Small Schools, Big Ideas (eBook)

The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation

Mara Benitez, Jill Davidson, Laura Flaxman, Ted Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer (Autoren)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
416 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-61550-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Small Schools, Big Ideas shows how the principle-based andequity-focused model from the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)can be used to redesign existing schools and create new schoolsthat prepare students for this century's challenges andopportunities.

Filled with inspirational stories and illustrative examples fromschools that have successfully implemented CES principles andpractices, Small Schools, Big Ideas offers information andinspiration needed to:
* Transform schools in order to achieve equitable outcomes forall students
* Understand various school design options
* Establish school vision, mission, and goals to raiseeducational expectations and results
* Develop transformational leadership
* Cultivate a professional learning community
* Implement student-centered teaching, learning, andcurricula
* Build productive relationships with families andcommunities
* Establish strategies for sustainability
These recommendations and proven strategies can help educatorstransform their schools to become truly equitable, personalized,and academically challenging.

Autor

Mara Benitez is senior director of school development for the Coalition of Essential Schools. Jill Davidson is director of publications at CES and also edits its journal, Horace. Laura Flaxman is co-founder and co-principal of ARISE High School, a model school in the CES network. The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) has been at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools for over twenty-five years.

Inhalt

Foreword (Theodore R. Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer).

Acknowledgments.

The Coalition of Essential Schools and the CES Small SchoolsProject.

The Authors

Introduction: An Academically Challenging Education for All.

Part One: Setting the Stage for Transformation.

1. A Commitment to Equity.

2. Confronting the Challenges.

3. Creating the Climate and Conditions for Change.

Part Two: Essential Principles for School Design.

4. Starting with Vision, Mission, and Goals.

5. Transformative Leadership.

6. Cultivating Professional Learning Opportunities.

Part Three: Essential Principles for Learning.

7. Student-Centered Teaching and Learning.

8. Demonstration of Mastery.

9. Access, Opportunity, and Preparation for PostsecondarySuccess.

Part Four: Embedding Successful Change.

10. School Culture, Practices, and Community.

11. Strategies for Sustainability.

Appendix A: Coalition of Essential Schools CommonPrinciples.

Appendix B: Coalition of Essential Schools Benchmarks:Principles in Practice.

Appendix C: Profiled Schools and Organizations.

Appendix D: The Benefits of the CES Model: A Look at RecentResearch.

Appendix E: Glossary of Useful Assessment Terms.

References.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.12.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Education • K-12 / Leitung u. Verwaltung • Leadership & Administration (K-12)
• ISBN-10: 0-470-61550-8 / 0470615508
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-61550-8 / 9780470615508