Accelerating change in schools : leading rapid, successful, and complex change initiatives /
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, ove...
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Published: |
Emerald Publishing Limited,
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Publisher Address: | Bingley, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: |
Advances in educational administration,
volume 27 |
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Summary: |
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, overtly including the perspectives of leaders, teachers, students, parents, community members, and district leaders. We challenge many of the assumptions in current scholarly literature about how fast, complex change can or should be wrought within educational environments; indeed, our premise is that rapid, complex change is not only possible but may be highly desirable and successful given the right leadership approach. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 335 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781786355027 (hardback) : 1786355027 (hardback) 9781786355010 (PDF ebook) 1786355019 (PDF ebook) 9781787143081 (epub) 1787143082 (epub) |
Index Number: | LB2805 |
CLC: | G47 |
Call Number: | G47/D844 |
Contents: | Demand for rapid change -- Understanding the theory of change process -- Stakeholders and change participants -- important influencers -- Defining change leadership -- Self-aware and discerning change agent -- Rapid change model -- 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. |