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Erickson, Carol – Schools in the Middle, 1993
During 3-year period, Arizona junior high school's site-based team developed and implemented 10-step process for becoming middle school. They assessed the school and community, researched school reform, built a team, developed a mission statement, set goals and empowered staff members, established teaching teams, trained staff members and parents,…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Participative Decision Making
Shadle, James E. – Schools in the Middle, 1994
Describes restructuring objectives and changes at a suburban middle school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Although collaborative planning led to predictable changes (interdisciplinary teaching, advisories, flexible scheduling, common planning time, core curricula, and a discipline system), several unplanned changes occurred regarding home-school…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Goal Orientation, Intermediate Grades
Rigney, Carol E. – Schools in the Middle, 1995
Examines school-based management as an effective strategy for optimizing the individual performance of teachers, students, and parents. Under school-based management, principals and teachers are given total responsibility for budgeting, selecting textbooks, scheduling, and hiring. This system provides flexibility in relationships with the broader…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decentralization, Educational Change
