Leadership for Low-Performing Schools

A Step-by-Step Guide to the School Turnaround Process

AvDaniel L. Duke

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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No greater challenge faces our society than improving the educational opportunities for millions of young people trapped in chronically low-performing schools. Overcoming this challenge requires talented and dedicated school leaders whose knowledge and skills extend far beyond what is covered in conventional principal preparation programs.This book draws on extensive research by the author and others on the actions needed to turn around low-performing schools. First, however, the book examines the personal qualities needed to undertake the turnaround process. Following chapters provide guidelines on diagnosing the school-based causes of low achievement and developing a school turnaround plan. The author focuses on the importance of continuous planning – a departure from standard practice. A major portion of the book is devoted to examples of first-order and second-order strategies for raising achievement. Specific recommendations for launching the turnaround process and sustaining gains beyond the first years of turnaround are provided. The concluding chapter addresses the role of school districts in supporting school-based turnaround efforts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:326 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:226
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781475810257

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Daniel Duke, a leading scholar of educational leadership, has written extensively on school improvement, educational change, and school safety. For the past decade, he has been involved in preparing school turnaround leaders and studying the school turnaround process.

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Leadership for Low-Performing Schools may be the most important book of the decade. Dan Duke’s focus on “Never-give-up leadership,” combined with a step-by-step guide for working through stumbling blocks he’s seen in decades of work in troubled contexts, make this a must read volume. Practitioners, policy people, and professors can do no better than to start turn-around efforts right here.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1 It’s All about Leading ChangeChapter 2 Launching the Turnaround ProcessChapter 3 Diagnosing the Causes of Low PerformanceChapter 4 Planning for the Short Term and the Long RunChapter 5 First Order Strategies – The Foundations of TurnaroundChapter 6 Second Order Strategies – Getting Focused on Student OutcomesChapter 7 Setting the Stage for a New BeginningChapter 8 Ensuring Early ProgressChapter 9 Sustaining ProgressChapter 10 The Role of the School District in Turnaround SuccessLast WordIndex