The Turnaround Mindset

Aligning Leadership for Student Success

Tierney Temple Fairchild, Jo Lynne DeMary

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2011
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607090458
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Leadership in Education

This book provides a valuable balance between what one must know and what one must do to turn around low-performing schools. The 3-E framework simplifies this complex process by focusing resources on the environment, the executive, and the execution of the turnaround plan. Central to each of these components is a spotlight on the values supporting change and an examination of the unique perspectives and actions required at the school, district and state levels in renewing chronically underperforming schools.

A set of case studies on individuals who have led successful turnarounds of schools gives life to the theoretical concepts. These cases focus on the principal as turnaround specialist, offering leadership profiles from their varied perspectives and demonstrate the resilience of these leaders across settings and challenges. The book concludes with a discussion of how the developing field of school turnarounds affects educational policy in the K-12 and higher education arenas.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Section I Engaging in Turnaround Leadership
• Section II A Critical Path to School Turnarounds
• Section III Turnaround Leadership in Action
• Section IV Policy Essentials for Turnaround Leaders
• Appendix A A NATION AT RISK: FACTORS FOR URGENCY
• Appendix B RESOURCES ON SCHOOL TURNAROUNDS
• Appendix C MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
• Appendix D Turnaround Specialist Endorsement
• Appendix E 90 DAY STRATEGIC PLAN The Kate Middleton Way (TKM Way)
• Appendix F ST. HELENA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
• Appendix G Communications Plan Template for Turnaround Initiative
• Appendix H Turnaround ReadinessSequence Template for ProgramPlanning and Execution
• References
• About the Authors