Creating Great Schools: Six Critical Systems at the Heart of Educational Innovation Contributor(s): Schlechty, Phillip C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787976903 ISBN-13: 9780787976903 Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2005 Annotation: Praise For Phillip Schlechty "Schlechty offers a clear and concise vision of systemic change to address the problems with education." "Schlechty marshals readers through the ideas-to-action labyrinth of improving schools . . . A worthy successor to his earlier work." "Not all reformers in the country will agree with Schlechty's solutions or even the problems, but they will be the richer for having read what he has to say on the subject." "Schlechty adds a refreshing voice to the ongoing how-to-fix-our-schools debate . . . Highly recommended." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Leadership - Education | Professional Development |
Dewey: 371.2 |
LCCN: 2004019207 |
Series: Jossey-Bass Education |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.32" W x 9.14" L (0.99 lbs) 259 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Creating Great Schools, Phillip C. Schlechty--one of the nation's best-known experts on leadership and change in schools--offers a hands-on primer that will help arm school leaders with the tools they need to buck the system from within. Creating Great Schools shows educational leaders how they can sustain continuous innovation and improvement in order to create truly great schools. Schlechty outlines the six critical systems that define the norms and expressions of the school's organizational culture3/4recruitment and induction, knowledge transmission, power and authority, evaluation, direction, and boundaries3/4and shows what it takes to lead effective systemic change in order to sustain new values and direction. The book is filled with effective strategies and offers guidelines for introducing the "disruptive innovations" that are necessary to change the fundamental norms of an educational organization and truly revitalize a school. He offers suggestions for working through the thorny issues that arise from the efforts to introduce new norms and provides school leaders with valuable insights of the critical rules, roles, and relationships in schools. |
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