Description
LEADING SCHOOL TURNAROUND
Leading School Turnaround offers new perspectives and concrete, evidence-based guidelines for the educational leaders and administrators faced with the challenge of turning our low-performing schools around. Using the tools outlined in this groundbreaking book, school leaders can guide their schools to higher levels of achievement and sustained academic success.
Based on research conducted in the United States, Canada, and England, Leading School Turnaround addresses in three parts the dynamic context of the turnaround environment, what turnaround leaders do, and the incredible challenges of moving from turnaround to "stay around."
Filled with illustrative examples, the book outlines the best practices and behaviors successful turnaround leaders exercise. The authors include detailed information for applying the four main categories of turnaround leadership: direction setting, developing people, redesigning the school, and managing the instructional program.
This important resource can help any school leader get their school back on the track to academic success.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables v
The Authors ix
Introduction: Understanding School Turnaround Leadership 1
Part One: The Dynamic Context in Which Turnaround Leaders Work 23
1. Reasons for School Failure 25
2. The Three Stages of School Turnaround 43
3. The Stages Illustrated: A Case Study 67
Part Two: What Turnaround Leaders Do, and How They Do It 83
4. How Turnaround Leaders Create a Shared Sense of Direction in Their Schools 85
5. How Turnaround Leaders Foster Capacity Development Among Their Teachers 111
6. How Turnaround Leaders Redesign Their Schools 129
7. How Turnaround Leaders Improve Their School’s Instructional Program 155
8. Turnaround Leadership Up Close and Personal 181
Part Three: Outstanding Challenges 213
9 How Schools Move from Turnaround to “Stay Around” 215
10 How to Reach High Performance 235
Conclusion 257
Appendix: Methods Used for the Studies 259
Notes 267
References 271
Index 283
