You can't do it alone
Subtitle: a communications and engagement manual for school leaders committed to reform
By: Jean Johnson
Publisher: R&L Education; Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781610483001; 9781610483018; 9781610483025
Subjects: School improvement programs; Communication in education; Educational leadership; School principals; Professional relationships; EDUCATION / Leadership; EDUCATION / Administration / General
Description: "You Can't Do It Alone provides school leaders with a crisp summary of opinion research among teachers, parents, and the public conducted by Public Agenda, Education Sector and other respected analysts. It offers tips on what leaders can do to more successfully engage these groups in areas such as reforming teacher evaluation, turning around low-performing schools, and building support for world-class standards"-- Provided by publisher.

"Today, having good ideas for improving schools is not enough. Superintendents and principals need to build a consensus for change in their communities and within the schools themselves. Reform simply won't work unless teachers, students, parents, and community members grasp the need for change and begin to see themselves as part of the solution. You Can't Do It Alone explains what it will take to engage these crucial groups in the mission of reform and offers practical, down-to-earth advice on how to do it"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Daniel Yankelovich; title: Chapter 1: It's Enough to Make Your Head Spin; title: Chapter 2: Mind the Gap; title: Chapter 3: The Indispensable CompactWhy Engaging Teachers is Job No. 1; title: Chapter 4: Change the Rules and People Are Bound to Get Upset; title: Chapter 5: Are Younger Teachers Different?; title: Chapter 6: Being an Instructional Leader Getting the Results the Kids Deserve.; title: Chapter 7: The Knowledge Sweepstakes; title: Chapter 8: When Money Is Short; title: Chapter 9: It Takes Two to Tango: Engaging Parents and Students to Ramp Up Learning; title: Chapter 10: The Big Turnaroud:; title: Chapter 11: A New Model of the Informed Public; title: Chapter 12: Dialogue and Engagement And How They Differ from Communications as Usual; title: Chapter 13: Reaching Out to the Community for Help; title: Chapter 14: Is It Time for School Leaders to Speak Up for Themselves and for the Rest of Us?; title: Epilogue: Re-Connecting the American People with their Schools; title: Appendix: So You Want To Do Some Engagement? Here's Where to Start; title: Acknowledgments; title: About the Author.