The Keys to Effective Schools
Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
Second Edition
Willis D. Hawley
- University of Maryland, USA
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Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement!
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom
6. Assessment as Learning
6. Assessment as Learning
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning
10. Continuous School Improvement
10. Continuous School Improvement
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement!
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom
6. Assessment as Learning
6. Assessment as Learning
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning
10. Continuous School Improvement
10. Continuous School Improvement
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
The Keys to Effective Schools
Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
October 2006 | 248 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/01/2025 | 9781412941013 | $40.95 |
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412941006 | $84.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/01/2025 | 9781452280806 | $37.00 |
Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement!
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement
- 1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
- 2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching
- 3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment
- 4. Professional Communication and Collaboration
- 5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom
- 6. Assessment as Learning
- 7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities
- 8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development
- 9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning
- 10. Continuous School Improvement
- 11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society
- 12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
This book did not meet the needs of my course.
Dr Linda Allen, Educational Resources Dept, Jacksonville State University
“An illuminating, must-read book that brings laser-like focus from several perspectives about the most important components in sustainable school reform.”
Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
“This is a book that we need now more than ever. Continuous improvement stands at the heart of school leadership and school improvement. This update brings the best thinkers and the strongest voices on the topic together to help launch a stronger and deeper effort for improvement that is likely to sustain itself. Readers will find this new edition timely and helpful.”
Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education, Trinity University
“Provides valuable insights into how systematic reform works, offers suggestions regarding successful learning environments, and addresses the need for intensive, long-term professional development for the purpose of engaging teachers, administrators, and their colleagues in communities of practice supported by a strong school culture.”
Pedro Reyes, University of Texas