Shaping school culture
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Shaping school culture
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Brand, c2016
3rd ed
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-300) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. Written by renowned experts in the area of school culture, this book tackles the increasing challenges facing public schools and provides clear, candid suggestions for more effective symbolic leadership. This new third edition has been revised to reflect the reality of schools today, including the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, federal reforms such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state sponsored improvement programs, and other major issues that impact organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Each chapter features new examples and cases that illustrate persistent problems, spelling out key cultural implications and offering concrete examples of overcoming the challenges while maintaining a meaningful learning environment. The chapter on toxic schools continues to provide the field's most trusted advice on navigating this rocky terrain, and the discussion's focus on how to manage negativity remains especially integral to besieged school administrators across the U.S.
Recent years have jolted the nation's school system with a number of new developments that spell problems for the cultural tapestry of schools. This book provides expert perspective and sage, doable advice for administrators tending to external pressures while sustaining or evolving a more positive school culture.
Navigate new challenges including Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and waning confidence and faith
Turn around a toxic school culture with confidence and success
Foster a culture of passion, purpose, and meaning
Adopt a more active form of symbolic leadership to support students, faculty, staff, parents, and community
Test scores as the primary metric, relentless reforms, waning public support, and timid initiatives wrapped in bureaucratic packaging: while among the most prominent issues administrators face are only the tip of the iceberg. Shaping School Culture charts a route through competing pressures to help educational leaders hew a positive learning environment for schools.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
The Authors xvii
Introduction 1
The Elements of Culture
1. Schools as Tribes: The Power to Transform 23
2. Artifacts, Architecture, and Routines: Symbols of Culture 36
3. History: The Value of Lore and Tradition 50
4. Myth, Vision, and Values: Identifying a School's Soul 66
5. Stories and Tales: Passing Along the Vision 81
6. Rituals: Embedding Purpose and Meaning 98
7. Ceremonies and Traditions: Culture in Action 111
The Symbolic Role of School Leaders
8. Conveyors of Culture: The Informal Network 133
9. Weaving the Cultural Tapestry: Seven Schools 145
10. Transforming Toxic Cultures: Renewal Strategies 182
11. Building Trust: Connecting to Parents and Communities 206
12. Firming Up Culture: Eight Essential Roles 223
13. Living with Paradox: The Bifocal Principal 246
14. Achieving Balance: Meeting Cultural and Structural Demands 262
15. Conclusion: A New Story 279
References 289
Index 301
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