Accelerating change in schools : leading rapid, successful, and complex change initiatives /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dudar, Linda (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scott, Shelleyann (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scott, Donald E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Σειρά: Advances in educational administration ; v. 27.
• Θέματα: Education > Administration > General.; Education.; Educational leadership.

Research indicates change is complex and difficult, and requires considerable time to achieve, sometimes years or even decades. This book presents major findings from a research study exploring the leadership needed to enact rapid change - defined as three years or less - in various school contexts...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prelims
• Section I - Leadership and rapid change
• The demand for rapid change
• Understanding the theory of change processes
• Stakeholders and change participants - Important influencers
• Defining change leadership
• The self-aware and discerning change agent
• The rapid change model
• Section II - Rapid change: success stories from educational leaders
• The head and heart of change: leaders' advice about change
• Leaders' success stories of culture (people) change
• Leaders' success stories of program change
• Stakeholders are important too!
• Context is interesting and important
• Are you ready?
• About the Authors
• References
• Index.