High-Payoff Strategies E-Book

Jody Spiro

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 158

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Focus on the right things An education leader's job can seem overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be that way. Research shows that by spending time on just a few high-payoff strategies, leaders can bring about the meaningful change their schools and districts need. High-Payoff Strategies helps administrators lead successful change initiatives by focusing on the three top priorities identified by research and practitioners alike: fostering a supportive district and school culture, leading instructional change, and building a learning community among faculty and staff. Drawing on the latest research as well as hundreds of interviews with education leaders, High-Payoff Strategies reveals what it really takes to bring about school turnaround. The book includes rich and varied examples showing how real-world education leaders--in urban, suburban, and rural settings--have successfully led changes in their schools and districts. It also provides tools that readers can use immediately to put these practices in place, together with videos demonstrating the practices in action. High-Payoff Strategies helps education leaders create schools and districts that support teachers and make a difference in the lives of children.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Dedication

Chapter 1: Introduction to the High-Payoff Strategies

Focus on High-Payoff Strategies

Building Blocks That Make High-Payoff Strategies Work

A Word about Effective Change Leadership

Organization of This Book

Chapter 2: Vision and Focus: The Starting Points

Setting the Vision

See It in Action: Vision

Sharpening Focus

Focus Factors

What Can Get in the Way?

Maintaining Focus: Implications for the High-Payoff Strategies

A Self-Reflective Tool for Leader Vision and Focus

Self-Reflection on Vision and Focus

Summary

Part 1: Strategy: Culture

Chapter 3: Creating a Culture Supportive of Teaching and Learning

Use of Symbols

Shared Values

Shared Values as Symbols

Getting Buy-In: “We're All in This Together”

Starting with an Early Win

Providing Ongoing Support

See It in Action: Leading School Culture

What Can Get in the Way?

Chapter 4: Using Data to Plan Culture Strategies

The Measuring-the-Culture Exercise

Part 2: Strategy: Instructional Improvements

Chapter 5: Leading Instructional Improvements

Getting Buy-In: “We're All in This Together”

Starting with an Early Win

Providing Ongoing Support

What Can Get in the Way?

Chapter 6: Using Data to Plan Instructional Improvement Strategies

Assessing readiness with the AAA Tool

The Assessing Attitudes and Aptitudes (AAA) Tool

Useful Analyses

Part 3: Strategy: Learning Communities

Chapter 7: Facilitating Learning Communities

Purpose and Goals

Learning Methods

Structures

District-Level Learning Communities

Advice for Planners and Facilitators

Getting Buy-In: “We're All in This Together”

Starting with an Early Win

Providing Ongoing Support

See It in Action: Working with Learning Communities

What Can Get in the Way?

Chapter 8: Using Data to Plan Learning Community Strategies

Learning Together Templates

Part 4: The Payoff

Chapter 9: Using All Strategies Together to Achieve the Vision

Annotated Bibliography

Ideas for Using These Materials in Courses and Workshops

Name Index

Index

End User License Agreement

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More Praise for High-Payoff Strategies

“Jody Spiro has taken a complex subject and made it highly useful If a school leader wants to make a difference, she will adhere to the strategies defined in this book. From visioning to implementation, this book will lead the way, and our students will be the ultimate winners.”

—Diane Rutledge, Executive Director, Large Unit District Association (LUDA), Springfield, Illinois

“Mahalo for High-Payoff Strategies. The book has helped me develop our faculty and create a sharing culture that fosters better learning for students.”

—Kim Sanders, Principal, Aiea High School, Oahu, Hawaii

High-Payoff Strategies

How Education Leaders Get Results

Jody Spiro

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Spiro, Jody, author.

High-payoff strategies : how education leaders get results / Jody Spiro.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-83441-1 (pbk.), 978-1-118-84193-8 (ePDF), 978-1-118-84191-4 (ePUB)

1. Educational leadership. 2. Educational innovations. 3. Educational change. I. Title.

LB2806.S6517 2015

371.2--dc23

2015030928

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