ERIC Number: ED378652
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 110
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8039-6130-8
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Structuring Schools for Success: A View from the Inside.
Scheetz, Mary; Benson, Tracy
This book provides the steps, methods, and strategies that a team of professional educators successfully used in one school to develop Total Quality Education (TQE). As the final volume in the TQE series, the book is a useful guide for teachers, administrators, and parents in creating the self-renewing school. Seven chapters are based on the experiences of the staff at Orange Grove Middle School, located in the Catalina Foothills School District in Tuscon, Arizona. The concept of mapping improvement in schools is introduced in the first chapter, with a focus on addressing paradigms held by participants and the complexity of the school culture. Chapter 2 considers how the introduction of dynamic complexity can result in a sense of fear on the part of staff members. It is argued that each individual's purpose in the organization must be understood in order to develop communication and collaboration. The third chapter describes how to determine the beliefs and assumptions that already exist in relationship to organizational values. Ways in which a vision can be developed as a result of exposing prior values are described in the fourth chapter. Chapter 5 maintains that if the vision is to be realized, the organizational structures must be consistent with that vision. It explains how to assess and adjust existing structures, implement feedback mechanisms, and utilize system-dynamics strategies. The sixth chapter describes how to utilize external support structures for achieving school goals. Chapter 7 offers essential questions to ask before beginning the TQE process. Key terms and concepts are defined at each chapter's end. (LMI)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Total Quality Management
Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218.
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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