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Powerless to Powerful

Leadership for School Change

Charles Salina; Suzann Girtz and Joanie Eppinga

The pressure is on. Throughout the country, educators and administrators are working hard to make sure students pass standardized tests and graduate. At the same time, teachers are overwhelmed by ever-increasing demands. Efforts at reforming schools often replicate the same approaches and net the same discouraging results. Staff at many schools feel defensive and powerless as a result of being unable to meet standards they didn’t set and don’t know how to achieve.
This book describes a humanistic approach to implementing programs and systems that bring academic press, social support, and relational trust together in unique ways. Based on the understanding that old beliefs are changed by supporting new behaviors, the approach includes acquiring and using data in innovative and intentional ways. Properly conducted, the approach results in high morale, a sense of inclusiveness and success, increased efficacy, and improved metrics in all areas of education. The book includes the research and theory behind the approach, action steps for leaders, and lessons learned in the process—useful elements of success for any school.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 104 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-4758-2234-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $66.00 • (£51.00)
978-1-4758-2235-9 • Paperback • December 2015 • $34.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-4758-2236-6 • eBook • December 2015 • $32.00 • (£25.00)
Series: Powerless to Powerful
Subjects: Education / Leadership, Education / Professional Development, Education / Administration / General
Charles Salina, PhD, was the turnaround principal at Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside, WA. He is currently chair of the Leadership and Administration Department in the School of Education at Gonzaga University.

Suzann Girtz, PhD, is a former high school math and science teacher who now teaches research and assessment in the School of Education at Gonzaga University. Girtz also consults and does grant work, including evaluation, and is particularly interested in the areas of assessment and secondary school reform.

Joanie Eppinga, MA, is the owner of Eagle Eye Editing & Writing (www.eagleeyeediting.com).
FOREWORD
PREFACE
Sunnyside’s Story
Getting Help
Learning About Sunnyside
Using the Data
Beginning the Change
Skin in the Game
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: Sharing the Lessons
PART I: DRIVING PRINCIPLES AND THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Supporting Principles
The Conceptual Framework
Academic Press
Social Support
Relational Trust
Academic Press, Social Support, and Relational Trust Working Together
Change From the Outside In
PART II: LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED
Leadership Lesson #1: One-on-One Is Powerful
Leadership Lesson #2: Intentional Actions Inspire Hopefulness
Leadership Lesson #3: Time Is Golden
Leadership Lesson #4: Positive Opposites–Action Teams
Leadership Lesson #5: Evidence Is Everything but not Anything
Leadership Lesson #6: If Time Is Golden, Then Language Is Platinum
Leadership Lesson #7: District Office: Friend or Foe?
Leadership Lesson #8: Support the Ones Who Support the Work
Summary
REFERENCES
INDEX
It is so refreshing to read a book about school reform from the point of view of the people who actually did the work. This book is proof that with dedicated, tenacious, and student-centered educators—anything can happen!
— Becky Berg, Superintendent, Marysville School District, Past President ASCD


In this timely book, the authors share important lessons of a lived experience in school leadership in which a low-performing school was genuinely transformed into the opposite. And this account comes not from an inner-city in a large school system, but from a mid-size district that could exist anywhere in the nation. This well-written book is a must-read for every educator who embraces a commitment to success for all.
— Michael Dunn, EdD, Superintendent, North East Washington Educational Service District 101


In the current context of school systems, people often feel not only unloved, but also powerless. This book shows that person-to-person relationships can restore the balance in leadership-impoverished school systems, turning them into organizations where people listen, embody greater vitality, and act with love and courage.
— Shann Ray Ferch, author Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life; National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow; professor of Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University


The work of Dr. Salina in high-poverty, high-minority, underachieving schools affirms that poverty is not a sickness, diversity is not a challenge to overcome, and hope is not a strategy for change. Powerless to Powerful combines the theory, the evidence-based research, and the proven practical application to truly transform your school and district.
— Trevor Greene, National Association of Secondary School Principals' 2013 National High School Principal of the Year


The Powerless to Powerful team provides in-school consultation to help transform struggling schools. See www.powerless2powerful.com for more information.

