Leading Schools in Disruptive Times (eBook)

How To Survive Hyper-Change

Dwight L. Carter, Mark E. White (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
272 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-5063-8429-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A school leadership model for surviving hyper-changeFrom social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today's school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century?In Leading Schools in Disruptive Times, Dwight Carter and Mark White draw the blueprint for adaptation. Through the Coping, Adjusting, and Transforming (CAT) strategy, administrators will learn vital methods for keeping pace in the age of hyper-change. A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come.If our schools are to survive, it is essential for educators to understand and anticipate disruptions, and use them to maximize education and prepare students for an ever-changing world.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Schools Disrupted: Understanding How We Got Here
Some Background
School Administrators Are Dealing With an Overload of Information and Demands
The Third Wave of History Is Fueling Rapid Disruptions in Our Schools
Schools Have Experienced Their Own Waves of Change; American Schools Are Entering the Fifth Wave of Their Development
Processing Speeds Have Fueled Technology Disruptions and Created a New Education Landscape
Knowledge Is Doubling at Faster Rates, Which Is Redefining Education
If School Leaders Are Going to Thrive, They Must Use Disruptions to Their Advantage
Activities to Transition to 21st Century Leadership and Hyper-Change
Chapter 2. Types of School Disruptions: New Problems Going Viral
Understanding Disruptions and Disruptive Events
Introducing the CAT Strategy: Coping, Adjusting, and Transforming
Identifying the Seven Disruptions Changing Schools Today
Finding the Disruptions in Their Own Schools
Forming a Vision for a New Type of Leader: The Local Global Leader
Examining Accountability Through a 21st Century Lens
Looking to the Future
Activities to Help Understand School Disruptions
Chapter 3. Student Safety: From Innocence to the Unimaginable
A Principal’s View of Student Safety in 21st Century Education
A Teacher’s View of Student Safety in 21st Century Education
Tips For Maintaining Student Safety in an Age of Disruptions
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Create a Safer School in the 21st Century
Chapter 4. Technology: New Opportunities and New Challenges
The Impact of Technology
Four Key Points for Leaders About Technology Disruptions
From Myspace to Personal Devices and the Cloud
The Difficulty of Change
Tips for Leading Schools in an Age of Technology Disruptions
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Transform With Technology Disruptions
Chapter 5. Education Reforms: Searching for the Freedom to Lead and the Freedom to Teach
Living With a Warped Sense of Accountability
Shielding Teachers and Focusing on Learning
A Teacher’s View: The Freedom to Teach
Teacher Preparation: Drilling Down Into the Data
Pivoting to a Future of Rapid Change
Tips for Leading Schools in an Age of Constant Education Reforms
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Transform in Education Reform Disruptions
Chapter 6. Generational Differences: Leading Boomers, X, Y, and Z in New Learning Spaces
A Closer Look at Four Generations in Our Schools
The Administrator Leading Gen Z and Generations of Teachers
The Learning Environment Consultant With an Optimistic View
The Experienced Architect With a Vision for Change
The CEO on a Journey: A New Generation and a New Mission
Tips for Leading in Generational and Learning Space Disruptions
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Lead Multiple Generations, Educate Gen Z, and Design New Types of Learning Space
Chapter 7. Global Readiness: Preparing for the 2030s, 2040s, and Beyond . . .
Connecting to the World: Going Global
A Local Global Principal With a Global Vision
The Global Skills: Morphing and Growing With the Times
Today’s Curriculum: Shifting to Global Skills
Lifelong Learning Is No Longer Optional
A Model for Transforming
Tips for Leading Schools to Global Readiness
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Lead Schools to Global Readiness
Chapter 8. Diversity: New Challenges in the School Melting Pot
An Open-Door Policy
The Growth of Ethnic Diversity in American Schools
Welcoming Diversity: A Melting Pot or a Mosaic?
Leading in a Climate of Fear
Resegregation: A Growing Racial and Poverty Gap
Racial Diversity in Middle America
Schools: To Pray or Not to Pray
Protecting Gay Rights: To Help Students Walking Through a Hailstorm
Restrooms: Boys, Girls, and Genderless
Trying to Diversify the Teaching Force
Tips for Leading Schools in Diversity Disruptions
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Lead in Diversity Disruptions
Chapter 9. Transparency: The World Is Watching
It’s About Trust
A View of Transparency From the Last Century to the Present
Acknowledging Vulnerability and Seeking Clarity
Tips for Leading in Transparency Disruptions
Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy
Activities to Lead in Transparency Disruptions
Chapter 10. 21st Century School Assessment: More Than Test Scores
Thinking Without a Box
A Flexible, Formative School Assessment System
An Example of a New Assessment Instrument
Create Your Own Plan for Leading in Disruptive Times
Chapter 11. An Accelerating World: Leading Schools in an Age of Hyper-Change
A Glimpse of School Futures: Digitization, Disruption, and Democratization
Digitization in Education
How Education Will Be Disrupted
How Education Will Be Democratized
Overcoming Three Barriers
Moving Out of Future Shock: Pausing and Balancing
Tips for Helping Teachers: Mindfulness, Balance, and Respect
Let’s Be Apple and Microsoft
Activities to Lead in Hyper-Change
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Decision Making • Disruption • Educational technology • Global Education • Hyper-Change • School reform
• ISBN-10: 1-5063-8429-3 / 1506384293
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5063-8429-0 / 9781506384290