Strategies for Effective Instructional Planning and Change.

Autor/in	Spring, Rodney D.
Titel	Strategies for Effective Instructional Planning and Change.
Quelle	(1980), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Advisory Committees; Community Involvement; Curriculum Development; Educational Innovation; Faculty Development; Needs Assessment; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Community Relationship; School Support; Volunteers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beratungsstelle; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bedarfsermittlung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schulförderverein; Freiwilliger
Abstract	This paper identifies three steps to effect change in a school district: assessing educational needs, involving staff and community, and providing vehicles for change to take place. This framework is then used to describe programs implemented in Georgia's Clarke County School District. The district needs assessment is described as involving community residents, university and school district staff members, and the school board. The author lists a number of pitfalls to avoid in needs assessment, including committee leadership that is either too weak or too strong and people who have an ax to grind. In discussing the involvement of staff and community in effecting change, the author lists district programs including parents and community members--especially senior citizens. For example, volunteers are used to call parents of absentees and were used to set up a teen health curriculum. Community organizations also work with the school district in such areas as drug education and cultural affairs. Community members teach "minilessons" on many topics. In the concluding section on vehicles for change, the author mentions three modes for effecting change in the district: the District Curriculum Council, the cooperative plan for staff development, and parent advisory and volunteer groups. (Author/JM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01