The keys to effective schools : educational reform as continuous improvement

Author(s)

• Hawley, Willis D.
• Rollie, Donald L.
• National Educational Association (U.S.)

Bibliographic Information

The keys to effective schools : educational reform as continuous improvement

edited by Willis D. Hawley ; with Donald L. Rollie ... [et al.]

Corwin Press, c2007

2nd ed

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

"A joint publication, Corwin Press, National Education Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement! Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli. Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement. Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition - Reg Weaver Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement - Donald L. Rollie 1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement - Michael Fullan 2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching - P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander 3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment - Fred M. Newmann 4. Professional Communication and Collaboration - Judith Warren Little 5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom - Eva L. Baker 6. Assessment as Learning - Lorna M. Earl 7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities - Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller 8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development - Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli 9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning - Kenneth Leithwood 10. Continuous School Improvement - Willis D. Hawley and Gary Sykes 11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society - James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, and Walter G. Stephan 12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement - Richard F. Elmore About the Editors About the Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA79687943
• ISBN:
  • 1412941008
  • 1412941016
• LCCN: 2006014859
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 215 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB2822.82
  • DC22 : 371.200973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : School improvement programs -- United States
  • LCSH : Teacher effectiveness -- United States
  • LCSH : Learning