Maximize Performance: Creating a Culture for Educational Excellence

Studer, Quint; Pilcher, Janet, Ph.D.

ISBN 10: 1622180143 ISBN 13: 9781622180141

Verlag: Fire Starter Pub, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

In education, even the way we change has changed. To survive and thrive, we must perform at a higher level continuously.

Our professional field has always dealt with change. But the environment we re navigating now requires change at a new level. We ve moved from experiencing episodic change to continuous change and as John Kotter has famously noted, that requires a whole different set of skills and a whole different level of urgency.
In Maximize Performance: Creating a Culture for Educational Excellence, Quint Studer and Dr. Janet Pilcher explain how to leverage the powerful values that have always defined educators passion, fortitude, and willingness to learn to meet the challenges of our disruptive external environment.
This book will help you:
Apply organizational and leadership assessments to diagnose educational system strengths and areas to improve
Manage data to create key performance drivers aligned to board and executive team priorities
Align key performance drivers throughout the educational system (all schools and all departments)
Determine best metrics to monitor progress aligned to the key performance drivers
Select core system-wide strategies aligned to key drivers to cascade to schools and departments
Coach executive teams to work with leaders to select school and department strategies aligned to key drivers
Engage in district, department, and school performance reviews to validate the execution of strategies at the system, school, and department levels
Determine processes needing improvements to achieve results
Integrate key performance driver metrics into leader evaluations
Train leaders in core leadership skills: performance management, key communication skills, and teamwork
Increase leadership skills for succession planning by identifying and training future leaders

Packed with relevant research and fresh insights all brought to life with thought-provoking and inspiring stories this book is a must-have for any leader striving to support and inspire faculty and staff, maximize performance, and maintain excellent outcomes in the face of intense (and ongoing) change.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fire Starter Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1622180143
• ISBN 13: 9781622180141
• Einband: Broschiert
• Anzahl der Seiten: 309
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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