This edition of Theory into Practice offers a comprehensive examination of all aspects of meaningful student involvement, particularly exploring specific roles for students as
agents of school change.
The challenge is how to identify promising, scalable models of improvement and link them to a systemic
model of school change.
Our fellowships are an opportunity for aspiring leaders to be on the front
lines of school change and improvement efforts in one of the country's fastest growing and rapidly changing states.
The research successfully proves that adults can look to students for more than answers — that we must look to students to become central players in the ongoing
process of school change.
In fact, understanding and sharing ideas — and implementing practices — that help adults explore experiences and assumptions is a powerful
driver of school change.
Leaders at every stage of their careers need opportunities to learn, renew, and become more sophisticated
leaders of school change.
An
advocate of school change, he has participated in curriculum projects addressing thinking, understanding, and learning around the world.
The teams — a student, a parent, a teacher, a principal, a district administrator, and a local school board member — explored the multifaceted
nature of school change.
This is both a question of longer - term historical patterns and contemporary debates within the field of comparative education over the extent of broad international
patterns of school change.
In this sense, teacher researchers are innovators, curriculum drivers,
agents of school change, and directors of their own professional development.
These education fellowship opportunities are a chance to be on the front
lines of school change and improvement efforts in one of the country's fastest growing and rapidly changing states.
A model
of school change for culturally and linguistically diverse students in New Zealand: a summary and evidence from systematic replication
For instance, the $ 9 million Longitudinal
Evaluation of School Change and Performance was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the current Title I program.
Through this program, a cohort of Eskolta Fellows is engaging in a unique learning experience focused on the methods and approaches that have been behind Eskolta's successful
facilitation of school change efforts for the past five years.
The state's two largest teachers» unions and the school administrators» and school boards» assocations, unveiled a statement of commitment to the program, which was a highlight of a
package of school changes proposed by Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and passed by state lawmakers last spring.
Previously, tenured teachers who lost their positions
because of school changes, such as declining enrollment or program elimination, were guaranteed another position at another school in their district.
If they believe passionately that their students can achieve proficiency, if they have a clear vision of what makes a school effective, if they learn the
lessons of school change, and if they take advantage of external assessments, principals should be able to lead a school staff to bring a first - rate education to every child.
In
terms of school changes, MATs listed firing school leaders on conversion as one of the important changes and three - quarters of MATs stated that they regularly move around teachers and senior leaders between their schools.
Contextual effects on student achievement: School leadership and professional community
Journal of School Change, 2 (1), 1 - 33.
Throughout my years of involvement in the school improvement process - as a participating faculty member in schools that sought increased benefits for students; as a
student of school change and improvement, researching the factors that affect change; and as an external facilitator, supporting schools» efforts for improvement - I have seen many examples of unsuccessful change.
The researchers found that schools were functioning along a
continuum of school change where teachers and administrators considered the model to be either «inform - minded» (viewing A + as an add - on), «reform minded» (moderate engagement in process) or «transform - minded» (where there is a high engagement culture).
The beauty of the program is that the nuts and
bolts of school change are grounded in theory and the facilitators ground their work in the actual schools.
Robert Evans, The Human
Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real - life Problems of Innovation.
Their attitude may not be completely unwarranted, given the continuing
cycle of school change, new policies and legislative mandates, and shifting accountability systems.
That is the central
question of school change, and that is the question that is occupying Deb Beaupre (UVEI Principal Intern Class of 2015), the new assistant principal at Hillsboro - Deering Elementary School.
McLaughlin and Talbert — foremost
scholars of school change and teaching contexts — provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school - based teacher learning communities.
As Michael Fullan, a leading expert in school improvement, has said, the first
principle of school change is to «love your employees».
In the Fall of 2016, she taught her own
section of School Change, and brought in guest speakers from the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), the Institute of Play, Bronx Arena Transfer High School, and Eskolta School Research and Design.
This philosophy was crystallized by Joe Nathan, director for the
Center of School Change at Macalester College in St. Paul.
The efforts of Alvarado and his colleagues to build learning communities in Community School District 2 in Manhattan also support the importance of the social
dimension of school change (Malloy, 1998).
Research, however, tends to turn all the messiness, trial and error, and
anxieties of school change into a sort of movie montage that makes it all seem easy.
Meena's capacity to strategically support the instructional, organizational and financial
dynamics of school change is impressive, but even more remarkable is her ability to stay student - focused and rooted in evidence - based practices.