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ISBN-10:: 1578866685
ISBN-13:: 9781578866687
Pub. Date:: 10/15/2007
Publisher:: R&L Education

ISBN-10:: 1578866685
ISBN-13:: 9781578866687
Pub. Date:: 10/15/2007
Publisher:: R&L Education

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Overview

Most guides on the process of turning around low-performing schools typically are addressed to principals and superintendents. Teachers, however, are the individuals expected to conduct the 'heavy lifting' of school improvement. Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds is the first book on the subject written expressly for teachers. It provides a step-by-step introduction to the process of raising student achievement, beginning with diagnosing the causes of low performance and extending beyond the first year of improvement to the factors involved in sustaining high performance. Based on the authors' experiences with the School Turnaround Specialist Program as well as a review of research on successful school improvement projects, the book contains a wealth of tips and warnings for those engaged in, or anticipating being engaged in, the process of turning around a low-performing school.

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ISBN-13:	9781578866687
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	10/15/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.26(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Daniel L. Duke has been a high school teacher, school administrator, staff development director, researcher, and consultant. He is currently a professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Pamela D. Tucker is a former special education teacher and school administrator and currently is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the University of Virginia. Michael J. Salmonowicz is a doctoral student in administration and supervision at the University of Virginia. As a Teach for America corps member, he taught high school English in Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to 2003. Melissa K. Levy is a doctoral student in social foundations at the University of Virginia. She previously served as a middle school band director. Stephen Saunders is a veteran high school foreign language teacher and award-winning soccer coach. Currently he is completing his doctoral degree in educational leadership at the University of Virginia.

Chapter 1 It Takes a Faculty to Turn around a School
Chapter 2 School Turnaround Is Not a Myth
Chapter 3 Why Are Some Schools Less Successful Than Other Schools?
Chapter 4 Inquiring into the Health of Your School
Chapter 5 Planning: The First Step to Better School Performance
Chapter 6 The First Year of the School Turnaround Process
Chapter 7 Keys to Sustaining a Successful School Turnaround
Chapter 8 Those Who Can, Teach; Those Who Can Teach, Change
Chapter 9 Turnaround Resources

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Editorial Reviews

In this volume, professor Duke and his associates describe how the most needful schools can initiate and maintain the winning streaks needed to enhance the confidence and efficacy of both faculty and students, resulting in enhanced achievement...In short, turnaround schools...come to believe in themselves in this sense. Both struggling schools and struggling learners can find that sense of self-efficacy only if they have the opportunity to experience success at some level. The [authors] provide a roadmap to that success.

Rick Stiggins

School improvement is hard work, particularly in challenging contexts, and there are no silver-bullets or shortcuts. Written especially for teachers engaged in this vital work, and based on their extensive on-the-ground work in such schools, the authors provide a framework and lessons that are powerful, practical, and process-focused that can help guide you through the unique challenges of turning around your school. Anyone with a genuine interest in bringing about substantial improvement in their school should devour the clear and highly accessible insights offered in this book.

Scott C. Bauer

Even if not leading a turnaround, this book will enable school leaders to better diagnose school performance and give focus to their improvement efforts. In particular, the follow-up activities will help administrators to problem solve and fine tune current school initiatives.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Carroll

Is your faculty faced with the challenge of improving results for your students? Teacher's Guide to School Turnarounds is a sensible guide for school leaders and teachers that points you toward the questions that need to be asked before setting out on the journey of school improvement. It offers strategic options and useful tools you can employ to bring about meaningful change. Accessible and insightful, this book provides a practical means of leveraging the collective wisdom that exists in your school and its community to create a better future for your students.

Philip Hallinger

Is your faculty faced with the challenge of improving results for your students? Teacher's Guide to School Turnarounds is a sensible guide for school leaders and teachers that points you toward the questions that need to be asked before setting out on the journey of school improvement. It offers strategic options and useful tools you can employ to bring about meaningful change. Accessible and insightful, this book provides a practical means of leveraging the collective wisdom that exists in your school and its community to create a better future for your students.

Dr. Philip Hallinger

Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds

Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds

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