Leading change in your school : how to conquer myths, build commitment, and get results /

Reeves, Douglas B., 1953-,

Leading change in your school : how to conquer myths, build commitment, and get results / [print] Douglas B. Reeves. - Alexandria, Virginia : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, (c)2009. - xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part 1. Creating conditions for change. Pull the weeds before you plant the flowers -- The personal change readiness assessment -- The organizational change readiness assessment -- Cultural change -- Confronting the myths of change leadership -- Part 2. Planning change. Leadership leverage : focusing on changes with the greatest results -- The right team : selecting teachers and administrators -- Building capacity with coaching -- Making strategic planning work -- Part 3. Implementing change. Closing the implementation gap -- The flywheel : getting short-term wins to sustain long-term change -- Building stakeholder support : academics and the arts -- Defining change : lessons from literacy -- Part 4. Sustaining change. Sustaining excellence -- Lessons across the globe -- Teacher leadership -- Epilogue : the risks and rewards of change.



9781416608080

2008053691


School management and organization--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Educational leadership--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.

LB2805.R332.L433 2009