigurationsAppendix B: Sample InventoryAppendix C: Seven Norms of Collaboration: A Supporting ToolkitIndex