Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts [electronic resource] / edited by Rose M. Ylimaki, Lynnette A. Brunderman.

Part I: Changing Context for School Development and Description of the Model -- Chapter 1: School Development Approaches Over Time: Strengths, Limitations, and the Need for a New Approach,- Chapter 2: A New Approach to School Development,- Part II: Lessons from the Arizona School Development Model -- Chapter 3: Values, Culture and Context.-Chapter 4: Building and Sustaining School Leadership Capacity -- Chapter 5: Using Data as a Source of Reflection in a Feedback Loop -- Chapter 6: Going Deeper into Curriculum and Pedagogical Activity -- Chapter 7: Strength-based Approaches to Meeting Culturally Diverse Student Needs -- Part III: Extending the Process to Other Contexts -- Chapter 8: School Development in South Carolina - Building Leadership Capacity for Evidence-Based School Development in South Carolina Schools -- Chapter 9: The Swedish Context - Bringing Support Structures To Scale: The Role of the State and School Districts -- Chapter 10: The Australian Context - National, State and School-level Efforts to Improve Schools in Australi -- Chapter 11: The German Context - School Turnaround in Ten Schools in Difficult Circumstances in Germany: The Need for Adaptive and Contextualized Approaches to Development and Change -- Part IV: Conclusions and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 12: Concluding Comments and Looking Ahead.

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This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research - AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that balance evidence-based values with democratic, culturally responsive values, this book offers strategies to mediate the tensions and to address school culture, context and values, leadership capacity, using data as a source of reflection, curricular and pedagogical activity, and strengths-based approaches to meeting the needs of culturally diverse students. You will find: · - Active, reflective activities · - Case studies illustrating each concept · - The research base supporting each concept · - Descriptions of processes from other contexts (South Carolina, Germany, Australia, Sweden) · - Thoughts about next steps for contextually sensitive and multi-level school development · - Suggestions for cross-national dialogue and research within the Zone of Uncertainty Use this ideal source to guide school leadership teams in creating productive schools that continually grow! .