You Can't Do It Alone

A Communications and Engagement Manual for School Leaders Committed to Reform

AvJean Johnson

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Experts and reformers have suggested many promising ideas for improving schools and ramping up student learning, but in too many cases, proposals for change run up against resistance, confusion, and anxiety from key stakeholders such as teachers, parents, students, and members of the broader public. To propel change—and to sustain it—school leaders need to understand what is driving these responses and develop more effective strategies for engaging these groups in the mission of reform.You Can’t Do It Alone provides school leaders with a crisp summary of opinion research among teachers, parents, and the public conducted by Public Agenda, Education Sector and other respected analysts. It offers tips on what leaders can do to more successfully engage these groups in areas such as reforming teacher evaluation, turning around low-performing schools, and building support for world-class standards. The book also introduces a theory of change and public learning developed by social scientist Daniel Yankelovich, along with some practical rules of the road for promoting the kind of dialogue that leads to consensus and action.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-12-09
Mått:155 x 232 x 11 mm
Vikt:281 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781610483018

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Utbildningsstrategier och utbildningspolitik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

As director of Public Agenda’s Education Insights Division, Jean Johnson authored dozens of articles and reports on how parents, teachers, students, and the general public see public education today. A leading authority on public opinion in education, she also speaks and writes extensively on how school leaders can work with communities and colleagues to build robust support for change.

Recensioner i media

This book is pleasantly surprising filled with practical information, strategies, and advice culled mostly from 20 years of survey and focus group data collected by the Public Agenda, a non-profit research and engagement organization. . . . This book is a communication manual for school leaders committed to reform, and lives up to its billing. You Can't Do It Alone is recommended to practicing administrators and to faculty teaching in school leadership preparation programs.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Daniel YankelovichChapter 1: It’s Enough to Make Your Head SpinChapter 2: Mind the GapChapter 3: The Indispensable CompactWhy Engaging Teachers is Job No. 1Chapter 4: Change the Rules and People Are Bound to Get Upset Chapter 5: Are Younger Teachers Different? Chapter 6: Being an Instructional Leader—Getting the Results the Kids Deserve. Chapter 7: The Knowledge Sweepstakes Chapter 8: When Money Is ShortChapter 9: It Takes Two to Tango: Engaging Parents and Students to Ramp Up LearningChapter 10: The Big Turnaroud: Chapter 11: A New Model of the Informed PublicChapter 12: Dialogue and Engagement—And How They Differ from Communications as Usual Chapter 13: Reaching Out to the Community for HelpChapter 14: Is It Time for School Leaders to Speak Up for Themselves—and for the Rest of Us? Epilogue: Re-Connecting the American People with their SchoolsAppendix: So You Want To Do Some Engagement? Here’s Where to StartAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author