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9781119210191 English 1119210194 The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. Written by renowned experts in the area of school culture, this book tackles the increasing challenges facing public schools and provides clear, candid suggestions for more effective symbolic leadership. This new third edition has been revised to reflect the reality of schools today, including the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, federal reforms such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Can Succeed (ESCS), state sponsored improvement programs, and other major issues that impact organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Each chapter features new examples and cases that illustrate persistent problems, spelling out key cultural implications and offering concrete examples of overcoming the challenges while maintaining a meaningful learning environment. The chapter on toxic schools continues to provide the field's most trusted advice on navigating this rocky terrain, and the discussion's focus on how to manage negativity remains especially integral to besieged school administrators across the U.S. Recent years have jolted the nation's school system with a number of new developments that spell problems for the cultural tapestry of schools. This book provides expert perspective and sage, doable advice for administrators tending to external pressures while sustaining?or evolving?a more positive school culture. Navigate new challenges including Every Student Can Succeed (ESCS) and waning confidence and faith Turn around a toxic school culture with confidence and success Foster a culture of passion, purpose, and meaning Adopt a more active form of symbolic leadership to support students, faculty, staff, parents, and community Test scores as the primary metric, relentless reforms, waning public support, and timid initiatives wrapped in bureaucratic packaging: while among the most prominent issues administrators face are only the tip of the iceberg. Shaping School Culture charts a route through competing pressures to help educational leaders hew a positive learning environment for schools., When Shap ing School Culture was first published in 1999 it highlighted a new imperative for school leaders: playing an active role in influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. The book became a classic in the field of educational leadership and continues to receive noteworthy attention today. In recent years, the environment surrounding public schools and districts has experienced a number of jolting troubles with key implications for organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Among others: Test scores have become the primary means of measuring school effectiveness. Federal reforms such as ESEA/No Child Left Behind and the Common Core State Standards pose new challenges to administrators and teachers. State sponsored initiatives designed to help teachers such as mentoring programs and Professional Learning Communities often come with bureaucratic baggage that neutralizes the intended effects. Teachers have grown weary of one major reform after another. The American public has lost confidence in our nation's schools. What impact have these new developments had on the cultural tapestry of schools? Have they diminished the heart of what it means to be a teacher or a learner? What can school leaders do to recognize external pressures for reform while simultaneously tending to their vital leadership role of shaping culture? This new updated edition of S hap ing School Culture will provide concrete suggestion to help administrators foster passion, purpose, and meaning in their schools.
9781119210191 English 1119210194 The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. Written by renowned experts in the area of school culture, this book tackles the increasing challenges facing public schools and provides clear, candid suggestions for more effective symbolic leadership. This new third edition has been revised to reflect the reality of schools today, including the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, federal reforms such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Can Succeed (ESCS), state sponsored improvement programs, and other major issues that impact organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Each chapter features new examples and cases that illustrate persistent problems, spelling out key cultural implications and offering concrete examples of overcoming the challenges while maintaining a meaningful learning environment. The chapter on toxic schools continues to provide the field's most trusted advice on navigating this rocky terrain, and the discussion's focus on how to manage negativity remains especially integral to besieged school administrators across the U.S. Recent years have jolted the nation's school system with a number of new developments that spell problems for the cultural tapestry of schools. This book provides expert perspective and sage, doable advice for administrators tending to external pressures while sustaining?or evolving?a more positive school culture. Navigate new challenges including Every Student Can Succeed (ESCS) and waning confidence and faith Turn around a toxic school culture with confidence and success Foster a culture of passion, purpose, and meaning Adopt a more active form of symbolic leadership to support students, faculty, staff, parents, and community Test scores as the primary metric, relentless reforms, waning public support, and timid initiatives wrapped in bureaucratic packaging: while among the most prominent issues administrators face are only the tip of the iceberg. Shaping School Culture charts a route through competing pressures to help educational leaders hew a positive learning environment for schools., When Shap ing School Culture was first published in 1999 it highlighted a new imperative for school leaders: playing an active role in influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. The book became a classic in the field of educational leadership and continues to receive noteworthy attention today. In recent years, the environment surrounding public schools and districts has experienced a number of jolting troubles with key implications for organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Among others: Test scores have become the primary means of measuring school effectiveness. Federal reforms such as ESEA/No Child Left Behind and the Common Core State Standards pose new challenges to administrators and teachers. State sponsored initiatives designed to help teachers such as mentoring programs and Professional Learning Communities often come with bureaucratic baggage that neutralizes the intended effects. Teachers have grown weary of one major reform after another. The American public has lost confidence in our nation's schools. What impact have these new developments had on the cultural tapestry of schools? Have they diminished the heart of what it means to be a teacher or a learner? What can school leaders do to recognize external pressures for reform while simultaneously tending to their vital leadership role of shaping culture? This new updated edition of S hap ing School Culture will provide concrete suggestion to help administrators foster passion, purpose, and meaning in their schools.