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Everyone at the Table
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Berhrstock-Sherratt, Ellen; Rizzolo, Allison – Educational Leadership, 2014
Teacher collaboration and engagement in policy offer hope for improving teacher recruitment, retention, and morale-and for reenergizing the profession. Unfortunately, teacher engagement in education policy is woefully lacking. Research has shown that 70 percent of teachers feel out of the loop in district decision making. "Everyone at the…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Participation, Policy Formation, Teaching Conditions
Lessons in Strategic Planning Learned the Hard Way.
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Chiarelott, Leigh; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1991
Educators at Bowling Green State University found that trying to apply a corporate model of strategic planning in a college environment was very difficult. This article recommends choosing metaphors carefully, anticipating undesirable side effects, and creating a need to know. Using noncorporate metaphorical models may prove effective. (six…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Figurative Language, Higher Education, Metaphors
How Project READ Builds Inquiring Schools.
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Calfee, Robert C.; Wadleigh, Clay – Educational Leadership, 1992
Project Read, which began 10 years ago as a collaborative reading strategy, has evolved into the Inquiring School model. This model arose from the realization that critical literacy strategies and structures work equally well in kindergarten, sixth grade, peer coaching, or at faculty meetings. Key elements are improved classroom practice,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
How Do You Measure Shared Decision Making?
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Russell, John J.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1992
The Teacher Involvement and Participation Scale, version 2 (TIPS 2) helps schools assess eight dimensions of the decision-making process, including goals/vision/mission; facilitating procedures and structures; curriculum/instruction; budgeting; staffing; staff development; operations; and standards. This article explains additional applications…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Models
A Tool Kit for Managing Productive Schools.
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Snyder, Karolyn J.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1992
To address the social challenges facing schools, administrators must revitalize the work culture. Borrowing from successful business practices, the School Management Institute has implemented a 25-day Managing Productive Schools leadership training program in Florida, Minnesota, and Virginia. The program is based on the cultural conditions,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training, Management Development, Models
Who Creates Curriculum? New Roles for Teachers.
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Monson, Michele Pahl; Monson, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 1993
New roles for teachers in curriculum development conflict with traditional expectations. Constructing curriculum involves teachers' individual flexibility and collective uniformity. This article presents a curriculum-inquiry model that integrates elements of educational practice often dealt with in isolation (instruction, curriculum, assessment,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Participative Decision Making