Leading Continuous Improvement in Schools: Enacting Leadership Standards to Advance Educational Quality...

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Erin Anderson (University of Denver, USA.) Kathleen M. W. Cunningham (University of South Carolina, USA.)

Leading Continuous Improvement in Schools

Enacting Leadership Standards to Advance Educational Quality and Equity

Erin Anderson (University of Denver, USA.), Kathleen M. W. Cunningham (University of South Carolina, USA.), David H. Eddy-Spicer (University of Virginia, USA.)

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Routledge
31 October 2023

Multicultural education; Organisation & management of education

Series: PSEL/NELP Leadership Preparation

This volume provides a set of principles and systematic methods for improvement to help district and school leaders achieve the continuous improvement goals embedded in the Professional Standard for Educational Leadership (PSEL) and the National Educational Leadership Program (NELP) standards. Bringing the PSEL Standard 10 to life, this book tackles the why, how, and what of continuous improvement through an equity lens.

In the first section, Leading Continuous Improvement in Schools provides an overall introduction to and rationale for continuous improvement, situating current approaches to continuous improvement, situating current approaches to continuous improvement in education within broader historical and sectoral contexts. The second section highlights how the tenets of improvement science – such as making iterative, incremental, evidence-based advancements; utilizing practical measurements; and acknowledging variability – position school and system leaders to adaptively integrate systematic and evidence-based approaches to change as part of ongoing organizational processes. The book concludes with a section that invites readers to consider leadership approaches that forward improvement work, how leaders can build internal capacity to engage in improvement, and how policy can support efforts to build and sustain the capacity for continuous improvement. Special features include beginning-of-chapter highlights, end-of-chapter connections to standards, and action inventories through each chapter. Overall, the volume provides a focus on the continuous improvement aspects of the NELP and PSEL standards that serves as a bridge, supporting students preparing to become educational leaders in their journey from learning about continuous improvement to learning how to lead continuous, equity-oriented improvement work in their own contexts.

By: Erin Anderson (University of Denver USA.), Kathleen M. W. Cunningham (University of South Carolina, USA.), David H. Eddy-Spicer (University of Virginia, USA.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032461854
ISBN 10: 1032461853
Series: PSEL/NELP Leadership Preparation
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 31 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword By series editors Michelle D. Young and Rose M. Ylimaki Preface Acknowledgements List of Action Inventories Section I: Why Continuous Improvement? Chapter 1: Ava’s Story of Equity-Oriented Improvement Chapter 2: What Is (and Isn’t) Continuous Improvement in Education? Chapter 3: Enacting Leadership through Continuous Improvement Chapter 4: Equity-Oriented Continuous Improvement Section II: How Do We Enact Continuous Improvement? Chapter 5: Problem Identification and Framing (with Brandi Hinnant-Crawford) Chapter 6: Data for Improvement and Disciplined Inquiry Chapter 7: Spread and Scale: The Promise (and Perils) of Networks and Systems Change Section III: What is Leading Continuous Improvement? Chapter 8: Building a Toolbox for Leading Continuous Improvement Chapter 9: Building Organizational Capacity for Continuous Improvement Chapter 10: Policy Considerations for Continuous Improvement (with David Osworth) Chapter 11: Conclusion Appendices Index

Erin Anderson is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Denver, USA. Kathleen M. W. Cunningham is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina, USA. David H. Eddy-Spicer is Professor of Education in the Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Social Policy at University of Virginia, USA.