Better Schools, Better Teachers, Better Results shows how to provide objective and constructive feedback on teacher performance by highlighting areas of strength on which to build, and identifying shortcomings to be redressed through targeted training and other developmental support.
In this paper, the authors outline and reflect on their findings from How Our Best Performing Schools Come Out On Top: An Examination of Eight High Performing Disadvantaged Schools, a study that they undertook in 2008, commissioned by the Data and Evaluation Division of the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
This text outlines a number of the important new trends in management thinking and practice, including new approaches to leadership in empowered organisations, the concept of the customer value package, strategies for corporate competitiveness and growth, and reengineering the processes, culture and organisation of corporations. It summarises ten of the best management books available. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the author; a note on the significance and context of the book; a full statement of the main ideas; and a chapter-by-chapter summary, with pointers to the best parts. The author's earlier work was entitled 'Managing the Future'.
Vic Zbar notes how in the medical world diagnosis leads to prescription and treatment; by contrast, he argues, system leadership in education tends to go straight to prescription, without first diagnosing the problem, contextualised to the individual experience of each school. Unsurprisingly, the generic cure works for some, but not all. Drawing on examples of what works in high-achieving schools, he argues that system leaders need to shift the focus away from providing generic answers for schools to questions they may not have, towards informing the solutions that schools can themselves prescribe for the specific ailments they diagnose. That, he comments, is the difference between building capacity in the school and taking it away.
The author explores the relationship between leadership and achieving improvement in schools, drawing upon his experience in working regularly with a number of schools, as well as a project he undertook for the Queensland Educational Leadership Institute during 2017. He discusses the work that leaders do; the development of a leadership framework, and some of the related challenges; the preconditions for, and stages of, whole-school improvement; framework elements and the thinking behind them; and how to ensure progress and keep on track. He concludes that achieving successful improvement remains easier said than done, and requires both leaders and those they lead to go beyond their comfort zones. [About the paper]
The author notes that 'personalisation and personalised learning' have been a point of focus in the last decade, with school systems seeking to rise above the performance plateaus a number of reform programs have hit. He argues that teachers often struggle to determine how 'personalisation' might work in practice, and offers a strategy designed to demystify the approach and its implementation. He uses practical examples to show how differentiated teaching, upon which personalisation depends, can become more entrenched in our schools.
Better Schools, Better Teachers, Better Results shows how to provide objective and constructive feedback on teacher performance by highlighting areas of strength on which to build, and identifying shortcomings to be redressed through targeted training and other developmental support.
Driving School Improvement: Practical Strategies and Tools is designed to support school leaders in practical, adaptable and context-specific ways to advance their school's improvement journey.
This text outlines a number of the important new trends in management thinking and practice, including new approaches to leadership in empowered organisations, the concept of the customer value package, strategies for corporate competitiveness and growth, and reengineering the processes, culture and organisation of corporations. It summarises ten of the best management books available. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the author; a note on the significance and context of the book; a full statement of the main ideas; and a chapter-by-chapter summary, with pointers to the best parts. The author's earlier work was entitled 'Managing the Future'.
A sample of 10 recent management books. Outlines changes in management and organisation theories in the private and public sectors and explores emerging trends by summarising the best books in the field. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the author, a note on the significance and context of the book, a full statement of the main ideas and a chapter-by-chapter summary. The author is a consultant and writer, specialising in organisational development, management and education. Also available in hardback.
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