Putting the Pieces Together: Leadership for Change in Low-Performing Urban Schools

Autor/inn/en	Orr, Margaret Terry; Berg, Barbara; Shore, Rima; Meier, Ellen
Titel	Putting the Pieces Together: Leadership for Change in Low-Performing Urban Schools
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 40 (2008) 6, S.670-693 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124508324018
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Organizational Change; Educational Change; Organizational Development; Instructional Leadership; Low Achievement; Educational Improvement; Intervention; Educational Administration; Grants; Role; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Organisationswandel; Bildungsreform; Organisationsentwicklung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Rollen
Abstract	This article presents a collaborative inquiry analysis of the school improvement experiences of four persistently low-performing schools. It draws on the experiences of three members of the Laboratory for the Design and Redesign of Schools (LDRS) consortium who helped during their planning for restructuring or restructuring phases and one regional official who oversaw their grant support and school improvement interventions. The authors explore the role of organizational change to improved teaching and learning in the schools. The schools' mixed leadership and organizational capacity and belief in their teaching efficacy limited the benefits of state, district, and regional supports and resources, which school leaders were ill-equipped to coordinate. Combining leadership and organizational development with curricular and instructional reform models would be more promising. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10