Education Quality Management
Effective Schools Through Systemic Change
1st Edition
Published on 28. May 1994
189 pages
978-1-4616-6353-9 (ISBN)
Description
A useful road map to help implement the quality concept in the educational environment...The authors do an excellent job of unifying the concepts of TQM, effective schools, OBE, and shared decision making.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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978-1-4616-6353-9 (9781461663539)
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Jerry Herman | Janice L. Herman
Education Quality Management
Effective Schools Through Systemic Change
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05/1994
Rowman & Littlefield Education
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Content
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Educational Quality Management and Change: Implications for Schools
- Types of Organizational Change in Which a School or School District Might Be Involved
- A Vertical Change Model and Its Stages
- Prerequisites for the Successful Management of Transformational Change
- Investigating the School District's or School Building's Readiness for Change
- Characteristics of Which the Planners and Change Agents Must Be Aware during the Change Transition
- Actions That Help Ensure That the Change(s) Will Be Positive
- Aids in Overcoming Resistance to Change
- Stage of an Individual's Adjustment to Change
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Summary
- References
- 2. Educational Quality Management and People Theories: Implications for Schools
- Primary Considerations about People and Motivation
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
- McGregor's Theory X and Y
- Ouchi's Theory Z
- Herzberg's Hygiene/Motivator Theory
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Summary
- References
- 3. Educational Quality Management and Leadership Theories: Implications for Schools
- Early Trait Theories
- Power and Influence Approach
- Behavioral Approach
- Situational Approach
- Transactional and Transformational Leadership
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Summary
- References
- 4. Needs Assessment: A Prerequisite for Achieving Educational Quality Management
- Definition of the Word Need
- Using Mega, Macro, and Micro Needs Assessments
- District-Level Needs and Building-Level Needs
- Large and Small Group Needs
- Individuals' Needs
- A Variety of Needs Assessment Methods
- Transformation of Identified Needs into Action Programs
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 5. Effective Schools Research: Building Blocks for High-Quality Strategic Goals for Schools
- The Effective Schools Correlates
- Potential Uses of the Effective Schools Correlates
- Designing Action Programs Based upon the Effective Schools Correlates
- Collecting Impact and Effectiveness Data
- Evaluating the Action Programs
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 6. Outcome-Based Education: Potential Usage as an Educational Quality Management Measurement Delivery System for Schools
- Defining Outcome-Based Education
- Elaborating the Specific Characteristics of the Outcome-Based Education Movement
- Determining theThree Levels of Results: Products, Outputs, and Outcomes
- Utilizing Outcomes as Measurables
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Patterns
- Current OBE Status and Conclusion
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 7. School-Based Management: An Internal and External Customer Empowerment Structure for Educational Quality Management
- School-Based Management Defined
- SBM Structures and Processes
- Categories and Numbers of Persons to Be Included on the SBM Committees
- SBM Decision Areas
- Decisions to Be Made at the Building Level or Central District Level or Shared between theTwo Levels
- Processing Decisions
- Methods of Designing, Collecting, and Evaluating Impact and Effectiveness Data Related to SBM
- SBM Training Required
- Policies to Implement SBM
- Operational By-Laws for SBM Committees
- SBM Budgeting Structures and Processes
- SBM Personnel Structures and Processes
- SBM Instructional Structures and Processes
- Advantages and Cautions Related to SBM
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 8. Educational Quality Management Basics: A Systematic Framework for Quality Schools
- Quality Management Defined
- QM Planning Model Structure
- Management Requirements of QM
- Measurement of Results and Evaluation of QM
- Advantages and Cautions Related to QM
- Key QM Concepts
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 9. Establishing Quality Management Strategic and Tactical Plans for Schools
- Strategic and Tactical Planning Definitions
- Reasons for Systematic Planning
- Means of Communicating with Noncommittee Stakeholders
- Methods of Team Building and Collaborative Decision Making
- Detailed Steps in Planning Models
- Mega, Macro, and Micro Needs Assessments and Preferred Vision #1
- Arriving at Consensus about Beliefs and Values
- Determining Critical Success Factors
- Scanning the External and Internal Environments
- Arriving at Preferred Vision #2
- Developing a Mission Statement
- Developing Strategic Mega, Macro, and Micro Goals
- Arriving at Decision Rules
- Conducting Internal and External S.W.O.T. Analyses
- Specific Objectives
- Developing Action Plans
- Conducting Formative Evaluations
- Doing a Summative Evaluation
- Conducting a Recycling Phase
- Advantages and Cautions Related to Strategic and Tactical Planning
- Key Strategic and Tactical Planning Concepts
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 10. Combining TQM, Strategic/Tactical Planning, Effective Schools, School-Based and Outcome-Based Management into a Holistic EQM Change Model
- Educational Quality Management: An Integrating Catalyst for Change
- Strategic and Tactical Planning Models: Vehicles for Change
- Total Quality Management: The Ultimate Quest
- Effective Schools Correlates: Guidepoints for Strategic Goals
- School-Based Management: An Empowerment Structure
- Outcome-Based Education: A Measurement Technique
- Model of a Powerful, Systematic, and Integrated Operating System for Schools
- Designing a Holistic Approach to Educational Quality Management
- Theory-To-Practice Example
- Enabling Behaviors and Bridges to New Practice
- Summary
- Practical Exercises
- References
- 11. Tying It All Together and Projecting the Future of Educational Quality Management in Schools
- Advantages of an Integrated Approach to Change and Restructuring
- Potential for Systematic, Long-Term Positive Change
- Projecting the Future of EQM in Schools
- Final Comments
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
