{"product_id":"navigating-comprehensive-school-change-1","title":"Navigating Comprehensive School Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, an accessible resource for busy practitioners, is a unique hybrid of two genres. As a \"tourist guide\", it shows you:\u003cbr\u003e- how to prepare for the journey\u003cbr\u003e- what to pay attention to upon arrival\u003cbr\u003e- how to deal with the unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a \"consumer report\", it helps you:\u003cbr\u003e- identify some of the best tools and sources about change\u003cbr\u003e- access useful information about the change process\u003cbr\u003e- find information about the strengths and challenges of various strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThorough and comprehensive, it offers essential information about how to:\u003cbr\u003e- form leadership teams\u003cbr\u003e- identify high stakes problems\u003cbr\u003e- build commitment\u003cbr\u003e- create a school-wide vision and establish school-wide goals \u003cbr\u003e- handle setbacks\u003cbr\u003e- maintain the vision and sustain change. \u003cbr\u003e- evaluate and assess comprehensive school change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included is a section called \"Ports of Call\" which provides sources of information to help you implement comprehensive school reform at your site. \u003cbr\u003e From Michael Fullan's Foreword . . .\"Chenoweth and Everhart take the big concepts of change and work them through operationally at the level of day-to-day practice. We learn how to form leadership teams, the importance of focusing on capacity-building and reculturing, how to build commitment while dealing with dissatisfaction, problem-solving during implementation, how to keep going, and how to go beyond standardized testing in developing a range of alternative assessment strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257320821080,"sku":"9781930556317","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781930556317_4fa04fbe-323a-4189-842a-fa4c9d93875b.jpg?v=1777608925","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/navigating-comprehensive-school-change-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}