SynopsisAs 21st century educators grapple with new and unprecedented challenges, schools and districts require a model of change leadership that responds to shifting environmental realities. Deep Change Leadership aims to give leaders pragmatic ways to spark change in education. Author Douglas Reeves offers up a model that departs from traditionally held beliefs and instead embraces engagement, inquiry, and focused action. Use this resource to set in motion effective change initiatives: Explore the principal impediments to effective change leadership, including fragmentation and the myth of universal buy-in. Learn the means by which you can gauge your and your school's or district's readiness for change. Study the characteristics of deep change leadership, which involves deciding what does not change, supplementing passion with purpose, and narrowing your focus. Discover how to make sound course corrections and avoid mistakes in change leadership. Understand real results in terms of both outcomes and causes. Contents: Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Introduction Part 1: The Change Imperative Chapter 1: Realizing the Need for a New Model of Change Chapter 2: Understanding the Pain Inherent in Change Chapter 3: Exposing the Myth of Buy-In Chapter 4: Exploring Change Expectance and Readiness Part 2: The New Model of Change Leadership Deciding What Does Not Change Combining Passion and Purpose Reining In Your Focus Part 3: The Path Ahead Chapter 8: Making Course Corrections Chapter 9: Anticipating Mistakes in Change Leadership Chapter 10: Identifying Real Results Chapter 11: Building a Team of Change Leaders Epilogue: Iceberg Ahead References and Resources Index, As educators move further into the 21st century and grapple with new and unprecedented challenges, schools and districts require a model of change leadership that responds to fluctuating environmental realities. In Deep Change Leadership: A Model for Renewing and Strengthening Schools and Districts, author Douglas Reeves provides K-12 teachers and administrators with just that, outlining a model that is composed of four phases-(1) imagining, (2) focusing, (3) implementing, and (4) accelerating-and dependent on staff engagement and inquiry. Reeves equips readers with the knowledge, practices, and reflective tools that will allow them to set in motion effective change initiatives and make keen course corrections along the way. Readers Will: Discover the principal impediments to effective change leadership, including fragmentation and the myth of universal buy-in, Explore the pain intrinsic to change, as well as the joy that can accompany change, Study the characteristics of deep change leadership, which involve deciding what values and traditions do not change, supplementing passion with, purpose, and narrowing one's focus, Learn how to make sound course corrections and avoid mistakes in change leadership, Review and respond to end-of-chapter questions along the deep change journey Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberLB2805.R4155 2021