Fredric H. Genck

Renewing America's Progress

A Positive Solution to School Reform

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In spite of all the media attention and national concern about schools, this is the only book that documents real improvements in learning, confidence, and morale, proven through the author's 15 years of research and experience. Rather than business or government imposing a solution to the problems in education, this is an inside solution developed by teachers, administrators, and board members. Genck details a system of participative and results-oriented management to replace traditional authoritarian school administration and its attendant conflict with teamwork and accountability. Using the techniques detailed here, students and teachers can gain three more years of learning during eight years of school, as well as attain greater satisfaction, confidence, morale, and cost-effectiveness. These are successful solutions already implemented in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural districts, with a documented track record of improvement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780275936518
• ISBN-10: 0275936511
• Artikelnr.: 25569632

Autorenporträt

FREDRIC H. GENCK is Managing Director of the Institute for Public Management in Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Improving School Performance (Praeger, 1983) and Effective Schools Through Effective Management (1978).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Overview: People and Results
Progress and Success: A Citizen's Guide
Exemplary School Leaders: Lessons from America's Best-Managed Schools
The American Dream Renewed
History: From Authority to Chaos to Management
Background: My Personal Odyssey to Public Management
Renaissance: Democratic, Pragmatic, and Progressive
Introduction to the Public Management Revolution Beginning in America's
Schools
What: Applying Participative, and Results-Oriented Management
Who: A Coalition of Citizens and Educators
Why: National Progress and Success, Urban Renewal and Civil Rights
How: Measurement, Management, and Accountability
The System: Governance, Management, and Performance
Overview: The Governance-Management-Performance System
Performance: Pragmatic Measures of Progress and Results
Management: Positive Support for Teachers and Administrators
Governance: Democracy, Teamwork, and Success
Measure Your School to Evaluate and Improve
The Outside Audit School Performance Formula: Learning, Confidence, Morale,
and Cost-Effectiveness
Parent Survey: How To Improve Parent Satisfaction and Public Confidence
Teacher Survey: How to Improve Teacher Morale and Job Satisfaction
Test Data Analysis: How To Measure and Improve Student Learning
Other Indicators: Hazards, Cautions, and Pitfalls
Value and Cost: Financial Planning and Cost Control
Reward Your Staff: Participative Management Plans
Recommended Organization: Participative and Accountable
Administrative Compensation: Based on Performance
Teacher Evaluation: Positive, Fair, and Effective
Evaluate Your Board: Teamwork, Accountability, and Success
Accountability Plan: Responsibilities and Relationships
Board/Superintendent Evaluation: Criteria and Process
Standards for Performance and Management
Results: Learning, Confidence, and Morale
Bibliography
Index