FAILURE
Addressing Shortcomings
(PSSA Action Plan)
Approaching Misconceptions
(School Climate)
Accessing Improvement
(SS Instruction)
Assessing Culture
(Practitioner Research Project)
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“People naturally cling to their current skills and are afraid to try new ones, especially when the changes involved are large and complex or when the time frame is short or the tolerance for error is low--all conditions that apply in schools today. In such a context, it becomes easy to rationalize the value of the tried and true and the impossibility of the new”
-The Human Side of
School Change
Evans (1996)
"Stop disregarding or excusing unfavorable data and honestly confront the sometimes-brutal facts"
-What is a "Professional
Learning Community"?
DuFour (2004)
“With the absence of shared purpose, values, and vision, the self-organization of the group as a whole will be fragmented at various levels, and there will be incongruence in the organization. Pettiness, competition, and self-serving behavior will prevail.”
-Habits of Mind
Costa & Kallick (2000)
“A new curricular approach should begin with specific rethinking and examination of choices based on the tensions between critical points from our past practice and new challenges for the future.”
-Curriculum 21
Jacobs (2009)