Catalytic improvement communities : cultivating flourishing schools

"In chemistry, a catalyst accelerates change without being depleted. As we seek school improvement, we need sustainable, scalable changes, and therefore catalytic structures are ideal. From communities of practice to professional learning communities to Networked Improvement Communities (NICs)...

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Other Authors Eckert, Jonathan (Editor), Carpenter, Bradley W. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2024]
SeriesLeadership for school improvement
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806601141
DOI10.1108/9798887305240
Physical Description1 online resource (200 pages.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Catalytic Improvement / Jonathan Eckert and Bradley Carpenter
  • Knitting the network : central office leadership that supports social learning / Emma Parkerson
  • Sustainability Leaders' Network : a national network supporting local change for whole-school sustainability / Lisa Kensler, Emily Gerger, Phoebe Beierle, and Joy Rushing
  • Surviving the drought : how networks help leaders thrive through crisis / Matt Thomas
  • Building transformative capacity in schools : supporting student voices in school reform efforts / Linsay DeMartino
  • Building a scalable model for networked improvement across schools : the case of district leadership teams / Craig De Voto, Kathleen Pitvorec, and Alison Castro Superfine
  • A tale from the field : a leadership networked improvement community / Darren Iselin and Rob Loe
  • Learning to lead : improvement communities as a scaffold for teachers' leadership / Emma Parkerson and Edit Khachatryan
  • Transformational education : a special education approach to relationships, collaboration, and belonging / Thomas Boehm
  • Catalytic improvement communities and educator flourishing in Christian schools / Lynn Swaner and Matt Lee
  • What is next? / Jonathan Eckert.