Full Description
A school leadership model for surviving hyper-changeFrom social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today's school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century? With an eye on the past and a vision for the future, Carter and White draw the blueprint for adapting schools to ever-changing times. * A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change * Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century* A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1. Schools Disrupted: Understanding How We Got HereSome BackgroundSchool Administrators Are Dealing With an Overload of Information and DemandsThe Third Wave of History Is Fueling Rapid Disruptions in Our SchoolsSchools Have Experienced Their Own Waves of Change; American Schools Are Entering the Fifth Wave of Their DevelopmentProcessing Speeds Have Fueled Technology Disruptions and Created a New Education LandscapeKnowledge Is Doubling at Faster Rates, Which Is Redefining EducationIf School Leaders Are Going to Thrive, They Must Use Disruptions to Their AdvantageActivities to Transition to 21st Century Leadership and Hyper-ChangeChapter 2. Types of School Disruptions: New Problems Going ViralUnderstanding Disruptions and Disruptive EventsIntroducing the CAT Strategy: Coping, Adjusting, and TransformingIdentifying the Seven Disruptions Changing Schools TodayFinding the Disruptions in Their Own SchoolsForming a Vision for a New Type of Leader: The Local Global LeaderExamining Accountability Through a 21st Century LensLooking to the FutureActivities to Help Understand School DisruptionsChapter 3. Student Safety: From Innocence to the UnimaginableA Principal's View of Student Safety in 21st Century EducationA Teacher's View of Student Safety in 21st Century EducationTips For Maintaining Student Safety in an Age of DisruptionsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Create a Safer School in the 21st CenturyChapter 4. Technology: New Opportunities and New ChallengesThe Impact of TechnologyFour Key Points for Leaders About Technology DisruptionsFrom Myspace to Personal Devices and the CloudThe Difficulty of ChangeTips for Leading Schools in an Age of Technology DisruptionsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Transform With Technology DisruptionsChapter 5. Education Reforms: Searching for the Freedom to Lead and the Freedom to TeachLiving With a Warped Sense of AccountabilityShielding Teachers and Focusing on LearningA Teacher's View: The Freedom to TeachTeacher Preparation: Drilling Down Into the DataPivoting to a Future of Rapid ChangeTips for Leading Schools in an Age of Constant Education ReformsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Transform in Education Reform DisruptionsChapter 6. Generational Differences: Leading Boomers, X, Y, and Z in New Learning SpacesA Closer Look at Four Generations in Our SchoolsThe Administrator Leading Gen Z and Generations of TeachersThe Learning Environment Consultant With an Optimistic ViewThe Experienced Architect With a Vision for ChangeThe CEO on a Journey: A New Generation and a New MissionTips for Leading in Generational and Learning Space DisruptionsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Lead Multiple Generations, Educate Gen Z, and Design New Types of Learning SpaceChapter 7. Global Readiness: Preparing for the 2030s, 2040s, and Beyond . . .Connecting to the World: Going GlobalA Local Global Principal With a Global VisionThe Global Skills: Morphing and Growing With the TimesToday's Curriculum: Shifting to Global SkillsLifelong Learning Is No Longer OptionalA Model for TransformingTips for Leading Schools to Global ReadinessScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Lead Schools to Global ReadinessChapter 8. Diversity: New Challenges in the School Melting PotAn Open-Door PolicyThe Growth of Ethnic Diversity in American SchoolsWelcoming Diversity: A Melting Pot or a Mosaic?Leading in a Climate of FearResegregation: A Growing Racial and Poverty GapRacial Diversity in Middle AmericaSchools: To Pray or Not to PrayProtecting Gay Rights: To Help Students Walking Through a HailstormRestrooms: Boys, Girls, and GenderlessTrying to Diversify the Teaching ForceTips for Leading Schools in Diversity DisruptionsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Lead in Diversity DisruptionsChapter 9. Transparency: The World Is WatchingIt's About TrustA View of Transparency From the Last Century to the PresentAcknowledging Vulnerability and Seeking ClarityTips for Leading in Transparency DisruptionsScenarios for Applying the CAT StrategyActivities to Lead in Transparency DisruptionsChapter 10. 21st Century School Assessment: More Than Test ScoresThinking Without a BoxA Flexible, Formative School Assessment SystemAn Example of a New Assessment InstrumentCreate Your Own Plan for Leading in Disruptive TimesChapter 11. An Accelerating World: Leading Schools in an Age of Hyper-ChangeA Glimpse of School Futures: Digitization, Disruption, and DemocratizationDigitization in EducationHow Education Will Be DisruptedHow Education Will Be DemocratizedOvercoming Three BarriersMoving Out of Future Shock: Pausing and BalancingTips for Helping Teachers: Mindfulness, Balance, and RespectLet's Be Apple and MicrosoftActivities to Lead in Hyper-ChangeReferencesIndex
