Battling the Hamster Wheel - Strategies for Making High School Reform Work - - Paperback Bog - SAGE Publications Inc - 2005 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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Looking for effective strategies and best practices to break the cycle of ineffective school reform implementation? Author Grace Sammon takes a sobering look at the state of high school reform and identifies the elements that keep us "running in place", rather than making progress on a road to success. Battling the Hamster Wheel offers research-based insights and strategies, stories from the field, and humor to help lead change agents and school leaders in a reform process to build the school communities they seek to create. It also provides the skills to establish and sustain the critical elements for schools′ success: - - - Demonstrating high expectations and a matching vision - - Building capacity to create a true climate for success - - Thinking small and dreaming big - - Engaging in legitimate community support - - Thriving with strong, sustained, and shared leadership - - Effectively aligning and managing resources - Understanding the importance of time This insightful resource includes a built-in book study and facilitator′s guide for school boards, administrators, teachers, consultants, and students of education, and for professional development events.