Portia S. Bonner
Possibilities of the Impossible
Obstacles of Educational Reform, Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Portia S. Bonner
Possibilities of the Impossible
Obstacles of Educational Reform, Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
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Four metaphors are used to describe the realities of how the educational system affects students.
Four metaphors are used to describe the realities of how the educational system affects students.
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- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
- Seitenzahl: 210
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 349g
- ISBN-13: 9781475864229
- ISBN-10: 1475864221
- Artikelnr.: 63596016
- Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
- Seitenzahl: 210
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 349g
- ISBN-13: 9781475864229
- ISBN-10: 1475864221
- Artikelnr.: 63596016
Portia S. Bonner, PhD, is a veteran educator serving over the span of 30 years in multiple capacities, from school teacher to superintendent of schools. As an agent of change, she has assisted underperforming schools and districts in their directional focus of improvement and building partnerships with their community.
Preface
Chapter 1: Leading Unwanted Change When Change is Needed!
Section 1: Leading Change
Section 2: Rationale for Change: Because Everyone is Not Achieving!
Section 3: What's Holding Us Down?
The Setting
Chapter 2: A Story of Three School Districts
Section 1: District 1 - Transitioning District
Section 2: District 2 - The Shore
Section 3: District 3 - Northwest
Nets
Chapter 3: Nets That Capture
Section 1: What's Captured Our Children?
Section 2: Institutional Structure and Tradition
Section 3: Leadership at the Helm
Section 4: Teachers Collective Bargaining and the Rule to Work
Chapter 4: Nets That Hold
Section 1: Teachers' Expectations, Beliefs and Mindsets
Section 2: Students' Cultural Diversity and Generational Differences
Section 3: Parents Involvement, Engagement and Presence
Section 4: Community of Have and Have Nots
Trenches
Chapter 5: The Trenches - Leadership and Reform Efforts in the Midst of
Relationships
Section 1: In the Trenches
Section 2: Board of Education and the Superintendent
Chapter 6: More Important Relationships
Section 1: Central Office and School Building Staff
Section 2: Community, Parent and School District
Section 3: Policy Makers and Systemic Institutionalization
Sinkholes
Chapter 7: Sinkholes - Sustaining Reform Efforts During Political Tension
Section 1: Sinkholes
Section 2: Political Tide and Turnover in School and District Leadership
Chapter 8: Economic Unpredictability and Funding
Chapter 9: Ever Changing Pedagogical Approaches and the Curriculum Recycled
Section 1: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment
Section 2: School Safety, Climate and Culture
Section 3: Family Relationships and Partnerships
Section 4: Technology- Blended Learning, STEM & Personalized Learning
Chapter 10: Accountability
Cisterns
Chapter 11: Cisterns: Empty Wells That Are Not Being Replenished
Section 1: Cisterns
Section 2: Teaching to the Middle and Lower Levels
Section 3: Cultivating the Prison Pipeline
Chapter 12: Workforce and Talent Development
Section 1: Preparing Students for the Future
Section 2: Globalization - Interdependence, Interconnected and Competitive
Breaking and Filling
Chapter 13: Breaking the Nets, Filling the Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Section 1: Visualizing the Perfect Scenario of Educational Utopia
Section 2: Rigorous Curriculum Embedding 21st Century Skills
Section 3: Accountability
Section 4: Leadership
Section 5: Partnership and Forward Thinking
Chapter 14: Overcoming the Hierarchy of Power
Section 1: What to Do?
Section 2: A House in Order Cannot Be divided
Denouement
Chapter 15: Denouement - Overcoming Obstacles and the Possibilities that
Prevail
Section 1: Entry Into Superintendence
Section 2: Falling Short of the Right Fit
Chapter 16: What Do We Say?
District's Response to Addressing Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Chapter 17: District One - Interweaving Coalitions and Strengthening the
Mesh
Chapter 18: District Two - Embattlement of the Casted Net
Chapter 19: District Three - Building the Framework for a Strong Foundation
Chapter 20: Possibilities
Section 1: Moving Away from Traditionalism
Section 2: Improving Relationships through Communication
Section 3: Qualities of Future Leaders
Section 4: Revelation in the Metaphors
Bibliography
Chapter 1: Leading Unwanted Change When Change is Needed!
Section 1: Leading Change
Section 2: Rationale for Change: Because Everyone is Not Achieving!
Section 3: What's Holding Us Down?
The Setting
Chapter 2: A Story of Three School Districts
Section 1: District 1 - Transitioning District
Section 2: District 2 - The Shore
Section 3: District 3 - Northwest
Nets
Chapter 3: Nets That Capture
Section 1: What's Captured Our Children?
