Full Description
Lead between the lines— evaluate Ed policies to emphasize the positives and minimize the negatives
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Contents
Foreword by Joshua Starr
Acknowledgments
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
Creatively Comply!
Reform Defined
Purposes
Audience
Framing the Issues
Organization of the Book
Features of the Book
Why I Wrote This Book
Part I. Reform Critique
CHAPTER 1. ETHICAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION REFORM AND COMPLIANCE
Reform
Ethics Within the Context of Education Reform
The Ethical Dilemma
Ethical Responsibility
Leadership Take-Away: Ethics
CHAPTER 2. CREATIVE COMPLIANCE
Creative Leadership Pathways
Seven Creative Compliance Strategies
Compliance Entrepreneur
Failure Is an Option
Leadership Take-Away: Creative Compliance
CHAPTER 3. REFRAMING REFORM
Reframe It!
Framing Reform
A Framework for Critique
Ethical Evidence
Now What? and Creative Compliance
Leadership Take-Away: Framing Reform
Part II. Reform Case Studies
CHAPTER 4. CASE STUDY 1: REFRAMING RIGOR
Origins of Rigor
What Is Rigor?
Redefining Rigor
Complexity Versus Difficulty
Goldilocks View of Rigor
Complex Curriculum Standards
Rigor in the Context of Democracy
Functional Fixedness and Knowledge Reproduction
So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Rigor
Ethical Considerations
Creative Compliance and Now What?
Leadership Take-Away: Rigor
CHAPTER 5. CASE STUDY 2: USING OR ABUSING STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS?
Large-Scale Use
Three-Legged Stool of Validity
Standards of Testing
So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Assessment Use
Ethical Considerations
Creative Compliance: Now What?
Leadership Take-Away: Testing Use
CHAPTER 6. CASE STUDY 3: MERIT PAY
Money for Merit
Theoretical Frameworks for Merit Pay
Previous Experience With Merit Pay in Education
Profit Over People
So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Merit Pay
Ethical Considerations
Creative Compliance: Now What?
Leadership Take-Away: Merit Pay
Part III. Promising Practices
CHAPTER 7. CASE STUDY 4: RECESS OF THE MIND
Walking in Their Shoes
Options for Recess of the Mind
Move It!
Recess of the Mind at Work
S.W.A.G
Mindfulness in Nanuet
Well-Being in White Plains
Charting a Course in Pennsylvania
So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Recess of the Mind
Creative Compliance
Leadership Take-Away: Recess of the Mind
CHAPTER 8. CASE STUDY 5: PROBLEM- AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Importance of Active Learning
So What? Understanding the Big Picture of PBL
Creative Compliance
Leadership Take-Away: PBL
CHAPTER 9. FINAL ISSUES
Spencer Returns
Top 10
Crack the Code and Act!
References
Index
