Beyond school improvement: the journey to innovative leadership

Preparing students to be successful in an unpredictable world requires schoolleaders who can nurture a culture of both improvement and innovation. Beyond School Improvement: The Journey to Innovative Leadership assists leaders in understanding when and how to improve and when and how to innovate. The book helps leaders connect with the new science on change and provides skills, practices, and tools for creating and leading educational systems that will help to prepare students for the world that will be theirs. Based on complexity theory,new science, systems thinking, change, and innovation, the book presents a look at trends that encourage readers to look beyond the comfort zone of accepted practice and consider the merits of improvement and innovation. The authors discuss four change elements-dissonance, identity, information, and order-and define five essential practices for leaders: Hold courageous conversations; Embrace dissonance; Change the field of vision; Be a gardener and a mechanic; Reframe, reflect, relate Stories, quotes, reflections, and a call to action helpto support leaders as they seek balance within themselves, their classrooms, and their organizations.

• ISBN: 978-1-4129-7140-9
• Editorial: Sage Publications
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 248
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés