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Journey to a High-Achieving School

Autor Fred J. Abbate, Ken Biddle, Joseph M. Tomaselli
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 mai 2013
Journey to a High-Achieving School: Eliminate Destructive Excuses examines the range of devastating excuses often expressed for failure to attain significant improvement in our schools. Using the methods of systems thinking and leadership practices that are employed in high-performing organizations of all kinds, this book shows concretely and specifically that what is at the root of these excuses can be overcome.
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ISBN-13: 9781475800449
ISBN-10: 1475800444
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 163 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

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Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Why Another Book About Education? Chapter2: The Excuse-riddled Mindset Some Preliminaries Number One: "You Just Don't Get Our Problem" Number Two: "Students Aren't Interested in Learning" Number Three: "Our Community Doesn't Support Us, is Probably Against Us" Number Four: "Change is Something That Teachers by Nature Resist" Number Five: "Tenure Makes Good Teaching About as Valuable as Acne" Number Six: "School Leaders are Really Terrible Models of Excellence" Number Seven: "School Board Politics Will Destroy Every One of Us Anyway" A Few Reflections Ideas for Further Consideration Chapter 3: Defeating the Excuses, Part 1 The Dirty Little Secret in an Excuse-riddled Organization Where We Go Right: The Culture of Success The Critical Role of Leadership: Performing the Truth The Lessons of Authentic Leadership Challenging the Ghosts of the Past Ideas for Further Consideration Chapter 4: Defeating the Excuses, Part 2 The Excuses Examined A Few More Points about Eliminating Excuses Ideas for Further Consideration Chapter 5: Can These Things Work in Any School? Even Mine? You're Kidding! Leadership Underscored (Again) The Model: Plan-Do-Check-Act Systems Thinking and Leadership The Excuses Re-examined: The Power of I.D.E.A.S. The Journey to High-achieving Schools IDEAS at Work: One District's Experience What the Case Shows Ideas for Further Consideration Chapter 6: Every Journey Has a Few Potholes. Here¿s Some Help in How to Handle Them. The Frustration Factor Magic Bullet Myths The "Good Enough" Syndrome Damn the Facts-Full Speed Ahead! The Blame Game Organizational Amnesia Conspiracy Theory Fire Fighting Blurred Vision One or Two Concluding Thoughts Ideas for Further Consideration Appendix The Eight Lessons of Authentic Leadership An Authentic Leader's Self-assessment A Glossary of Some Useful Terms Leaders and Leadership: Some Sources IDEAS Project Report Template