Site-Based Decision-Making

Table of Contents
Introduction

Chapter One - Sources: Whose Idea?
Chapter Two - The Premises and Assumptions
Chapter Three - The Politics
Chapter Four - Powerful Educational Ideas
Chapter Five - The Perils
Chapter Six - The Premises and Assumptions
Chapter Seven - Appraisal: Assessing Organizational Readiness
Chapter Eight - Clarifying the Destination: Goal Setting and Role-Clarification
Chapter Nine - Recruitment: Identifying a Positive Campus Council
Chapter Ten - Rehearsal: Learning and Practicing Group Problem-Solving, Negotiating, Planning and Consulting Skills
Chapter Eleven - Focus: Concentrating on Essential Issues and Questions
Chapter Twelve - Research: Discovering What Works
Chapter Thirteen - Invention: Adapting and Innovating to Match the School Site Context and Reality
Chapter Fourteen - Inclusion: Hearing and Honoring Constituent Voices
Chapter Fifteen - Strategy: Converting Intention into Action
Chapter Sixteen - Skill-Building: Learning Focus, Research, Invention, Inclusion and Strategy
Chapter Seventeen - The Crow's Nest: Keeping an Eye on the Horizon
Chapter Eighteen - Islands in the Storm: Assessing and Shifting Course
Chapter Nineteen - Authentic Assessment and Formative Program Evaluation
Chapter Twenty - Weathering the Storms: Reefing the Main and Managing Disappointment
Chapter Twenty-One - Sharing the Load: Involving the Partners
Chapter Twenty-Two - Celebrating Small Triumphs
Chapter Twenty-Three - Tacking Across the Wind
Chapter Twenty-Four - Final Destinations
Appendix A - School Commitment to Teaching for Thinking
Appendix B - Planning for the Perils
Appendix C - The Teacher Adaptability Quotient Scale
Appendix D - Diagnosis of Team Building Needs
Appendix E - The Innovation and Environmental Scanning Index
Notes

Copyrighted 1991 by Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved.