Download or read book Three Site Based Decision Making written by Michele Ann Brouse and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of the School District with Site based Decision Making written by Juan Alfredo Garza and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Site based Decision Making in an Urban School District written by Donald L. Horsley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Case for District based Reform written by Jonathan A. Supovitz and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, the Duval County (Fla.) school system set out to improve every school in the district.

Download or read book Breaking with Tradition written by Brian M. Stack and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Chris Sturgis Shifting to a competency-based curriculum allows educators to revolutionize education by replacing traditional, ineffective systems with a personalized, learner-centered approach. Throughout the resource, the authors explore how the components of PLCs promote the principles of competency-based education and share real-world examples from practitioners who have made the transition to learner-centered teaching. Each chapter ends with reflection questions readers can answer to apply their own learning progression. By reading this book, K-12 administrators, school leaders, and teacher leaders will: - Evaluate the qualities of true competency-based schools and the flaws in traditional schooling. - Consider the foundational role that PLCs have in establishing the competency-based approach and promoting learning for all. - Gain tips for successfully implementing student-centered practices for learning competencies and performance assessment and grading. - Explore real school experiences that highlight the processes and challenges involved in moving from traditional to competency-based school structures - Access reproducible school-design rubrics appropriate for the five design principles of competency-based learning. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Understanding the Components of an Effective Competency-Based Learning System Chapter 2: Building the Foundation of a Competency-Based Learning System Through PLCs Chapter 3: Developing Competencies and Progressions to Guide Learning Chapter 4: Changing to Competency-Friendly Grading Practices Chapter 5: Creating and Implementing Competency-Friendly Performance Assessments Chapter 6: Responding When Students Need Intervention and Extension Chapter 7: Sustaining the Change Process References and Resources Index

Download or read book Handbook of Data Based Decision Making in Education written by Theodore Kowalski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. 1. Theoretical and practical perspectives -- pt. 2. Building support for data-based decisions -- pt. 3. Data-based applications.

Download or read book The Use of Evidence in District Level Decisions for the Distribution of Resources to Elementary Schools written by Tina M. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York State's challenging fiscal, instructional and accountability context has challenged school districts to make intra-district resource distribution decisions that foster equal educational opportunities for all students. In terms of intra-district resource distribution, research indicates the field has limited literature from which to draw guidance on the decision making process. Due to the limited literature on intra-district resource distribution and the increasing expectation to use data, practitioners in the field of education are still learning how to use data as part of an evidence-based decision making system to distribute resources throughout a school district with varying student need. It is critical to understand the processes system leaders use to make intra-district evidence-based, resource distribution decisions in order to provide an equal opportunity for all students to achieve intended standards. This study explored how district leaders in school districts that have three or more elementary schools with disparate free and reduced lunch percentages are currently using evidence to distribute resources for elementary programs. This study's research questions were developed to discover how resource distribution decisions are made within the contexts in which district leaders are immersed. Specifically, this research looked at the processes that district level leaders use to distribute resources to schools within their district with a iv subpopulation of students that is not performing at preferred levels, the specific evidence utilized and the structures within which resource distribution decisions were made. This qualitative study used interviews with school system leaders, school board trustees and elementary building principals in seven school districts in the Capital Region of New York State. The perspectives of these school leaders provided details on the decision making processes and structures districts use and the types of evidence used to make resource distribution decisions. Findings from this study showed there are an imbalance of influences, most notably the financial context, at the beginning part of the process of resource distribution decision making. In addition findings further revealed that each influence on the process caused leaders to operate within different leadership frames. Furthermore, although there was an imbalance of influences, most school district leaders made decisions within the two leadership frames most often associated with effective leadership. Data showed that decision makers in this study referenced their vision as an influence to provide more to at risk students establishing a basis for the district's theory of equitable resource distribution. Another finding revealed that districts used a variety of data to include demographic and student learning data, but using research based evidence in the decision making process was not a tendency of decision makers. Finally, in complex systems, the assistant superintendent has a crucial role in the resource distribution decision making process.

