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Carlile IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE Improvement Science as a Tool for School Enhancement Solutions for Better Educational Outcomes Improvement Science in Education and Beyond Series Improvement Science as a Tool for School Enhancement: Solutions for Better Educational Outcomes is a collection of equity-focused improvement science-in-action, school- based case studies led by practitioners. Chapter authors tell us how and why improvement science principles make system-wide improvements in classroom practice, how they learned from the problems encountered and further, how they were then able to make changes within a school or dis- trict. A core principle of improvement science is variability in context (what works for whom and under what conditions), a critical concept for improvement in each of the case studies. Each team analyzed their problem of practice from the per- spective of the unique conditions in their context, considering what might work, and what might not work, and when the changes could be expanded for implementation school- or February 2022 district-wide.95 The editors and contributors provide examples of how to use E-book / 9781975504816 / $29.95 the processes and tools of improvement science to increase equity system-wide.
How to use improvement science to address educational disparities system-wide with urgency, commitment, and a belief in the success of every child, of every race, every ethnicity, gender, ability, and cultural identity, is the essence of this book. Deborah Peterson (MA, Portland State University; EdD, Lewis and Clark College) is an associate professor at Portland State University. In her previous career as a school leader, she was known for increasing equity, community engagement, and student voice while dramatically improving student outcomes. Her teaching and research focus on preparing current and future school leaders to serve as anti-racist, culturally responsive leaders for equity.
Her work has been published in numerous journals. The recipient of numerous grants for her work on equity, her current re- search includes examining the experiences of women leaders and leaders of color in numerous professions. Susan Carlile (MA, University of Oregon; graduate work in education, University of Washington and Harvard University) is a professor of practice and program lead for the Educational Leadership and Policy Program. She has facilitated the leadership development of over 600 school leaders, received 18 grants for her work, and presented and published in dozens of state, national and international forums of leadership.
Most recently, her research has focused on examining the issues facing women in leadership positions and strategies for navigating the workplace to ensure gender, racial, ethnic, linguistic and socio-economic equity in education. ORDER ONLINE AT WWW.COM OR CALL OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-232-0223 5 Deborah Peterson and Susan Carlile IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE Improvement Science Promoting Equity in Schools Improvement Science in Education and Beyond Series Improvement Science: Promoting Equity in Schools is intended for classroom teachers, school leaders, and district leaders charged with leading improvement efforts in schools. From questions such as “how do I develop a love of reading in my classroom?” to “how can I better manage student behavior during independent learning time?” to “what should we do to make sure kids of all races read at grade level by third grade” to “how could we include families of all backgrounds as partners in learning” or “how do we increase our graduation rate among underserved students” or even “how do we reduce theft during lunchtime,” this book shares real-life examples from those who are currently leading equity-focused improvement in our classrooms and schools. If you are curious about how Improvement Science has been used, or how others have succeeded—or failed— at equity-focused improvement efforts in our classrooms September 2021 / 125 pages / 6” x 9” and in our schools, or if you’re wondering how to spur Paper / 9781975504670 / $27.95 discussions in school districts, universities, and communities E-book / 9781975504694 / $27.95 about leading equity-focused improvement, this book is for you.
Teachers, students, family members, community members, principals and superintendents will be inspired to embrace Improvement Science as a method to improve equity in their schools. Deborah Peterson (MA, Portland State University; EdD, Lewis and Clark College) is an associate professor at Portland State University. In her previous career as a school leader, she was known for increasing equity, community engagement, and student voice while dramatically improving student outcomes. Her teaching and research focus on preparing current and future school leaders to serve as anti-racist, culturally responsive leaders for equity.
Her work has been published in numerous journals. The recipient of numerous grants for her work on equity, her current re- search includes examining the experiences of women leaders and leaders of color in numerous professions. Susan Carlile (MA, University of Oregon; graduate work in education, University of Washington and Harvard University) is a professor of practice and program lead for the Educational Leadership and Policy Program. She has facilitated the leadership development of over 600 school leaders, received 18 grants for her work, and presented and published in dozens of state, national and international forums of leadership.
Most recently, her research has focused on examining the issues facing women in leadership positions and strategies for navigating the workplace to ensure gender, racial, ethnic, linguistic and socio-economic equity in education. 6 EMAIL: PUBLISHER@MYERSEDPRESS.COM Edited by Dean T. Spaulding, IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE Robert Crow, and Brandi Nicole Hinnant-Crawford Teaching Improvement Science in Educational Leadership: A Pedagogical Guide Improvement Science in Education and Beyond Series Teaching Improvement Science in Educational Leadership: A Pedagogical Guide presents the reader with a range of pedagogies from a variety of viewpoints and approaches. The book provides a holistic picture for how one might develop stakeholder competency and capacity with improvement science as a signature problem-solving methodology for educational leaders.
And while there are books that provide foundational knowledge on the field of improvement science (including the list of titles from Myers Education Press), this book differs in that it presents varying approaches for teaching others about improvement science. For those who want to develop the methodology but who need resources, the book provides the illustrations, examples, and other concrete applications so that those involved in teaching the subject matter can connect foundational knowledge of February 2021 / 248 pages / 6” x 9” improvement to the applied context. This book serves as the Paper / 9781975503758 / $39.95 guide for education leaders who wish to have the know-how Cloth / 9781975503741 / $129.95 for developing the knowledge, skills and dispositions relative E-book / 9781975503772 / $39.95 to the field of improvement science—the education leader’s signature problem-solving methodology. “Teaching Improvement Science in Educational Leadership is an essential pedagogic resource for anyone involved in the preparation and continued professional education of teacher, school, or system leaders.
The authors are themselves leaders in the teaching of Improvement Science and in mentoring the application of the improvement principles to redressing racial and class inequities. They share here valuable lessons from their own teaching and improvement efforts. Bryk, Immediate past-president, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Author, Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better Dean T. Spaulding (PhD in Educational Psychology from SUNY Albany) is the Vice President and Director of Grant Writing and Program Evaluation with Z Score Inc.
He is also former chair of the Teaching Evaluation SIG for the American Evaluation Association. Spaulding currently serves as external evaluator on a National Science Foundation and a Howard Hughes Foundation grant. Robert Crow (PhD in Educational Psychology & Research, University of South Carolina) is an Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Western Carolina University. He regularly teaches Methods in Improvement Science in his institution’s Doctor of Education program.
He currently chairs the improvement science special interest group for the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate consortium. Brandi Nicole Hinnant-Crawford (PhD in Educational Studies from Emory University) is an Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Western Carolina University.