Leading schools to success : constructing and sustaining high-performing learning cultures /: constructing and sustaining high-performing learning cultures. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James W. Guthrie, Patrick J. Schuermann.
• Other Names: Guthrie, James W; Schuermann, Patrick Jude
• Contents: Preface; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; School Culture Checklist; Case Study 1: Buchanan School: Can School Culture Get Better than this?; Chapter 1: Defining and Specifying the Significance of School Culture; Case Study 2: Possible Reform at Washington High School: How Far Can a Productive Culture Stretch?; Chapter 2: Components of a High Performing School Culture; Cast Study 3: Walton Charter Prepares to Select A Head: What Kind of Leader Might Create a Productive Culture?; Chapter 3: Leadership and Effective School Culture; Case Study 4: Warren County School Board Performance Pay Cram Down Can a Productive Culture Withstand an Unexpected External Pressure?; Chapter 4: Personnel and School Culture; Case Study 5: The Challenge of an (Almost) Brand New School: Can the Past be Blended with the New to Form a Productive Culture?; Chapter 5: Resource Deployment and School Culture; Case Study 6: Data, Data Everywhere but Hardly a Drop of Useful Information; Chapter 6: Data-driven Decision Making and School Culture; Case Study 7: “My Way” Ray and the “New” Accountability; Chapter 7: Assessments, Accountability, Awards, and School Culture; Case Study 8: A Principal Opening at the Grant School: Can a Dysfunctional Culture Be Undone?; Chapter 8: Contextual Challenges to Formation of a Learning Culture; Glossary; Index
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 371.2/07; Educational change -- United States -- Case studies; Academic achievement -- United States -- Case studies; Learning -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452223537
• Related ISBNs: 145222353X
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