Leading a High Reliability School

How do educators build High Reliability Schools (HRS) that consistently produce excellent results and academic achievement? The key is the PLC at Work(TM) process, which emphasizes three big ideas: a focus on learning, building a collaborative culture, and a results-centered orientation.

With this user-friendly resource, you will learn how to implement powerful professional learning community (PLC) structures that enable you and your team to successfully implement the key elements of a high reliability school: (1) competency-based education, (2) standards-based grading, (3) guaranteed and viable curriculum, (4) effective teaching in every classroom, and (5) a collaborative learning culture.

Marzano, Warrick, Rains, and DuFour will help you:

• Increase school effectiveness and school improvement by implementing the PLC process to form high reliability schools.
• Learn a four-step process for achieving High Reliability Schools status.
• Explore the three big ideas associated with the PLC at Work(TM) process to implement student-centered, collaborative teaching strategies, and data-driven instruction.
• Discover the characteristics of effective school leaders.
• Understand how to balance and achieve districtwide goals using data to improve student achievement and college- and career-readiness.

Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: High Reliability Organizations and School Leadership
Chapter 2: Safe and Collaborative Culture
Chapter 3: Effective Teaching in Every Classroom
Chapter 4: Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
Chapter 5: Standards-Referenced Reporting
Chapter 6: Competency-Based Education
Chapter 7: District Leadership in High Reliability Schools
Appendix
References and Resources
Index