Strategic Management for School Development

Strategic Management for School Development
Author: Brian Fidler
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2002-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761965275

Written at a very accessible and practical level, this book introduces strategic management and provides self-development activities to help educators develop a strategy within their own organizations.

Developmental Planning for School Improvement

Developmental Planning for School Improvement
Author: David Hopkins
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1847142680

This text represents the experiences from six English speaking countries in the field of school development planning. There are chapters discussing staff development, quality reviews and school organization and effectiveness.

The School Improvement Planning Handbook

The School Improvement Planning Handbook
Author: Daniel Linden Duke
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1610486315

Developing and updating school improvement plans is an annual ritual for virtually all school principals and their school improvement committees. Still, large numbers of schools continue to produce disappointing outcomes. The authors believe that part of the problem is the result of plans that focus on the wrong targets and that rely on ineffective strategies for improvement. To help principals and their school improvement committees develop and implement plans with a greater likelihood of success, the authors offer a step-by-step process for school improvement planning. They go on to pinpoint specific school improvement goals, including raising reading and mathematics achievement, building robust school cultures, addressing the needs of English language learners, improving instruction, and reducing absenteeism and dropouts. For each goal, a variety of objectives and proven strategies is presented along with sample school improvement plans. The book addresses the differences in planning to turn around a low-performing school, planning to sustain improvements over time, and planning to move a good school to a great school.

Strategic Direction and Development of the School

Strategic Direction and Development of the School
Author: Professor Brent Davies
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2005-08-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134658397

The government is now training around 6000 deputy heads per year towards a new qualification: the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). This book covers the one compulsory module for this qualification which is called Strategic Direction and Development of the School. This book will be essential for all those embarking on the NPQH and those teaching or supervising it.

The Gradual Art of School Improvement

The Gradual Art of School Improvement
Author: Richard Steward
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 042965068X

School improvement in recent years has largely focused on rapid improvement and quick fixes. Yet, genuine and sustainable school improvement is complex, gradual and incremental. It requires developing a culture and focusing relentlessly on teaching and learning. The Gradual Art of School Improvement is a comprehensive practical guide to school improvement, covering aspects such as improvement planning, staff development, the learning environment, dealing with outside pressures including inspection, curriculum design and the role of leaders at all levels. It includes: Detailed accounts of the steps that can be taken to create a positive learning culture over time Case studies and worked examples, concentrating on the practical aspects of school improvement from the perspective of an experienced and successful head teacher Ready-to-use practitioner resources that readers can adapt and use in their own settings Accessibly written and entertaining, this book is an invaluable resource for leaders at all levels and stages of their career.

Schools for Talent Development

Schools for Talent Development
Author: Joseph S. Renzulli
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The Schoolwide Enrichment Model is a blueprint for total school improvement that stresses flexibility and creativity and promotes challenging, enjoyable learning across all school types, levels, and demographics. The model combines organizational resources with three service-delivery components: the total-talent portfolio, curriculum-modification techniques, and enrichment learning and teaching.

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

School Effectiveness and School Improvement
Author: Louise Stoll
Publisher: Institute of Education
Total Pages: 8
Release: 1995
Genre: School improvement programs
ISBN: 9780854734764

The last decade has seen a burgeoning of interest in the twin fields of school effectiveness and school improvement by politicians, policy makers and practitioners. For some, the drive has been to raise standards and increase accountability through inspection and assessment measures, believing that the incentive of accountability and market competition will lead to improvement. Alternatively, reform and restructuring have led many people in schools to create their own agenda and ask, ‘How do we know that what we are doing makes a positive difference to our pupils?’ and, ‘What can we do to provide pupils with the best possible education?’ This paper explores the two paradigms that underpin notions of school effectiveness and school improvement. We start with their definitions and aims. Key factors of effectiveness and improvement are examined and fundamental issues discussed. We conclude with a description of attempts to link the two areas of work.

Align the Design

Align the Design
Author: Nancy J. Mooney
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416606254

The authors show how school leaders can use "power tools" to coordinate essential school improvement processes, improve student achievement, and create more effective schools.

School Portfolio Toolkit

School Portfolio Toolkit
Author: Victoria Bernhardt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317922611

The School Portfolio Toolkit is a book that includes over 300 tools, strategies, templates, and examples for use in building school portfolios and for planning, implementing, and evaluating continuous school improvement. The Toolkit was written to support school personnel with the mechanics of putting together a school portfolio, as well as to offer processes and strategies to move whole school staffs into and through continuous improvement. The tools in the Toolkit will help staffs create, implement, and maintain school portfolios and begin the journey of continuous improvement. Each chapter deals with one topic related to the school portfolio and comprehensive school improvement, with related documents and tools. The School Portfolio Toolkit book provides templates, tools, examples, and strategies that will help you analyze your school's data, create a vision that is truly shared by the school staff, build a continuous school improvement plan to implement the school vision, formulate a leadership structure to implement the vision, involve parents, community, and business in implementing the vision, embed up to forty different powerful professional development designs into your school plan, evaluate your continuous school improvement work, and create a School Portfolio that will organize and serve as a framework for the continuation of this work

Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts

Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts
Author: Rose M. Ylimaki
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2022
Genre: Comparative education
ISBN: 3030768376

This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that balance evidence-based values with democratic, culturally responsive values, this book offers strategies to mediate the tensions and to address school culture, context and values, leadership capacity, using data as a source of reflection, curricular and pedagogical activity, and strengths-based approaches to meeting the needs of culturally diverse students. You will find: - Active, reflective activities - Case studies illustrating each concept - The research base supporting each concept - Descriptions of processes from other contexts (South Carolina, Germany, Australia, Sweden) - Thoughts about next steps for contextually sensitive and multi-level school development - Suggestions for cross-national dialogue and research within the Zone of Uncertainty Use this ideal source to guide school leadership teams in creating productive schools that continually grow!