Title: Leading schools to success : constructing and sustaining high-performing learning cultures /
Authors: Guthrie, James W.; Schuermann, Patrick Jude.
Publisher: SAGE,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Educational change United States Case studies; Academic achievement United States Case studies; Learning Case studies.
Abstract: What's missing in education reform in the United States? The answer is leadership--specifically, the ability of school and district leaders to construct and continually nurture a culture of sustained high performance. A true leader needs to have not only a vision of the desired culture but also the skills and information necessary to make that vision a reality. Based in their combined 70 years of classroom and administrative experience, renowned authors James W. Guthrie and Patrick J. Schuermann offer a practice-based approach, grounded in research and theory, to achieving and maintaining an atmosphere of success in schools through effective leadership. --Book Jacket.
Contents: Defining and specifying the significance of school culture -- Components of a high-performing school culture -- Leadership and effective school culture -- Personnel and school culture -- Resource deployment and school culture -- Data-driven decision making and school culture -- Measurement, performance accountability, and reward structures -- Contextural challenges to the formation of a learning culture.