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Turnaround Strategies at an Underperforming Urban Elementary School: An Examination of Stakeholder PerspectivesBass, Angela Watkins 01 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
In August of 2007, Los Angeles Unified School District embarked on a new journey under the leadership of Superintendent David Brewer toward improving the achievement of some of Los Angeles’ lowest performing schools. By establishing a partnership with the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, the goal of the improvements was to form a team of talented and experienced educators who would identify schools whose majority of teachers would be willing to be led and supported by these experienced educators under an umbrella organization called the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools in agreement with United Teachers of Los Angeles. The Deputy Mayor, Ramon Cortines, recruited me, the researcher of this study, to serve as Superintendent of Instruction of the Partnership in February of 2008.
For two and a half years, I, along with 28 team members worked tenaciously to develop and implement a model that would accelerate achievement. While there were numerous initiatives and programs attempting to improve student performance in the lowest performing schools, no initiative in the district alleviated teachers from the day-to- day constraints of district policies and procedures. The reform model developed by the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools was the focus of this research. An analysis of the implementation of the Partnership Model at one particular site, Excellence Elementary School, yielded results that examined if the Partnership Model was able to successfully transform outcomes in an underperforming school.
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A Sustainability Themed K-5 Magnet School: An In-Depth Case Study And EvaluationLichau, Aleidria R. 01 January 2015 (has links)
This thesis is a descriptive case study of the first sustainability magnet themed elementary school in the U.S., the Sustainability Academy (SA) in Burlington, VT. The thesis provides an in depth case study narrative of the first pilot year of the SA (2009) as well as an examination of the analytical frameworks for evaluating the efficacy of sustainability movements in schools.
A literature review is provided to distinguish between a type of static sustainability that supports the current educational paradigm and a type of sustainable education that identifies sustainability as a moving target and a deep process to transcend the current education paradigm. A step-by-step process for school evaluations of sustainability education is explored and discussed using: 1) the case study research of the SA in their pilot year; 2) the literature review on education and sustainability, systems thinking and school transformation; and 3) the exploration and adaptation of analytical frameworks for sustainability in education.
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新竹市一所國中學校轉型之個案研究張仲凱, Chang, Chung Kai Unknown Date (has links)
學校經營發展的歷程中，可看到各縣市都有許多老舊學校面臨必須創新或轉型的危機，是否能夠因應教育改革，積極迎向改革趨勢幫助學校轉型，其實是決定一個學校浴火重生或漸趨沒落的關鍵；個案學校在這一波教育改革中，跟隨教改政策重新定位，秉持優質的教育理念，發展學校特色，堅毅地領先群倫，以致逐年增班，獲得新生。本研究旨在瞭解個案學校轉型的內、外在因素，探討個案學校轉型的實施策略、發展特色為何？進一步地，以1999年為個案學校轉型分隔點，比較個案學校轉型前後的差異，並為個案學校轉型紀實。
本研究為個案研究，利用文獻探討、訪談、文件資料分析等方法進行資料蒐集，探討、詮釋及思索一所國民中學轉型之歷程、策略及促成因素。經研究後獲致以下結論：
一、個案學校轉型的因素
（一）外在因素：校長遴選制度、師資多元化、教師任用制度、九年一貫課程、宣傳行銷、新校舍的啟用、環境變遷等。
（二）內在因素：校長領導、教師年輕、組織氣氛、自然領域中心、科學資優班、學習型組織、公共關係與資源、家長的支持等。
二、個案學校轉型的實施策略
（一）研訂校本發展。
（二）遴聘優質人力。
（三）結合課程發展。
（四）運用社區資源。
（五）學生多元展能。
三、個案學校轉型前後在「學校行政」、「學校教學」、「學校氣氛」、「學校環境」等四個層面，都有長足的進步，學校效能有明顯的提升。
最後依據研究結果與結論，提出具體建議，以作為國民中學、教育行政機關、個案學校以及未來研究的參考。 / During the process of a school management development, we could find that many old school faced the crisis of innovation and transformation. Whether a school could cope with the education reform and used the trend to help the transformation is the key point of its survival. The case school followed the policies during the education reform and insisted the excellent education ideas to develop the school .It steadily increased the class numbers year by year, and got the rebirth. The research focused on the factors of the case school transformation and discussed its strategies and development characteristics. In addition, the researcher took the year of 1999 as the transformation seperation point to compare the differences between the case school’s “before transformation” and “after transformation”. The researcher also recorded details about the transformation of the case school.
The research was a case study, and the researcher used literary reviews, interviews, and data analysis to gather the information in order to explain the process of a junior high school’s transformation. The conclusion were listed as follow.
1.The factors of the case school’s transformation
(1) The external factors: the system of the principal selection, multi-teacher education, teachers hiring rules, the nine-year curriculum, advertising marketing, the use of the new school buildings, the environment’s transit
(2) The internal factors: the principal’s leadership, young teachers, the organization climate, science center, science gifted education, learning organization, public relationship and resources, parents’ support.
2.The strategies of the case school’s transformation
(1) Plan the school-based development
(2) Choose the great teachers
(3) Combine the curriculum development
(4) Use the community resources
(5) Let the students develop their abilities in many ways
3.The case school had much progress in four areas, which are “school administration”, “school teaching’’, “school climate” and “school environment”.
At last, according to the result and the conclusion, the researcher offered concrete suggestions to be the references for junior high schools, education administration institutions, the case school, and the future researchers.
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Cesta k inkluzivní škole / Towards school inclusionMarques, Karin January 2021 (has links)
Towards School Inclusion Abstract Since September 2016, the so-called inclusive amendment, i.e. Decree No. 27/2016 Coll., on the education of pupils with special educational needs, has been in force in Czech schools. The multiple-case study of three schools describes the process of change in different contexts prior to 2016. Three inclusive schools were selected based on measuring the level of inclusion and their public declaration of striving for inclusion. The data research sources were narrative interviews with current and former principals of the selected schools, their deputies, some teachers, assistants, parents and/or representatives of the municipality. IPA was used to analyze the data. The inclusive school is a product of a principal's vision and their transformative leadership. The key for a successful transformation was to change not only processes and structures but mainly the culture, thus common understanding of the goals. The central concept was communication and collaboration. The respondents perceived themselves as pioneers and communities sharing the same values. Creating conditions for respecting the needs and differences of each child and gaining community trust were the necessary steps for this transformation. It was important to raise sufficient funds, to work hard and to improve...
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Transparency and learning spacesFinau, Emily 08 April 2011 (has links)
This thesis explores the various meanings and implications of transparency in architecture and in learning environments in particular. Architectural transparency, achieved through choice of materials and principles of formal composition, creates a diversity of relationships and can facilitate visual, conceptual, and functional clarity as well as offering simultaneous perception of different spaces. It offers a range of phenomenological qualities and so provides an opportunity to explore and complicate such dichotomies as translucency and opacity, openness and closure, and public space and private space.
While celebrated throughout modern and contemporary architecture, transparency raises issues of privacy and safety even as it breaks down hierarchies and social boundaries. The research-based design of transparency in a school building necessitates careful planning to achieve a balance between the access to views, natural light, fresh air, and social interaction that transparency may bring and the continuing obligation to provide a safe, secure environment for schoolchildren.
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