Flipping the Script

Autor/in	Mitgang, Lee
Titel	Flipping the Script
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 67 (2010) 11, S.15-18 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Principals; School Districts; Superintendents; Educational Improvement; Accountability; Academic Achievement; Leaders; Leadership + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Principal; Schulleiter; School district; Schulbezirk; Schulrat; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Verantwortung; Schulleistung; Fachleiter; Führung; Führungsposition
Abstract	Along with radically shifting priorities and practices to put better learning first, recent experiences and new research underscore a second, closely related imperative for districts--that principals get the high-quality training they need to be successful as frontline leaders of instructional change throughout their schools. In fact, no documented cases exist of failing schools turning around without a principal who provides direction and drives positive change. Superintendents refer to their own decade-long drive to reorient their district's priorities as "flipping the script." As that phrase implies, anything short of an all-hands effort with sustained backing from district leaders probably will not work and may even hurt in driving a learning improvement agenda. Emerging evidence is showing that the struggle can be worth it over time. What steps might central offices take to refocus themselves on a more service-oriented, learning-first agenda? What could it accomplish? This article discusses three essential action areas that recent experience and fresh research analyzing a number of such efforts point to: (1) An environment based on high expectations, district support and accountability; (2) An emphasis on shared leadership; and (3) Time for district staff to assist schools and for principals to focus on instruction. (Contains 7 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10