Deep Change Leadership (ePub)

As 21st century educators grapple with new and unprecedented challenges, schools and districts require a model of change leadership that responds to shifting environmental realities. Deep Change Leadership aims to give leaders pragmatic ways to spark change in education. Author Douglas Reeves offers up a model that departs from traditionally held beliefs and instead embraces engagement, inquiry, and focused action.

Use this resource to set in motion effective change initiatives:

• Explore the principal impediments to effective change leadership, including fragmentation and the myth of universal buy-in.



• Learn the means by which you can gauge your and your school's or district's readiness for change.



• Study the characteristics of deep change leadership, which involves deciding what does not change, supplementing passion with purpose, and narrowing your focus.



• Discover how to make sound course corrections and avoid mistakes in change leadership.



• Understand real results in terms of both outcomes and causes.

Contents:


Acknowledgments


Table of Contents


About the Author


Introduction


Part 1: The Change Imperative


Chapter 1: Realizing the Need for a New Model of Change


Chapter 2: Understanding the Pain Inherent in Change


Chapter 3: Exposing the Myth of Buy-In


Chapter 4: Exploring Change Expectance and Readiness


Part 2: The New Model of Change Leadership


Deciding What Does Not Change


Combining Passion and Purpose


Reining In Your Focus


Part 3: The Path Ahead


Chapter 8: Making Course Corrections


Chapter 9: Anticipating Mistakes in Change Leadership


Chapter 10: Identifying Real Results


Chapter 11: Building a Team of Change Leaders


Epilogue: Iceberg Ahead


References and Resources


Index