Philip Esbrandt, Bruce Hayes

Curing Student Underachievement (eBook, PDF)

Clinical Practice for School Leaders

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cure Student Underachievement is the culmination of the authors' research, practice, and experience as principals, superintendents, graduate professors, and consultants in efforts to improve school performance and increase student achievement. Searching for the real causes of underperformance, the authors explored problem-solving strategies in several fields. The authors find that clinical practice identifies the root causes rather than the symptoms of problems, focusing valuable time, resource, and energy on prescriptions with greater promise for improved performance health. The concepts of diagnosis, prescription, and prognosis establish a foundation for improved planning and problem solving. This book introduces practicing leaders and leaders-in-training to the protocols of clinical practice by taking the reader through the twelve steps of the clinical cycle with specific strategies and exercises to provide practice in the application, use, and assessment of the model.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216321507
• Artikelnr.: 75141715

Autorenporträt

Phil Esbrandt has served in all line positions in public education from teacher through superintendent in very challenging schools and districts. He has been known as a "performance turnaround" specialist long before it became fashionable to talk about such a position.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction: Clinical Practice in Education
Chapter 4 Chapter One: The Clinical Practice Cycle for Performance
Improvement
Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology of
Districts and Schools
Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Research is Everyoneís Responsibility and It
Starts with Data
Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Identifying the Vital Signs of Performance Health
Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Using VSPI Clusters to Determine a Course of Action
Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Diagnostic Options for the District, Schools,
Employees, and Students
Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Prescriptions and Prognoses: Prioritizing
Solutions to Educational
Chapter 11 Chapter Eight: Professional Development and Training to Increase
Commitment and
Chapter 12 Chapter Nine: Using Protocols and Milestones to Promote
Consistency and Thoroughness
Chapter 13 Chapter Ten: Monitoring and Measuring Improvement Progress
through Indicators, Contraindicators, and Side-Effects
Chapter 14 Chapter Eleven: Managing Performance Improvement Processes
Chapter 15 Chapter Twelve: Leadership for More Effective Organizations
Chapter 16 Chapter Thirteen: Leadership in the Flow of Organizational
Change
Chapter 17 Chapter Fourteen: Leaders as Performance Improvement Health
Specialists
Chapter 18 Chapter Fifteen: Development of a National Network for
Performance Improvement