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Collective Vision

Igniting District and School Improvement

By: Nancy Gordon, Dianne Turner

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Hardcover | 12 September 2024

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136 Pages

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23.55 x 15.82 x 2.01

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Collective Vision: Igniting District and School Improvement describes a school district's ten-year journey of transformation and how research was leveraged to help achieve improved educational outcomes for learners. The journey began with the creation of a district-wide shared vision, mission and values, using a unique appreciative inquiry process that engaged all stakeholders in the school district, thus establishing shared ownership and responsibility for the outcomes.

The book demonstrates how the power of a collective vision and collaborative inquiry across a system helps establish a district-wide culture of collective efficacy, leading to improved learning. All too often in the field of education promising practices are discarded before improvements can be noted. Additionally, schools are often charged with the responsibility of improvement without enough support or guidance from district leaders and governance. This story describes how a ten-year process of continuous inquiry and support led to significant district improvement and transformation.

This story will inspire educators at all levels of the system to take steps toward district and school improvement. The book is unique in that it is written through the experience of practitioners who actioned educational research to achieve results. The book serves as a practical guide that provides useful "lessons learned" and questions for self-reflectionthroughout.

Industry Reviews

The path to meaningful educational change is collective iterative inquiry. This insightful and practical book shows you how and provides compelling examples of what it can look like in action.

--Simon Breakspear, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Education, UNSW, author of Teaching Sprints: How Overloaded Educators Can Keep Getting Better

Nancy Gordon and Dianne Turner are well known for their progressive district change work, having successfully moved a Canadian school district from good to greater. School and district leaders interested inusing appreciative collective vision processes and highly informed professional learning practices will glean new insight from this new book.

--Linda Kaser, PhD, co-author of Leading Through Spirals of Inquiry for Equity and Quality, co-director, Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education, Transformative Education Leadership Program (UBC)

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