Section 2: Institutional Structure and Tradition
Section 3: Leadership at the Helm
Section 4: Teachers Collective Bargaining and the Rule to Work
Chapter 4: Nets That Hold
Section 1: Teachers' Expectations, Beliefs and Mindsets
Section 2: Students' Cultural Diversity and Generational Differences
Section 3: Parents Involvement, Engagement and Presence
Section 4: Community of Have and Have Nots
Trenches
Chapter 5: The Trenches - Leadership and Reform Efforts in the Midst of
Relationships
Section 1: In the Trenches
Section 2: Board of Education and the Superintendent
Chapter 6: More Important Relationships
Section 1: Central Office and School Building Staff
Section 2: Community, Parent and School District
Section 3: Policy Makers and Systemic Institutionalization
Sinkholes
Chapter 7: Sinkholes - Sustaining Reform Efforts During Political Tension
Section 1: Sinkholes
Section 2: Political Tide and Turnover in School and District Leadership
Chapter 8: Economic Unpredictability and Funding
Chapter 9: Ever Changing Pedagogical Approaches and the Curriculum Recycled
Section 1: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment
Section 2: School Safety, Climate and Culture
Section 3: Family Relationships and Partnerships
Section 4: Technology- Blended Learning, STEM & Personalized Learning
Chapter 10: Accountability
Cisterns
Chapter 11: Cisterns: Empty Wells That Are Not Being Replenished
Section 1: Cisterns
Section 2: Teaching to the Middle and Lower Levels
Section 3: Cultivating the Prison Pipeline
Chapter 12: Workforce and Talent Development
Section 1: Preparing Students for the Future
Section 2: Globalization - Interdependence, Interconnected and Competitive
Breaking and Filling
Chapter 13: Breaking the Nets, Filling the Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Section 1: Visualizing the Perfect Scenario of Educational Utopia
Section 2: Rigorous Curriculum Embedding 21st Century Skills
Section 3: Accountability
Section 4: Leadership
Section 5: Partnership and Forward Thinking
Chapter 14: Overcoming the Hierarchy of Power
Section 1: What to Do?
Section 2: A House in Order Cannot Be divided
Denouement
Chapter 15: Denouement - Overcoming Obstacles and the Possibilities that
Prevail
Section 1: Entry Into Superintendence
Section 2: Falling Short of the Right Fit
Chapter 16: What Do We Say?
District's Response to Addressing Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Chapter 17: District One - Interweaving Coalitions and Strengthening the
Mesh
Chapter 18: District Two - Embattlement of the Casted Net
Chapter 19: District Three - Building the Framework for a Strong Foundation
Chapter 20: Possibilities
Section 1: Moving Away from Traditionalism
Section 2: Improving Relationships through Communication
Section 3: Qualities of Future Leaders
Section 4: Revelation in the Metaphors
Bibliography
Preface
Chapter 1: Leading Unwanted Change When Change is Needed!
Section 1: Leading Change
Section 2: Rationale for Change: Because Everyone is Not Achieving!
Section 3: What's Holding Us Down?
The Setting
Chapter 2: A Story of Three School Districts
Section 1: District 1 - Transitioning District
Section 2: District 2 - The Shore
Section 3: District 3 - Northwest
Nets
Chapter 3: Nets That Capture
Section 1: What's Captured Our Children?
Section 2: Institutional Structure and Tradition
Section 3: Leadership at the Helm
Section 4: Teachers Collective Bargaining and the Rule to Work
Chapter 4: Nets That Hold
Section 1: Teachers' Expectations, Beliefs and Mindsets
Section 2: Students' Cultural Diversity and Generational Differences
Section 3: Parents Involvement, Engagement and Presence
Section 4: Community of Have and Have Nots
Trenches
Chapter 5: The Trenches - Leadership and Reform Efforts in the Midst of
Relationships
Section 1: In the Trenches
Section 2: Board of Education and the Superintendent
Chapter 6: More Important Relationships
Section 1: Central Office and School Building Staff
Section 2: Community, Parent and School District
Section 3: Policy Makers and Systemic Institutionalization
Sinkholes
Chapter 7: Sinkholes - Sustaining Reform Efforts During Political Tension
Section 1: Sinkholes
Section 2: Political Tide and Turnover in School and District Leadership
Chapter 8: Economic Unpredictability and Funding
Chapter 9: Ever Changing Pedagogical Approaches and the Curriculum Recycled
Section 1: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment
Section 2: School Safety, Climate and Culture
Section 3: Family Relationships and Partnerships
Section 4: Technology- Blended Learning, STEM & Personalized Learning
Chapter 10: Accountability
Cisterns
Chapter 11: Cisterns: Empty Wells That Are Not Being Replenished
Section 1: Cisterns
Section 2: Teaching to the Middle and Lower Levels
Section 3: Cultivating the Prison Pipeline
Chapter 12: Workforce and Talent Development
Section 1: Preparing Students for the Future
Section 2: Globalization - Interdependence, Interconnected and Competitive
Breaking and Filling
Chapter 13: Breaking the Nets, Filling the Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Section 1: Visualizing the Perfect Scenario of Educational Utopia
Section 2: Rigorous Curriculum Embedding 21st Century Skills
Section 3: Accountability
Section 4: Leadership
Section 5: Partnership and Forward Thinking
Chapter 14: Overcoming the Hierarchy of Power
Section 1: What to Do?
