Leading schools to success : constructing and sustaining high-performing learning cultures

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Leading schools to success : constructing and sustaining high-performing learning cultures

James W. Guthrie, Patrick J. Schuermann

SAGE, c2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Lead your school to success with PRIDE What's missing in education reform in the United States? The answer is leadership; specifically, the ability of school and district leaders to construct and continually nurture a culture of sustained high performance. A true leader needs to have not only a vision of the desired culture, but the skills and information necessary to make that vision a reality. Providing a combined 70 years of classroom and administrative experience, renowned authors James Guthrie and Patrick Schuermann offer a practice-based approach, grounded in research and theory, to achieving and maintaining an atmosphere of success in schools through effective leadership.

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Preface Table of Contents Acknowledgements School Culture Checklist Case Study 1: Buchanan School: Can School Culture Get Better than this? Chapter 1: Defining and Specifying the Significance of School Culture Case Study 2: Possible Reform at Washington High School: How Far Can a Productive Culture Stretch? Chapter 2: Components of a High Performing School Culture Cast Study 3: Walton Charter Prepares to Select A Head: What Kind of Leader Might Create a Productive Culture? Chapter 3: Leadership and Effective School Culture Case Study 4: Warren County School Board Performance Pay Cram Down Can a Productive Culture Withstand an Unexpected External Pressure? Chapter 4: Personnel and School Culture Case Study 5: The Challenge of an (Almost) Brand New School: Can the Past be Blended with the New to Form a Productive Culture? Chapter 5: Resource Deployment and School Culture Case Study 6: Data, Data Everywhere but Hardly a Drop of Useful Information Chapter 6: Data-driven Decision Making and School Culture Case Study 7: "My Way" Ray and the "New" Accountability Chapter 7: Assessments, Accountability, Awards, and School Culture Case Study 8: A Principal Opening at the Grant School: Can a Dysfunctional Culture Be Undone? Chapter 8: Contextual Challenges to Formation of a Learning Culture Glossary Index

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