Diagnosis and Design for School Improvement Using a Distributed Perspective to Lead and Manage Change

Name: Diagnosis and Design for School Improvement Using a Distributed Perspective to Lead and Manage Change
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ISBN: 9780807752159

ISBN-10: 0807752150

ISBN-13: 9780807752159

Edition: 2011

Authors: James P. Spillane, Amy Franz Coldren

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This practical resource highlights the critical importance of diagnosis and design in the work of leading and managing for school improvement. The authors maintain that today's school leaders and managers, under intense pressure to improve student learning, cannot simply adopt and implement pre-packaged reforms manufactured outside the school. Rather, to effect real reform, they must understand how leading and managing for instructional improvement gets done in their school and in turn use their diagnoses as the basis for mindful design and redesign. This book is a must-read for school administrators, teachers, stakeholders, and reformers who seek a new way to improve teaching and learning.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University
Publication date: 4/29/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Leading and Managing with Diagnosis and Design


Diagnosis and Design


Digging Deeper: Exploring the Entailments of Diagnosis and Design


Focusing on the Formal and Informal Organization


Managing Dual and Sometimes Dueling Roles


Anchoring the Work in the Technical Core


The Emergent Nature of Practice


Summary



A Distributed Framework for Diagnosis and Design


The Need for an Analytical Framework


What Is Leadership?


What About Management?


A Distributed Perspective on Leadership and Management


Summary



Diagnosis and Design: Focusing on the Formal Organization


Diagnosing and Designing the Formal Organization


From Diagnosis to Design and Redesign


Summary



Diagnosis and Design: Attending to the Lived Organization


Leadership and Management in the Lived Organization


Design and the Lived Organization: The Emergent Nature of Practice


Summary



Leading and Managing Through Diagnosis and Design


Situating Our Account of Leadership and Management Practice


Diagnosis and Design: Lessons from Practice



Overview of the Research



School Staff Survey Instrument



Experience-Sampling Form


Notes


References


Index


About the Authors