School Effectiveness Framework-Wales

Theories unique to field

• School Effects Research - the study of the scientific properties of school effects, including the existence, magnitude, consistency, and stability.

• Effective Schools Research- focuses upon the processes of effective schooling using outlier schools and case studies.

• School Improvement Research examines the processes by which schools can be changed, including and extending to increasingly sophisticated models.

See Teddlie, C. (2009). The legacy of the school effectiveness research tradition. Second International Handbook of Educational Change, 23(3), 523–554.

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Five phases of school & system improvement

PHASE 1-Understanding the organizational culture of the school

• Organizational Development tradition

• School culture inherent to change

PHASE 2-Action research and research initiatives at the school level

• School review

• Teacher research

PHASE 3-Managing change and comprehensive approaches to school reform

• Centralized policy change

• Comprehensive school reform

PHASE 4-Building cpacity for student learning at the local level and continuing emphasis on leadership

• PLCs

• Leadership and student achievement

PHASE 5-Towards systemic improvement

• Benchcmarking

• Differentiated approaches

Hopkins, D., Stringfield, S., Harris, A., Stoll, L., & Mackay, T. (2014). School and system improvement: A narrative state-of-the-art review. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 25(2), 257-281.

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Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning

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