Future Search in School District Change

Here are sixteen compelling case studies that illustrate the power of future search to create lasting, whole system change. Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community, and Results chronicles ways in which educational institutions have used broad-based stakeholder involvement to improve education. These experiences, by individual authors, will help those tasked with improving education by offering ideas that have proven successful.

Contributor's Foreword

xi

Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, Emily Axelrod, Rosemarie Barbeau, Mary Ann Bobosky, Claudia Chowaniec, Sandee Crowther, Pat Deans, Michael Erwin, Karen Symms Gallagher, Ray Gordezky, Jim Grieve, Sally Hilderbrand, Sandra Janoff, Vera Jashni, Jean Katz, Chris Kloth, Rebecca Love, Kim Martens, James Merritt, Sara Mullett, Kenoli Oleari, Jim Parry, Catherine Perme, Alexa Posny, Sue Rowan, Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, Shelley Sweet, and Marvin Weisbord

Preface

xiii

Rita Schweitz and Kim Martens

Introduction: Future Search in Education

xx

Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff

Part 1: Demographic Variety

1

(36)

1 Lawrence Public Schools: Institutionalized Goals

3

(16)

Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, and Sandee Crowther

2 Influencing Systemwide Change at the Toronto District School Board

19

(20)

Ray Gordezky, Kim Martens, and Sue Rowan

Part 2: Leadership Perspectives and Tools

37

(54)

3 Converting Outsiders to Insiders: A Grassroots Approach Using Future Searches at Each School to Design the Districtwide Educational Strategy

39

(17)

Jim Parry

4 Supporting the Merger of Two School Boards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Ottawa-Carleton Community and Public Education to 2015

56

(15)

Claudia Chowaniec, Ray Gordezky, and Jim Grieve

5 Perkiomen Valley School District: Creating a Collaborative Culture

71

(22)

Beverly Arsht, Nancy Aronson, and Sally Hilderbrand

Part 3: Growing Community Partnerships

91

(68)

6 Activating Social Capital through Community Support and Interagency Cooperation: A Future Search Success Story in Education

93

(15)

Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, and James Merritt

7 Building Community Capacity to Support Quality Education

108

(15)

Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, and Mary Ann Bobosky

8 Supporting Health and Mental Health So Students Can Learn in San Gabriel, California

123

(15)

Jean Katz and Vera Jashni

9 Creating a Community for Healthy Learners in Minneapolis, Minnesota

138

(21)

Catherine M. Perme and Sara E. Stoltzfus Mullett

Part 4: Including Student Voices

159

(50)

10 Finding the Rainbow in a Coat of Many Colors: A Districtwide Strategic Planning Process

161

(16)

Shelley Sweet and Jean Katz

11 Confronting Racism in the Novato Unified School District

177

(15)

Kenoli Oleari

12 Success and System Readiness: The Lester B. Pearson School Board and Its Commitment to Educational Excellence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

192

(17)

Pat Deans, Kim Martens, and Ray Gordezky

Part 5: Beyond the District

209

(76)

13 North Montgomery County Technical Career Center: Opening Up a System and Having Regional Impact

211

(14)

Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, and Michael Erwin

14 Community Collaboration: A 10-Year Journey for Young Children

225

(19)

Chris Kloth and Rebecca Love

15 Transforming a School of Education: Building System Coherence

244

(23)

Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, and Karen Symms Gallagher

16 Kansas State Department of Education: Hope and a Sense of Possibility in a Time of Scarcity and Despair

267

(18)

Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, and Alexa Posny

Epilogue: Engaging the System by Changing Conversations in School Districts

285

(8)

Kim Martens, Nancy Aronson, and Rita Schweitz

References

293

(4)

Index

297

(6)

About the Editors

303

(2)

Contributor Contact Information

305

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