Title: The turnaround toolkit : managing rapid, sustainable school improvement /
Authors: Winters, Lynn.; Herman, Joan L.
Publisher: Corwin,
Year: 2011
Subjects: School improvement programs.; School support teams.; Educational leadership
Abstract: "If you want to dramatically improve your school's performance in a short time, this book is for you. Using formative evaluation, The TurnAround ToolKit offers educators a nine-step method based on data-driven continuous improvement processes. Experts and experienced practitioners Lynn Winters and Joan Herman frame these steps within three overarching 'turnaround tasks' that begin with realigning systems, progress to integrating data to create the turnaround plan, and, finally, set the stage for ongoing plan revision. Collaboration and rigorous reflection are interwoven through all the steps.
Contents: Develop systems for managing turnaround activities: distributed leadership, collaborative teams, expert reviewers and networks, data capacity -- Organize information needed to redesign programs -- Prepare data summaries and displays -- Identify the turnaround focus -- Redesign programs to address the turnaround focus -- Develop and implement the turnaround plan -- Design an evaluation of the turnaround plan -- Analyze evaluation data and revise the program -- The 4th R of turnaround work: reflect on lessons learned -- Develop systems for managing turnaround activities: distributed leadership, collaborative teams, expert reviewers and networks, data capacity: leader's guide -- Organize information needed to redesign programs: leader's guide -- Prepare data summaries and displays: leader's guide -- Identify the turnaround focus: leader's guide -- Redesign programs to address the turnaround focus: leader's guide -- Develop and implement the turnaround plan: leader's guide -- Design an evaluation of the turnaround plan: leader's guide -- Analyze evaluation data and revise the program: leader's guide.