A Humanistic Approach to Scaling Up

Autor/in	Friedlaender, Diane
Institution	Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Titel	A Humanistic Approach to Scaling Up
Quelle	(2019), (57 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Humanism; Organizational Change; Change Strategies; Systems Approach; Statewide Planning; Organizational Culture; Employees; Staff Development; After School Programs; Summer Programs; Strategic Planning; State Departments of Education; Educational Improvement; Child Development; Reflection; Program Descriptions; Educational Quality; Educational Policy; Outcomes of Education; Central Office Administrators; Meetings; School Districts; Trust (Psychology); Faculty Development; Coaching (Performance); Leadership Training; Group Dynamics; Employee Attitudes; Technical Assistance; Communities of Practice; Elementary Secondary Education; Kindergarten; Educational Opportunities; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humanismus; Organisationswandel; Lösungsstrategie; Systemischer Ansatz; Planwirtschaft; Unternehmenskultur; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Sommerkurs; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Kultusministerium; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Meeting; Tagung; School district; Schulbezirk; Führungslehre; Gruppendynamik; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Technische Hilfe; Community; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Kalifornien
Abstract	What does it take to transform a large, bureaucratic institution with a fractured culture and a compliance orientation into a nurturing, collaborative, vision-directed organization? This report and the accompanying research brief endeavor to answer that question by examining a humanistic and systems thinking approach to cultural change that took place over a period of two years in a large-scale, state organization. More often than not, institutions that want to change start by cultivating employees' understanding of the need for change. They implement strategies that focus on increasing efficiency and satisfaction through structures and policies rather than spending time at the human, individual level of the system. The underlying principal of that traditional approach treats employees as cogs that can either muck up the works in opposition to change or ease the turning of the wheel by complying. In other words, the focus is most often on employee as object, rather than employee as human. In 2017, the California Department of Education's Expanded Learning Division (after-school and summer programs) took a radically different approach by cultivating the shared humanity of those in their system. They followed a theory of change that recognized that educational improvement is a human endeavor and focused efforts on the growth and development of the adults responsible for the growth and development of children. By taking time for meditation, personal reflection, and relationship building, they acknowledged that human growth and development take time and support. Their success was guided by their clear, consistent, and compelling goal: more children experiencing high-quality afterschool programs. [For "A Humanistic Approach to Scaling Up. Research Brief," see ED605434.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Barnum Center 505 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: 650-725-8600; Fax: 650-736-1682; e-mail: scope@stanford.edu; Web site: http://edpolicy.stanford.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01