Innovation in Odds-Beating Schools - Exemplars for Getting Better At Getting Better

This book offers readers insight into how educators at every boundary-classroom, school, and district interact to make meaning of innovations, both individually and collectively; and also how their meanings and values influence innovation implementation outcomes. The story includes details how policy innovations were tailored to school and district office priorities; the features of these schools' structures, climates, and routines that were conducive to implementation; and how these innovations were able to penetrate the classroom boundaries.

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Schools as Innovation-Ready Learning Organizations
Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Hal A. Lawson, Janet Ives Angelis

2. A Climate of Trust
Janet Ives Angelis, Karen Gregory, Francesca T. Durand

3. Reciprocal Communications
Francesca T. Durand

4. Alignment and Coherence
Sarah J. Zuckerman, Hal A. Lawson, Kristen Campbell Wilcox

5. Readiness for Innovation
Francesca T. Durand, Hal A. Lawson

6. Instructional Adaptation
Kristen Campbell Wilcox

7. Whole Child Wellness and Positive Youth Development
Karen Gregory, Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Hal A. Lawson

8. Odds Beaters as Exemplars
Hal A. Lawson, Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Janet Ives Angelis

9. The Sample and the Schools
Kathryn S. Schiller, Janet Ives Angelis

About the Authors

About the author

By Kristen C. Wilcox; Hal A. Lawson and Janet I. Angelis

Product details

• Authors: Janet I Angelis, Janet I. Angelis, Angelis Janet I., Kristen Campbell Wilcox, Kristen Lawson Campbell Wilcox, Hal A Lawson, Hal A. Lawson, Kristen C. Wilcox, Kristen C. Lawson Wilcox, Wilcox Kristen C.
• Assisted by: Janet I. Angelis (Editor), Kristen Campbell Wilcox (Editor), Hal A. Lawson (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781475830088
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3008-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies