Evidence-based School Leadership and Management

There is a vast amount of research on what goes on in schools, but how can school leaders sort credible findings from dubious claims and use these to make informed decisions that benefit their schools? How can abstract ideas from research be translated into dynamic plans for action?

This book is a practical guide to evidence-based school leadership demonstrating the benefits that can be gained from engaging with robust educational research and offering clear guidance on applying meaningful lessons to practice.

Topics include:

· What is evidence-based school leadership and why does it matter?

· How to collect data from your own school and how to analyse this evidence in order to inform strategic leadership decisions

· Models for implementing school improvement and change

· Leadership skills for fostering a culture of evidence-based practice

This is essential reading for senior and middle leaders in educational organisations who aspire to lead effective schools with high levels of staff well-being and enhanced outcomes for the learners they teach.

Autorentext

Dr Gary Jones, @DrGaryJones, has been involved in education for over thirty years and has extensive experience as senior leader. Gary has a doctorate in educational management from the University of Bristol, with his dissertation focussing on the use of school development plans in primary schools. Gary has written extensively about educational leadership in his blog Evidence-Based Educational Leadership: https://evidencebasededucationalleadership.blogspot.com

Gary is a Fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and is also an associate of the Expansive Education Network based at the University of Winchester, where he supports teachers engage in evidence-based practice.

In recent years Gary has spoken about evidence-based school leadership at a number of conferences both in the United Kingdom and abroad - including Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Washington DC and Gothenburg.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Why do we need evidence-based school leadership?
Chapter 2: What is evidence-based school leadership?
Chapter 3: Asking well-formulated questions
Chapter 4: Systematically searching for and retrieving evidence
Chapter 5: Appraising research evidence
Chapter 6: Appraising research and statistics
Chapter 7: Appraising school data, stakeholder views and practitioner expertise
Chapter 8: Aggregating sources of evidence
Chapter 9: Applying evidence to the decision-making process
Chapter 10: Assessing and evaluating the outcome of the decision taken
Chapter 11: Leading the evidence-based school
Chapter 12: Some concluding thoughts