Leading change in your school how to conquer myths, build commitment, and get results /

• Main Author: Reeves, Douglas B., 1953-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ©2009.
• Subjects: School management and organization > United States.; Educational change > United States.; Educational leadership > United States.; School improvement programs > United States.; EDUCATION > General. > Administration; Educational change.; Educational leadership.; School improvement programs.; School management and organization.; Electronic books.; United States.
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Guide for becoming a leader in making changes in the educational field.

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Creating conditions for change. Pull the weeds before you plant the flowers
• The personal change readiness assessment
• The organizational change readiness assessment
• Cultural change
• Confronting the myths of change leadership
• Part 2. Planning change. Leadership leverage: focusing on changes with the greatest results
• The right team: selecting teachers and administrators
• Building capacity with coaching
• Making strategic planning work
• Part 3. Implementing change. Closing the implementation gap
• The flywheel: getting short-term wins to sustain long-term change
• Building stakeholder support: academics and the arts
• Defining change: lessons from literacy
• Part 4. Sustaining change. Sustaining excellence
• Lessons across the globe
• Teacher leadership
• Epilogue: the risks and rewards of change.