Transforming Ice Age Schools: A Practical Guide for School Leaders

Leighangela Brady; Lisbeth Johnson

doi:10.5771/9781475807776

Summary

Today’s educational system is frozen in time, stuck in traditions of the past. Transforming Ice Age Schools: A Practical Guide for School Leaders will resonate with educational leaders, especially site principals, who are looking to transform their schools to reflect the educational world needed for today. Unlike the many theoretical books on this topic, this book offers insights about the discreet steps leaders might take to transform learning. A metaphor of a glacier is carried throughout the book to provide guiding principles of how to chip away at the mammoth educational system we have inherited and prepare students to be globally competent. Noteworthy features of this book include:

Research-based strategies
Practical ideas for immediate use
In time reflection in every chapter and application of ideas presented
A user-friendly guide to personalize the work
Spotlights on real-time success
An appendix for continued application
Authors currently in the field conducting this work

Keywords

Search publication

Bibliographic data

Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0775-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0777-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 172
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Ch01. A Call to Action No access
2. Ch02. A Vision for School Transformation No access
3. Ch03. Creating a New School Culture No access
4. Ch04. Research-Based Culture Change Process Tools No access
1. Ch05. Indicators for Teacher Instruction No access
2. Ch06. Innovative Student Learning No access
3. Ch07. Student Products and Assessments No access
4. Ch08. Transforming the Physical Environment No access
1. Ch09. Monitoring the Transformation No access
2. Ch10. Leaders Unite! No access
Appendix A. Culture Audit and School Readiness Survey (CASRS) No access Pages 109 - 124
Appendix B. Typical Stakeholder Implementation Stages No access Pages 125 - 128
Appendix C. Transformative Classroom Observation Instrument (TCOI) No access Pages 129 - 138
Appendix D. Transformative Walkthrough Protocol (TWP) No access Pages 139 - 144
Appendix E. Guidance or Coaching, Education or Professional Development, Supervision or Direction to Support Staff Growth No access Pages 145 - 148
Appendix F. Transforming Ice Age Schools Generation Quiz No access Pages 149 - 152
Appendix G. Definitions of Assessment Terms No access Pages 153 - 156
Appendix H. Monitoring the Transformation No access Pages 157 - 160
References No access Pages 161 - 164
Index No access Pages 165 - 170
About the Authors No access Pages 171 - 172