Future Search in School District Change Connection, Community, and Results

by Schweitz, Rita; Martens, Kim; Aronson, Nancy; Weisbord, Marvin; Janoff, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9781578861651
• ISBN10: 1578861659
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-25
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Here are sixteen compelling case studies that illustrate the power of future search to create lasting, whole system change. Future Search in School District Change: Connection, Community, and Results chronicles ways in which educational institutions have used broad-based stakeholder involvement to improve education. These experiences, by individual authors, will help those tasked with improving education by offering ideas that have proven successful.

Table of Contents

Contributor's Foreword	xi
Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, Emily Axelrod, Rosemarie Barbeau, Mary Ann Bobosky, Claudia Chowaniec, Sandee Crowther, Pat Deans, Michael Erwin, Karen Symms Gallagher, Ray Gordezky, Jim Grieve, Sally Hilderbrand, Sandra Janoff, Vera Jashni, Jean Katz, Chris Kloth, Rebecca Love, Kim Martens, James Merritt, Sara Mullett, Kenoli Oleari, Jim Parry, Catherine Perme, Alexa Posny, Sue Rowan, Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, Shelley Sweet, and Marvin Weisbord
Preface	xiii
Rita Schweitz and Kim Martens
Introduction: Future Search in Education	xx
Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff
Part 1: Demographic Variety	1	(36)
1 Lawrence Public Schools: Institutionalized Goals	3	(16)
Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, and Sandee Crowther
2 Influencing Systemwide Change at the Toronto District School Board	19	(20)
Ray Gordezky, Kim Martens, and Sue Rowan
Part 2: Leadership Perspectives and Tools	37	(54)
3 Converting Outsiders to Insiders: A Grassroots Approach Using Future Searches at Each School to Design the Districtwide Educational Strategy	39	(17)
Jim Parry
4 Supporting the Merger of Two School Boards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Ottawa-Carleton Community and Public Education to 2015	56	(15)
Claudia Chowaniec, Ray Gordezky, and Jim Grieve
5 Perkiomen Valley School District: Creating a Collaborative Culture	71	(22)
Beverly Arsht, Nancy Aronson, and Sally Hilderbrand
Part 3: Growing Community Partnerships	91	(68)
6 Activating Social Capital through Community Support and Interagency Cooperation: A Future Search Success Story in Education	93	(15)
Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, and James Merritt
7 Building Community Capacity to Support Quality Education	108	(15)
Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, and Mary Ann Bobosky
8 Supporting Health and Mental Health So Students Can Learn in San Gabriel, California	123	(15)
Jean Katz and Vera Jashni
9 Creating a Community for Healthy Learners in Minneapolis, Minnesota	138	(21)
Catherine M. Perme and Sara E. Stoltzfus Mullett
Part 4: Including Student Voices	159	(50)
10 Finding the Rainbow in a Coat of Many Colors: A Districtwide Strategic Planning Process	161	(16)
Shelley Sweet and Jean Katz
11 Confronting Racism in the Novato Unified School District	177	(15)
Kenoli Oleari
12 Success and System Readiness: The Lester B. Pearson School Board and Its Commitment to Educational Excellence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	192	(17)
Pat Deans, Kim Martens, and Ray Gordezky
Part 5: Beyond the District	209	(76)
13 North Montgomery County Technical Career Center: Opening Up a System and Having Regional Impact	211	(14)
Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, and Michael Erwin
14 Community Collaboration: A 10-Year Journey for Young Children	225	(19)
Chris Kloth and Rebecca Love
15 Transforming a School of Education: Building System Coherence	244	(23)
Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, and Karen Symms Gallagher
16 Kansas State Department of Education: Hope and a Sense of Possibility in a Time of Scarcity and Despair	267	(18)
Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, and Alexa Posny
Epilogue: Engaging the System by Changing Conversations in School Districts	285	(8)
Kim Martens, Nancy Aronson, and Rita Schweitz
References	293	(4)
Index	297	(6)
About the Editors	303	(2)
Contributor Contact Information	305