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New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success

written by publicimpact on May 10, 2011

 

 

 New Resources to Boost
School Turnaround Suc
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University of Virginia’s Partnership for Leaders in Education is a joint venture between the Darden School of Business and Curry Education School focused on helping education leaders meet the unique demands of running school systems.

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UVA PLE, including information regarding our School Turnaround Specialist Program, visit: www.dardencurry.org

 

Public Impact is a national education policy and management consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
We are a team of researchers, thought leaders, tool-builders, and on-the-ground consultants who help education leaders and policymakers improve student learning in K-12 education.
 
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New Turnaround Reports from Public Impact and the University of Virginia’s Partnership for Leaders in Education 

Leading Indicators of School Turnaround: How to Know When Dramatic Change Is On Track 
 

Using Competencies to Improve School Turnaround Principal Success

With unprecedented federal investment in failing schools through the multi-billion-dollar School Improvement Grant program, it’s been a big year for school turnaround efforts.

But let’s be honest: while turnaround efforts in some schools show promise, other attempts are falling short.  If you’re leading a state or district turnaround effort, how should you respond? 

In Try Try Again, Public Impact makes the case for “rapid retry” – attempting new major change now rather than letting failing turnaround efforts drag on for years.  Even if most individual turnaround attempts fail, you can achieve a cumulative success rate of 70 or 80% by retrying rapidly.

In partnership with the University of Virginia’s Turnaround Leadership Specialist Program, Public Impact is releasing two new reports to help with rapid retry and increasing the success rates of turnarounds.

The first, Leading Indicators of School Turnarounds: How to Know When Dramatic Change Is On Track, explains how leaders can use data to see the need for retry in the first one or two years – and then take action.  It contains a set of research-based indicators organizations can use now to start making these tough but vital decisions.

When turnaround efforts are not on track, they either need new or dramatically improved leadership.  Either way, our second report can help:  Using Competencies to Improve School Turnaround Principal Success.  This report discusses how the well-honed science of assessing individuals’ “competencies” – their underlying patterns of thought and action – can help organizations make much better decisions when selecting turnaround leaders, and become much smarter about developing the competencies of leaders on the job.

Colorado Turnarounds

Earlier in 2011, the Donnell-Kay Foundation released Public Impact’s report on how one state, Colorado, has implemented its school turnaround strategy statewide.  Read more here. 
 

Public Impact’s Turnaround Resources are available for download at:
 
 
www.schoolturnarounds.org

Featured Resources:

The Big U-Turn:  How to Bring Schools from the Brink of Doom to Stellar Success

Turnaround Leader Competencies: Selection Toolkit

Successful School Turnarounds: Seven Steps for District Leaders

Performance-Based Dismissals: Cross-Sector Lessons for School Turnarounds

Leading Indicators of School Turnarounds: How to Know When Dramatic Change Is On Track

Using Competencies to Improve School Turnaround Principal Success


 


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