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Duffy, Francis M. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2008
This article challenges misperceptions about the definition of systemic change in school districts. While many contemporary change efforts are described as "systemic," in fact, they are not. The author also argues that a special instance of systemic change known as systemic transformational change is required to transform entire school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Systems Approach, Misconceptions, Definitions
Duffy, Francis M. – 1994
This paper summarizes a new paradigm of instructional supervision, which shifts the focus on supervision from an examination of individual behavior to the improvement of work processes and social system components of the school district. The paradigm, called "Knowledge Work Supervision," helps teams of teachers and specially trained supervisors…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Models, Organizational Theories
Duffy, Francis M. – 1994
This paper summarizes a new paradigm of instructional supervision, which shifts the focus from individual behavior to the improvement of work processes and social system components of the school district. The proposed paradigm, the Knowledge Work Supervision model, is derived from sociotechnical systems design theory and linked to the premise that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Models, Organizational Theories
Duffy, Francis M. – 1996
This book offers a step-by-step, systematic process for designing high-performance learning organizations. The process helps administrators develop proposals for redesigning school districts that are tailored to the district's environment, work system, and social system. Chapter 1 describes the characteristics of high-performing organizations, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Duffy, Francis M.; Rogerson, Lynda G.; Blick, Charles – 2000
Current school improvement tools are largely piecemeal and often lack credible supportive evidence. Knowledge Work Supervision (KWS) is built on the premise that schools must develop the capacity for sustaining districtwide improvements. Chapter 1, "The Past Before Us Is Not the Future," summarizes the key elements of the four phases of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education