Good to Great to Innovate: Recalculating the Route to Career Readiness, K-12+

by Lyn D. Sharratt, Gale Harild

Overview

Guide your students to a successful future in the new economy

How can schools best prepare students for the highly competitive job market and global economy? This compelling book presents a transformative approach to college and career readiness within the public education system, based on data and best practices contributed by outstanding schools on five continents. 

Written for education leaders at all levels, this resource shows how to

• Design an innovative  Pathways approach to career readiness  that empowers students as informed decision-makers
• Integrate career training into curriculum through a network of local community partners 
• Develop an approach to life-skill preparation, K-12+, that is inclusive of all. 

Learn how educators—and entire school systems—can consistently support career development, helping students find rewarding paths forward.

"Congratulations  and thanks Sharratt and Harild for this inspirational look at Innovation as the next step to move school systems from Good to Great. The examples and advice shared throughout this book and it′s precursor, Putting FACES on the Data have been catalysts for leading my team to thoughtful collective action within our K- 12 Family of Schools as we create pathways for The Literate Graduates together."
—Joy Uniac, Superintendent of Education
Peel District School Board, Ontario, Canada


"Through extensive research and practical examples, this outstanding book puts forward a compelling case for structured, collaborative inquiry processes to achieve success for ALL students."
—Janelle Wills, Director
Marzano Institute Australia


"Without question the job market demands agility, resourcefulness, innovation and fearlessness. The authors of Good to Great to Innovate brilliantly map the DNA of a relevant education."
—Debbie Hedgepeth, Assistant Superintendent
Vail Unified School District, USA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483331874
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Lyn Sharratt is a practitioner and researcher working in remote and urban settings worldwide. Lyn is an Adjunct Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada; a Fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia; an author consultant for Corwin Press; an advisor for International School Leadership with the Ontario Principals’ Council; and consults internationally, working with system, school, and teacher leaders at all levels in Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lyn focuses her time and effort on increasing each student’s growth and achievement by working alongside leaders and teachers to put FACES on their data, taking intentional action to make equity and excellence a reality for ALL students.

Visit www.lynsharratt.com for articles, video clips, podcasts; on Twitter: @LynSharratt; on Instagram: lyn_sharratt; and on LinkedIn where Lyn owns the “Educational Leadership” LinkedIn group made up of 99,000+ members.

Lyn’s authorship includes: Realization: The Change Imperative for Deepening District-Wide Reform (with Michael Fullan); Putting FACES on the Data: What Great Leaders Do! (With Michael Fullan); Good to Great to Innovate: Recalculating the Route, K-12+ (with Gale Harild); Leading Collaborative Learning: Excellence (with Beate Planche); CLARITY: What Matters MOST in Learning, Teaching and Leading (International Best-Selling Education Book in 2020); and Putting FACES on the Data – the 10^th Anniversary Edition (with Michael Fullan).

Lyn is proud of the recent co-development of the CLARITY Learning Suite (CLS) - a web-based collaborative Professional Learning opportunity that mirrors CLARITY. Lyn and her team believe that ‘everyone’s a leader’, thus CLS provides guidance to Learning Leaders on how to do this work of system and school improvement – together – to make a difference for all students. Visit www.claritylearningsuite.com.

