{"product_id":"the-human-side-of-school-change-isbn-9780787956110","title":"The Human Side of School Change","description":"In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend upon to implement it. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Nature of Change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Changing Paradigms 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Meanings of Change 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Culture of Resistance 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Dimensions of Change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Implementation: Tasks of Transition 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Substance: New Agendas, Old Problems 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Staff: Understanding Reluctant Faculty 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Setting: Assessing Organizational Capacity 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Leadership: Old Paradoxes, New Promise 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Leading Innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Authentic Leader 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Clarity and Focus: The Power of Concentration 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Participation — Without Paralysis 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Recognition: Reversing the Golden Rule 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Confrontation: Avoiding Avoidance 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Reach and Realism, Experience and Hope 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A unique, superb, and penetrating analysis of the human side of educational change. Evans knows the human realities of change and portrays them vividly in both individual and organizational terms. His discussion of hope and realism in the final chapter is a gem.\" (Michael Fullan, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Evans certainly understands what gets in the way of real school change and what the simple, key elements are that can make it happen. No board member, superintendent, or school principal should make one more decision or host one more meeting without reading this book.\" (Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, Calif.)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evans has written a realistic yet hopeful book that sets a new standard for providing the leadership needed to implement school improvements. An engaging and much-needed update of the critical, but often overlooked, human side of change. (Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education and senior fellow, Center for Educational Leadership, Trinity University)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e School leaders will find this book realistic about the difficulties of change, rich in practical advice about school improvement, and useful in showing how to transcend the limits of their own experience to practice effective leadership. (Thomas W. Payzant, superintendent, Boston Public Schools) \u003cp\u003eRobert Evans is a clinical and organizational psychologist and director of the Human Relations Service in Wellesley, Massachusetts. A former high school and preschool teacher, he has consulted with hundreds of schools and districts throughout America and around the world and has worked extensively with teachers, administrators, school boards, and state education officials\u003c\/p\u003e.   \u003cp\u003e\"A unique, superb, and penetrating analysis of the human side of educational change. Evans knows the human realities of change and portrays them vividly in both individual and organizational terms. His discussion of hope and realism in the final chapter is a gem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Michael Fullan, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Evans certainly understands what gets in the way of real school change and what the simple, key elements are that can make it happen. No board member, superintendent, or school principal should make one more decision or host one more meeting without reading this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, California\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Evans has written a realistic yet hopeful book that sets a new standard for providing the leadership needed to implement school improvements. An engaging and much-needed update of the critical, but often overlooked, human side of change.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education and senior fellow, Center for Educational Leadership, Trinity University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"School leaders will find this book realistic about the difficulties of change, rich in practical advice about school improvement, and useful in showing how to transcend the limits of their own experience to practice effective leadership.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Thomas W. Payzant, superintendent, Boston Public Schools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend on to implement it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990261154021,"sku":"NP9780787956110","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787956110.jpg?v=1761787106","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-human-side-of-school-change-isbn-9780787956110","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}