Section 2: A House in Order Cannot Be divided
Denouement
Chapter 15: Denouement - Overcoming Obstacles and the Possibilities that
Prevail
Section 1: Entry Into Superintendence
Section 2: Falling Short of the Right Fit
Chapter 16: What Do We Say?
District's Response to Addressing Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Chapter 17: District One - Interweaving Coalitions and Strengthening the
Mesh
Chapter 18: District Two - Embattlement of the Casted Net
Chapter 19: District Three - Building the Framework for a Strong Foundation
Chapter 20: Possibilities
Section 1: Moving Away from Traditionalism
Section 2: Improving Relationships through Communication
Section 3: Qualities of Future Leaders
Section 4: Revelation in the Metaphors
Bibliography
Chapter 1: Leading Unwanted Change When Change is Needed!
Section 1: Leading Change
Section 2: Rationale for Change: Because Everyone is Not Achieving!
Section 3: What's Holding Us Down?
The Setting
Chapter 2: A Story of Three School Districts
Section 1: District 1 - Transitioning District
Section 2: District 2 - The Shore
Section 3: District 3 - Northwest
Nets
Chapter 3: Nets That Capture
Section 1: What's Captured Our Children?
Section 2: Institutional Structure and Tradition
Section 3: Leadership at the Helm
Section 4: Teachers Collective Bargaining and the Rule to Work
Chapter 4: Nets That Hold
Section 1: Teachers' Expectations, Beliefs and Mindsets
Section 2: Students' Cultural Diversity and Generational Differences
Section 3: Parents Involvement, Engagement and Presence
Section 4: Community of Have and Have Nots
Trenches
Chapter 5: The Trenches - Leadership and Reform Efforts in the Midst of
Relationships
Section 1: In the Trenches
Section 2: Board of Education and the Superintendent
Chapter 6: More Important Relationships
Section 1: Central Office and School Building Staff
Section 2: Community, Parent and School District
Section 3: Policy Makers and Systemic Institutionalization
Sinkholes
Chapter 7: Sinkholes - Sustaining Reform Efforts During Political Tension
Section 1: Sinkholes
Section 2: Political Tide and Turnover in School and District Leadership
Chapter 8: Economic Unpredictability and Funding
Chapter 9: Ever Changing Pedagogical Approaches and the Curriculum Recycled
Section 1: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment
Section 2: School Safety, Climate and Culture
Section 3: Family Relationships and Partnerships
Section 4: Technology- Blended Learning, STEM & Personalized Learning
Chapter 10: Accountability
Cisterns
Chapter 11: Cisterns: Empty Wells That Are Not Being Replenished
Section 1: Cisterns
Section 2: Teaching to the Middle and Lower Levels
Section 3: Cultivating the Prison Pipeline
Chapter 12: Workforce and Talent Development
Section 1: Preparing Students for the Future
Section 2: Globalization - Interdependence, Interconnected and Competitive
Breaking and Filling
Chapter 13: Breaking the Nets, Filling the Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Section 1: Visualizing the Perfect Scenario of Educational Utopia
Section 2: Rigorous Curriculum Embedding 21st Century Skills
Section 3: Accountability
Section 4: Leadership
Section 5: Partnership and Forward Thinking
Chapter 14: Overcoming the Hierarchy of Power
Section 1: What to Do?
Section 2: A House in Order Cannot Be divided
Denouement
Chapter 15: Denouement - Overcoming Obstacles and the Possibilities that
Prevail
Section 1: Entry Into Superintendence
Section 2: Falling Short of the Right Fit
Chapter 16: What Do We Say?
District's Response to Addressing Nets, Trenches, Sinkholes and Cisterns
Chapter 17: District One - Interweaving Coalitions and Strengthening the
Mesh
Chapter 18: District Two - Embattlement of the Casted Net
Chapter 19: District Three - Building the Framework for a Strong Foundation
Chapter 20: Possibilities
Section 1: Moving Away from Traditionalism
Section 2: Improving Relationships through Communication
Section 3: Qualities of Future Leaders
Section 4: Revelation in the Metaphors
Bibliography