Gale Harild is an educational practitioner and Pathway consultant. She is currently an instructional leader for York University. Gale served as curriculum administrator for the York Region District School Board in Ontario where over the past 12 years she provided regional leadership and program/resource development for Experiential Learning models including, but not limited to, cooperative education programming, international programming, service learning, and apprenticeship programs. Working with her Pathway team, Gale initiated and supported the successful start-up of sixty Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM) programs across the district. SHSM performance measures for the district met and in some cases exceeded Ministry targets, with program completion rates and credit attainment rates higher than provincial averages. Gale has served on advisory and curriculum writing teams with the Ministry over the course of her career. Prior to her role as a curriculum administrator Gale was a high school teacher for 22 years. Her position as department head for Cooperative Education took her work into elementary schools and post-secondary destinations.  Collaborating with community and industry sector partners, as well as post-secondary institutions, she has helped build and support pathways for all students by deepening the understanding of the interconnectedness between the curriculum and the work habits/essential skills that make up the profile of the Literate Graduate for the 21^st century. Gale is committed to ensuring quality instruction so that every pathway leads to an opportunity. Visit Gale at Linkedin.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Michael Fullan
Preface
1. Charting the Course
Understanding Current Structures
Setting a Course for Recalculation
Mapping Pathways to Career Readiness
Navigating Pathways to Career Readiness
From Good to Great to Innovate
2. Leadership Matters!
Leadership Context Matters
Leadership Roles Matter
Motion Leadership Matters
Innovation Leadership Matters
What Matters Most in Leading Innovation?
Breaking Barriers
From Good to Great to Innovate
3. All FACES Matter!
Relentless Pursuit to Excellence and Achievement - Matters!
Shared Beliefs and Understandings
An Inclusive Equitable Learning Community: Constructing Pathways Together Matters
A Culture of Innovation and Mutual Respect
From Good to Great to Innovate
4. Closing the Gap to Raise the Bar
Data Matters!
Foundational Literacy Skills Matter!
Getting Started
From Good to Great to Innovate
5. Choice Matters!
Learning Journeys
Clearing the Pathway Congestion
Clearly Articulated Pathways Matter!
Shared Learning: What′s Working?
From Good to Great to Innovate
6. Skilled Teachers Matter!
Knowledge Building and Knowledge Creation
Collaborative Inquiry as Knowledge Mobilization
Experiential Learning Is for Everyone!
From Good to Great to Innovate
Epilogue by Andy Hargreaves
Appendices
Appendix A: Recalculating the Route: Striking a New Leadership Balance
Appendix B: Detailed Explanation of How Individual Lenses of the Innovation Leadership Prism Are Relational
Appendix C: Tips for Parents
Appendix D: Sample Pathways Questions
Appendix D Continued: Sample Student Pathway Questions
Appendix E: Career Pathways in Agriculture&Career Pathways for Health Care Settings in York Region
Appendix F: Co-Teaching Cycle
Appendix G: Sample Pathway Tracking
Appendix H: Student "Innovation Mindset" Self-Assessment Sheet
Appendix I: Exploring Opportunities Program (EOP) Credit Accumulation
Appendix J: Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP)
Appendix K: Forms of Experiential Learning
References

Editorial Reviews

"Through extensive research and practical examples, this outstanding book puts forward a compelling case for structured, collaborative inquiry processes to achieve success for ALL students. We are reminded of the importance of maintaining a relentless focus, keeping alignment at all levels and feedback processes where feedback is both given and received. Significantly, the authors show that attention to perception data, particularly those of students, is vital in order to move from Good to Great to Innovate. The emphasis on student voice and collaboration between all stakeholders, elements too often lacking in previous school improvement conversations, sets this book apart and lays the foundation for leaders at all levels to challenge the ‘status quo’. "

Janelle Wills

"Without question the job market demands agility, resourcefulness, innovation and fearlessness. How will the education community respond? The authors of Good to Great to Innovate brilliantly map the DNA of a relevant education. Our call: to strip barriers and envision unlimited pathways to success. "

Debbie Hedgepeth

"The authors are to be applauded for advocating it is time for education leaders and skilled teachers to re-claim their role in the dynamic processes of educational change, particularly in the current context of the complex ‘social drivers’ identified early in the text. Innovative approaches to setting the course for career readiness and fostering positive attitudes to life-long learning are presented and supported with a veritable smorgasbord (including input from over forty-one jurisdictions around the world), of supports, resources and guidance systems to assist all students in finding their own ‘True North’. "

Susan E. Elliot-Johns

"Congratulations and thanks Lyn Sharratt and Gale Harild for this inspirational look at Innovation as the next step to move school systems from Good to Great. Lynn and Gale have synthesized current research and put forward real-life case studies to demonstrate that students succeed when there is an acute focus on instructional practice that is elevated by shifts in teacher mind-set and leadership development. The authors have cleverly presented complex data and research using straightforward language and graphics. This enticing approach will help educators clearly understand that the attainable solutions presented in each chapter will support every student. The examples and advice shared throughout this book and it's precursor, Putting FACES on the Data have been catalysts for leading my team to thoughtful collective action within our K- 12 Family of Schools as we create pathways for literate graduates together. "

Joy Uniac