Overview

Make any kind of change process much easier to implement and much more results-oriented with this Action Tool’s guidelines, strategies, and self-help tools.

In-depth chapters steer you through the principles of change and provide you with a thorough understanding of successful change models. Assessment tools and surveys help you quickly rate your organization’s change capacity, identify strengths, and prepare your staff members for the change process. Worksheets and charts help you develop a proactive plan that turns necessary changes into positive experiences for all involved.

Checklists and other monitoring tools help you ensure that you maintain the results that the change process was intended to accomplish. Handouts at the end of each chapter make it easy to inform colleagues of the change process. And an accompanying 23-minute video demonstrates how to use selected tools in a school setting.

(ASCD Action Tool, 2002) One 130-page manual with a 23-minute videotape.

For the educational leader who needs to implement school improvement solutions quickly, here’s something totally new and different: ASCD Action Tools. Each Action Tool is packed with templates, agendas, case studies, tips, and other ready-to-use tools so that you can take immediate steps toward advancing school improvement.

Sampling of ASCD Action Tools:

• Guide for Instructional Leaders, Guide 1: An ASCD Action Tool
• Reading Strategies for the Content Areas, Volume 1: An ASCD Action Tool