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Recommended Reading
Transforming Schools: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
by Allison Zmuda, Robert Kuklis, and Everett Kline
ASCD, 2004
ISBN: 0-87120-845-8Many seasoned educators have watched educational change come about slowly, classroom by classroom, school by school, but as yet few whole systems have emerged. This is a powerful description of how such transformations can happen when systems thinking and focus on continuous improvement are understood and applied. The book is written in a unique format that is interesting and informative. A fictional story follows the challenges and changes experienced by a principal, her staff, and central-office administrators as they try to bring about positive change in a school.
Through their story, we see in action the six steps recommended for continuous improvement: (1) identify core beliefs, (2) create a shared vision, (3) use data to determine gap between the current reality and the shared vision, (4) identify the innovations that will most likely close the gaps, (5) develop and implement an action plan, and (6) endorse collective accountability.
This is a useful handbook for any school in the process of change, and will make a useful study guide as educators transform their schools.
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