TOPIC: Change Agent/ Organizational Facilitator
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- H.S. Adelman & L. Taylor (2007). Systemic Change for School Improvement. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 17(1), 55–77.
- C. Lim & H.S. Adelman (1997). Establishing School-based Collaborative Teams to Coordinate Resources: A Case Study.
Social Work in Education, 19(4), 266-277.
- L. Taylor, P. Nelson, & H.S. Adelman (1999). Scaling-Up Reforms Across a School District. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 15(4), 303-326.
- M. B. DiCecco, L. Rosenblum, & L. Taylor Upgrading
School Support Programs through Collaboration: Resource Coordinating Teams from the "Working Together" Packet
Diffusion of Innovations and Science-Based Practices to Address Barriers to Learning & Improve Schools: A Series of Information Resources on Enabling System Change
Guidance Note
Information Resource
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Other Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet
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Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained at Your Local Library
- The Change Agent's Guide by Ronald G. Havelock
and Steve Zlotolow (1995). Educational Technology Publications.
- Core qualities of the change agent. (2001). Wertheimer, D.M. The Change Agent's Tool Box, 8. Alexandria, VA: NTAC.
- Guiding School Change: The Role and Work of Change Agents. Ed. Frances O'Connell Rust & Helen Freidus (2001). Teachers College Press
- Implementing Change: Patterns, principles, and potholes. Hall, G. & Hord, S. (2001). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
- Navigating Whole-District Change: Eight Principles for Moving an Organization Upward in Times of Unpredictability. by Francis M. Duffy. The school Administrator Web Edition, January 2004 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSD/is_1_61/ai_112020927/
- Organizational and Educational Change: The Life and Role of a Change Agent. Bartunek, J.M. (2002). Psychology Press.
- "Working with Secondary School Leadership in a Large-scale Reform in London, UK: Consultants' Perspectives of Their Role as Agents of School Change and Improvement." (2010). Cameron, D.H. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 38: 341.
- You can get there from here: Using a theory of change approach to plan urban educational reform.. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 11(1), 93-120.
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