Coby V. Meyers

This course book is designed to empower educational leaders to make effective leadership decisions and take successful action in response to dynamic scenarios in their schools and districts. This insightful book presents real cases from successful school leaders—and the district leaders who supported them—that strategically navigated their way through change processes. Topics include culturally responsive leadership, leading for SEL, championing data use, improving instruction, crisis leadership, and more. Designed for aspiring educational leaders in leadership preparation programs, this book is full of guiding questions, tools, and practical activities to help deepen learning and translate student understanding to strategic change in their own school contexts.

This course book is designed to empower educational leaders to make effective leadership decisions and take successful action in response to dynamic scenarios in their schools and districts. This insightful book presents real cases from successful school leaders—and the district leaders who supported them—that strategically navigated their way through change processes. Topics include culturally responsive leadership, leading for SEL, championing data use, improving instruction, crisis leadership, and more. Designed for aspiring educational leaders in leadership preparation programs, this book is full of guiding questions, tools, and practical activities to help deepen learning and translate student understanding to strategic change in their own school contexts.

"This book provides critical understandings on the causes of organizational decline, a comprehensive conception of the turnaround process, and powerful insights for transforming failing schools into the kind we all want for our children."—Kenneth Leithwood, Professor of Educational Leadership and PolicyOntario Institute for Studies in Education"Murphy and Meyers do a first-rate job of mapping the territory of school turnarounds and identifying the options for educators to consider and researchers to investigate."—Daniel L. Duke, Professor of Educational Leadership and ResearchUniversity of VirginiaThe guide to successfully restructuring schools in trouble!This insightful resource integrates research, strategies, and lessons from business, government, and not-for-profit organizations that have transformed their substandard performance into a proactive approach for renewal. The authors provide:A comprehensive overview of the literature on organizational deteriorationAn in-depth examination of the causes and symptoms of degenerationA two-part model for preventing educational collapse and crafting an effective turnaroundA review of the efficacy of educational reform initiativesThis indispensable text is ideal for district administrators, superintendents, policy makers, and individuals with an interest in organizational accountability and meaningful school reform.

"This book provides critical understandings on the causes of organizational decline, a comprehensive conception of the turnaround process, and powerful insights for transforming failing schools into the kind we all want for our children."—Kenneth Leithwood, Professor of Educational Leadership and PolicyOntario Institute for Studies in Education"Murphy and Meyers do a first-rate job of mapping the territory of school turnarounds and identifying the options for educators to consider and researchers to investigate."—Daniel L. Duke, Professor of Educational Leadership and ResearchUniversity of VirginiaThe guide to successfully restructuring schools in trouble!This insightful resource integrates research, strategies, and lessons from business, government, and not-for-profit organizations that have transformed their substandard performance into a proactive approach for renewal. The authors provide:A comprehensive overview of the literature on organizational deteriorationAn in-depth examination of the causes and symptoms of degenerationA two-part model for preventing educational collapse and crafting an effective turnaroundA review of the efficacy of educational reform initiativesThis indispensable text is ideal for district administrators, superintendents, policy makers, and individuals with an interest in organizational accountability and meaningful school reform.