Beyond School Improvement : The Journey to Innovative Leadership

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ISBN: 9781412971409 | 1412971403
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Copyright: 11/16/2009

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The authors discuss four elements of change and outline five essential practices for leading dynamic, innovative educational systems that prepare students for a changing world.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Authors	p. xix
Leading Beyond Improvement	p. 1
Schools in a Changing World	p. 3
In This Chapter	p. 3
The Need for Improvement	p. 4
Are Our Schools Broken?	p. 8
Trends in the External Environment	p. 10
Two Trends: Getting Better and Becoming Different	p. 17
Summary	p. 19
Team Conversation Starters	p. 20
Self-Assessment: Schools in a Changing World	p. 21
Improvement Is Not Enough	p. 23
In This Chapter	p. 23
Awakening to the Difference Between Improvement and Innovation	p. 24
Improvement Is Not Enough	p. 27
Lorie's Story	p. 32
Schools Working Toward Innovation	p. 34
Michelle's Story	p. 34
A Midwestern School District	p. 36
The Story of SBK High School	p. 37
Summary	p. 39
Team Conversation Starters	p. 40
Self-Assessment: Improvement is not Enough	p. 41
Attributes of Innovation	p. 43
In This Chapter	p. 43
Starting the Journey to Improvement and Innovation	p. 44
Randy's Story: Looking Beyond Current Practice	p. 45
Key Attributes for Innovation	p. 46
Unwelcome in Command and Control	p. 51
Envisioning Leading Adaptive Systems	p. 52
Self-Organizing Systems	p. 55
Starting the Journey	p. 59
Summary	p. 61
Team Conversation Starters	p. 63
Self-Assessment: Attributes of Innovation	p. 64
Develop the Courage to Leap	p. 65
In This Chapter	p. 65
Innovation Life Cycles	p. 66
The Hero's Journey	p. 71
Developing the Courage to Innovate	p. 72
Summary	p. 77
Team Conversation Starters	p. 78
Self-Assessment: Develop the Courage to Leap	p. 79
Hold Courageous Conversations	p. 81
In This Chapter	p. 81
Personal Orientation to Change	p. 82
Sue's Story	p. 86
John's Story	p. 86
The Power of Paradoxes	p. 89
Summary	p. 92
Team Conversation Starters	p. 94
Self-Assessment: Hold Courageous Conversations	p. 95
Essential Leadership Practices	p. 97
Embrace Dissonance	p. 99
In This Chapter	p. 99
Dissonance in the Natural World	p. 100
Essential Leadership Practice-Embrace Dissonance	p. 103
What Embracing Dissonance Looks Like in Practice	p. 110
Action Tips-Embrace Dissonance	p. 111
Paradoxical Leaders	p. 113
Summary	p. 115
Team Conversation Starters	p. 116
Self-Assessment: Embrace Dissonance	p. 117
Create Context	p. 119
In This Chapter	p. 119
The Importance of Identity	p. 120
Essential Leadership Practice-Create Context	p. 124
What Creating Context Looks Like in Practice	p. 128
Action Tips-Create Context	p. 130
Paradoxical Leaders	p. 133
Summary	p. 134
Team Conversation Starters	p. 135
Self-Assessment: Create Context	p. 136
Change Your Field of Perception	p. 137
In This Chapter	p. 137
The Importance of Information	p. 138
Essential Leadership Practice-Change Your Field of Perception	p. 141
What Changing Your Field of Perception Looks Like in Practice	p. 146
Action Tips-Change Your Field of Perception	p. 149
Paradoxical Leaders	p. 151
Summary	p. 152
Team Conversation Starters	p. 154
Self-Assessment: Change Your Field of Perception	p. 155
Let Ideas Collide	p. 157
In This Chapter	p. 157
The Importance of Order	p. 157
Essential Leadership Practice-Let Ideas Collide	p. 161
What Letting Ideas Collide Looks Like in Practice	p. 166
Action Tips-Let Ideas Collide	p. 168
Paradoxical Leaders	p. 171
Summary	p. 172
Team Conversation Starters	p. 173
Self-Assessment: Let Ideas Collide	p. 174
Innovate the Way You Lead	p. 175
In This Chapter	p. 175
The Journey Starts With Unlearning	p. 176
The Inner Journey	p. 180
Action Plan for Innovating the Way You Lead	p. 186
Summary	p. 196
Glossary	p. 197
Essential Leadership Actions	p. 201
Continuum of Leadership Behavior	p. 203
References	p. 207
Index	p. 211
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