Download or read book Asking the Right Questions written by Edie L. Holcomb and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This updated edition of the bestseller on school reform focuses on collaboration at three crucial levels: district, school, and classroom. Recognizing the power of multilevel support, reform expert Edie L. Holcomb provides a structure that helps teams of educators assess a situation, gather information, plan and implement change initiatives, evaluate progress, and sustain change. In easy-to-understand language, Asking the Right Questions, Third Edition, effectively highlights the issues that need to be addressed when implementing school improvement initiatives. Building on her highly successful framework, the author presents a new discussion on shaping practice, creating effective decision-making structures, and reviewing improvement plans. The new edition also includes innovative strategies such as symbolic displays, configuration maps, priority grids, and open space technology, additional examples of change scenarios from the field, review questions and chapter summaries that highlight key points. A CD-ROM with figures, customizable forms, and a chapter-by-chapter discussion guide to facilitate individual and group study. From simple policy changes to broad reform, this invaluable guide helps teachers, principals, and administrators work together to visualize and enact changes that improve student ievement."--PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE.

Download or read book Site based Decision Making and Student Achievement written by Gloria Onwuchekwa and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Download or read book Improving education written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Small Districts Big Problems written by Richard A. Schmuck and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1992-07-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of this volume visited 25 small school districts in the US to meet, observe and interview students, teachers, principals and administrators. Here they present research that connects with reality. Through their fascinating description of the physical and educational landscape, the authors capture life in nonurban schools `as it is', and present information that is brutally honest. They provide the beginnings of a road map to help small, nonurban districts and communities begin their own journey on the road to better schools.

Download or read book Educational Decision making in Suburban Communities written by David W. Minar and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A School District s Decision making Process Regarding Implementation of School Choice written by Laura D. Carlin-Gonzalez and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As school districts are challenged with facing the many demands of meeting the needs of all students, school choice is presented as one way to meet those needs. School choice is anchored in the economic theory of competition in that if parents and students are offered options for choice, then they will choose the best educational opportunities presented. In addition, if competition is injected into the educational system, all schools will improve as a result. Benefits and challenges have been identified regarding school choice. Despite the challenges, many traditional public-school superintendents and school leaders consider school choice implementation as a method of school reform. While there has been research regarding school choice benefits and challenges, further exploration was warranted regarding the decision-making process used to consider whether or not to implement school choice. The purpose of this study was to determine the decision-making process employed to decide whether or not to implement schools of choice within a single school district. It also focused on what factors contributed to the exploration of school choice implementation, and how the specific process employed, by the school superintendent, was influenced by the emerging factors considered for choice implementation. Thus, the researcher explored the actions taken by the superintendent and district leaders as they considered school choice implementation. The researcher employed a constructionism epistemology with a qualitative single case study approach. Data was collected, coded, and analyzed using a deductive process. The researcher used multiple data sources in order to triangulate the data. Findings suggested that factors that influenced the superintendent and school district leaders to explore school choice implementation were competition with neighboring schools, student achievement and student interests, and building on early successes. The findings further revealed the decision-making process employed by the district that included five phases: setting a vision, gathering data, soliciting community input, researching programs based on data, and creating tightly aligned implementation plans. The findings of the study discovered that the emerging factors influenced the decision-making process to be student-centered, highly data-driven and research based, and collaborative

Download or read book A Study of Decision Making in the Case of a School District Determining the Location for a New High School written by Jennifer Mast and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision making at the school district level is examined through a historical case study of one large, Midwestern school district's process to choose the site on which to build a new high school. The case is viewed from a collaborative planning perspective, a model describing reality and knowledge as socially constructed and encouraging the inclusion of all viewpoints, which exposes power relationships. Inclusion is intended to acknowledge the political reality within the ever-changing and unique contextual features of any decision making process. Evidence, or information, is used within these social structures to inform decisions, within context and among the unique knowledge and experiences of the individuals involved. The case study used participant interviews and document analysis.

Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Structure and Pattern of Decision Making in Three Public School Districts written by Mike Aguirre and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journey to a High Achieving School written by Fred J. Abbate and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to a High-Achieving School: Eliminate Destructive Excuses examines the range of devastating excuses often expressed for failure to attain significant improvement in our schools. Using the methods of systems thinking and leadership practices that are employed in high-performing organizations of all kinds, this book shows concretely and specifically that what is at the root of these excuses can be overcome. The core ideas at work in the volume are based on the authors' well-regarded Academy for Education Leaders, an intensive course of seminars conducted for school superintendents, principals, and other educational leaders for the past several years. This is not a "quick fix" manual offering magic wands or silver bullets. It is a carefully-structured guidebook that can clearly and demonstrably help educational leaders at all levels of accountability begin to build a serious culture of excellence within their schools and school districts. Improvement will take time, but as the processes become familiar, school leaders can uncover and address the complex, but confused assumptions that keep standing in the way of the substantial and measurable improvements that must be made for our society's educational future.