Making Change Happen: Shared Vision, No LimitsEducators will find more than sixty strategies and reflections to help guide the success of any new or experienced school leader. Beginning with methods of assessing the organization's culture, the book expands on ways to empower staff, students, and community members to embrace change. It is filled with creative approaches that make more out of less, work with individuals from an asset model, and assess results. This book examines the process used by one Colorado school to achieve two, five-year visions and to change its image in the community. Once staff, students, parents, and community stakeholders "catch the vision," programs, people and resources are aligned to promote success. As a result, the school, once slated for the financial chopping block, effectively moved from potential closure to national recognition as an exemplary program. Like its unique programs, most of the visions strategies can be replicated and adapted to any organizational setting. For aspiring or veteran principals or school leaders. |
Contents
FIX IT UP OR SHUT IT DOWN | 1 |
SETTING THE TABLE FOR A BANQUET OF CHANGE | 27 |
TO SHAPE A VISION IMAGINE IF YOU WILL | 47 |
RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP | 75 |
HANDCRAFTED | 113 |
RECYCLING TO CREATE A NEW VISION | 147 |
SPREADING THE TENT FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS | 187 |
REFLECTIONS | 221 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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