Full Description
While several texts provide pedagogical and theoretical insights on improvement science for faculty, graduate students, and educational leaders, practitioners' voices are seldom heard. Improvement Science in the Field: Cases of Practitioners Leading Change in Schools fills this gap by presenting real-life cases of K-12 practitioners' use of improvement science to lead change in their educational systems.
Improvement Science in the Field: Cases of Practitioners Leading Change in Schools contains two sections. Part I presents practitioners' accounts of their use of improvement science to address actual problems of practice, such as closing discipline and achievement gaps, managing teacher stress and mental health, and improving school climate. Part II follows a tradition of case-based teaching in which authors provide part of their improvement journey and then invite readers to practice, discuss, brainstorm, and reflect on how they would address the problem presented using the tools of improvement science.
Contents
Acknowledgement
Foreword (by Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, Ph.D., Clemson University)
Introduction
Part 1 - Cases on Leading Change
Chapter 1 - Leading Change in Racial Disparities in Discipline
Chapter 2 - Leading Change in Enrollment of Black and Brown Students in Gifted Programs
Chapter 3 - Leading Change in Teacher Stress and Mental Health
Chapter 4 - Leading Change in the Overrepresentation of Students of Color in Special Education
Chapter 5 - Leading Change in Onboarding and Support of Novice Teachers
Part 2 - Cases for Practice & Discussion
Chapter 6 - Practice Case on EL Family Engagement
Chapter 7 - Practice Case on Discipline and In-School Suspensions
Chapter 8 - Practice Case on Middle to High School Transitions
Chapter 9 - Practice Case on Reading Achievement
Chapter 10 - Practice Case on Teacher Demoralization
Chapter 11 - Practice Case on Gifted Education
Conclusion
Afterword - (by Sandy Strayer, Wendy Durham, Matt Woods, Elizabeth Motley, Kenya Gravely, Henry County)
Appendix
References
Index
About the Authors
