Evidence-based school development in changing demographic contexts
/ Rose M. Ylimaki, Lynnette A. Brunderman, editors
- xii, 186 pages
- Studies in educational leadership, volume 24 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I. Changing context for school development and description of the model School development approaches over time : strengths, limitations, and the need for a new approach, A new approach to school development Part II. Lessons from the Arizona school development model Values, culture and context Building and sustaining school leadership capacity Using data as a source of reflection in a feedback loop Going deeper into curriculum and pedagogical activity Strength-based approaches to meeting culturally diverse student needs Part III. Extending the process to other context School development in South Carolina building leadership capacity for evidence-based school development in South Carolina schools The Swedish context bringing support structures to scale: the role of the state and school districts The Australian context : national, state and school-level efforts to improve schools in Australia The German context : school turnaround in ten schools in difficult circumstances in Germany : the need for adaptive and contextualized approaches to development and change Part IV. Conclusions and looking ahead Concluding comments and looking ahead