Identifying, Selecting, and Retaining School Turnaround Leaders: How-To Modules
A partnership of four education organizations studying issues surrounding school turnaround—The Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, Public Impact, and the University of Virginia Darden/Curry Partnership—have made available materials that can assist state and local education agencies in recruiting, selecting, developing, and retaining school turnaround leaders.
To date, the range of efforts to turn around the nation’s low-performing schools have shown mixed results. A significant part of the challenge has been the lack of turnaround leaders available to lead these schools.
To help school districts find candidates with the competencies necessary for the job of school turnaround leader, the four-agency partnership is producing and distributing a professional learning module on these three topics:
- Part 1: Understanding Turnaround Leader Competencies
- Part 2: Recruiting and Selecting Turnaround Leaders
- Part 3: Developing and Supporting Turnaround Leaders
The materials may be used and adapted to fit the needs of any given state or local context. The four organizations releasing today’s materials recommend a comprehensive and systemic approach to addressing the leadership challenge.
All materials are available on the GTL Center’s Professional Learning Modules website. These materials may be used and adapted to fit the needs of the state context. To cite the content, please use the following statement: These materials have been adapted in whole or in part with permission from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, the Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, Public Impact, and the University of Virginia Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education.
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Part 1: Facilitator's Guide
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Part 1: Handouts
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Part 1: Powerpoint
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Part 2: Facilitator's Guide
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Part 2: Handouts
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Part 2: PowerPoint
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Part 3: Facilitator's Guide
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Part 3: Handouts
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Part 3: PowerPoint