Deep Change Leadership: A Model for Renewing and Strengthening Schools and Districts (A resource for effective school leadership and change efforts)

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