Deep Change Leadership: A Model for Renewing and Strengthening Schools and Districts (a Resource for Effective School Leadership and Change Efforts) - Paperback

by Douglas Reeves (Author)

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