Powerless to Powerful

Leadership for School Change

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • The pressure is on. Throughout the country, educators and administrators are working hard to make sure students pass standardized tests and graduate. At the same time, teachers are overwhelmed by ever-increasing demands. Efforts at reforming schools often replicate the same approaches and net the same discouraging results. Staff at many schools feel defensive and powerless as a result of being unable to meet standards they didn’t set and don’t know how to achieve.
    This book describes a humanistic approach to implementing programs and systems that bring academic press, social support, and relational trust together in unique ways. Based on the understanding that old beliefs are changed by supporting new behaviors, the approach includes acquiring and using data in innovative and intentional ways. Properly conducted, the approach results in high morale, a sense of inclusiveness and success, increased efficacy, and improved metrics in all areas of education. The book includes the research and theory behind the approach, action steps for leaders, and lessons learned in the process—useful elements of success for any school.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 104 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
    978-1-4758-2234-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $66.00 • (£51.00)
    978-1-4758-2235-9 • Paperback • December 2015 • $34.00 • (£25.00)
    978-1-4758-2236-6 • eBook • December 2015 • $32.00 • (£25.00)
    Series: Powerless to Powerful
    Subjects: Education / Leadership, Education / Professional Development, Education / Administration / General
Author
Author
  • Charles Salina, PhD, was the turnaround principal at Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside, WA. He is currently chair of the Leadership and Administration Department in the School of Education at Gonzaga University.

    Suzann Girtz, PhD, is a former high school math and science teacher who now teaches research and assessment in the School of Education at Gonzaga University. Girtz also consults and does grant work, including evaluation, and is particularly interested in the areas of assessment and secondary school reform.

    Joanie Eppinga, MA, is the owner of Eagle Eye Editing & Writing (www.eagleeyeediting.com).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • FOREWORD
    PREFACE
    Sunnyside’s Story
    Getting Help
    Learning About Sunnyside
    Using the Data
    Beginning the Change
    Skin in the Game
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    INTRODUCTION: Sharing the Lessons
    PART I: DRIVING PRINCIPLES AND THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
    Supporting Principles
    The Conceptual Framework
    Academic Press
    Social Support
    Relational Trust
    Academic Press, Social Support, and Relational Trust Working Together
    Change From the Outside In
    PART II: LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED
    Leadership Lesson #1: One-on-One Is Powerful
    Leadership Lesson #2: Intentional Actions Inspire Hopefulness
    Leadership Lesson #3: Time Is Golden
    Leadership Lesson #4: Positive Opposites–Action Teams
    Leadership Lesson #5: Evidence Is Everything but not Anything
    Leadership Lesson #6: If Time Is Golden, Then Language Is Platinum
    Leadership Lesson #7: District Office: Friend or Foe?
    Leadership Lesson #8: Support the Ones Who Support the Work
    Summary
    REFERENCES
    INDEX
Reviews
Reviews
  • It is so refreshing to read a book about school reform from the point of view of the people who actually did the work. This book is proof that with dedicated, tenacious, and student-centered educators—anything can happen!
    — Becky Berg, Superintendent, Marysville School District, Past President ASCD


    In this timely book, the authors share important lessons of a lived experience in school leadership in which a low-performing school was genuinely transformed into the opposite. And this account comes not from an inner-city in a large school system, but from a mid-size district that could exist anywhere in the nation. This well-written book is a must-read for every educator who embraces a commitment to success for all.
    — Michael Dunn, EdD, Superintendent, North East Washington Educational Service District 101


    In the current context of school systems, people often feel not only unloved, but also powerless. This book shows that person-to-person relationships can restore the balance in leadership-impoverished school systems, turning them into organizations where people listen, embody greater vitality, and act with love and courage.
    — Shann Ray Ferch, author Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life; National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow; professor of Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University


    The work of Dr. Salina in high-poverty, high-minority, underachieving schools affirms that poverty is not a sickness, diversity is not a challenge to overcome, and hope is not a strategy for change. Powerless to Powerful combines the theory, the evidence-based research, and the proven practical application to truly transform your school and district.
    — Trevor Greene, National Association of Secondary School Principals' 2013 National High School Principal of the Year


Features
Features
  • The Powerless to Powerful team provides in-school consultation to help transform struggling schools. See www.powerless2powerful.com for more information.

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