Building School Capacity: Systemic Support for the Process of Change
Author: U.S. Department of Education
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Publication Date: 1998, May
Full text available online at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/turning/capacity.html
Abstract (written by WestEd)
States and districts need to help low-performing schools increase their capacity and turn themselves around. Districts, in particular, can support low-performing schools increase their capacity by:
- Building leadership, trust, ownership, and a shared vision of change
- Mobilizing district resources to support school improvement
- Using performance data to drive continuous performance: use data to assess school performance, select improvement strategies, to set high goals, to create strategic plans, and to measure progress
- Working in partnership with parents, community, institutions of higher education, teachers' unions, and business
- Stimulating innovation and change via high performance incentives
This is a chapter from the U.S. Department of Education's guide entitled Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: A Guide for State and Local Leaders.
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