Maximize Performance: Creating a Culture for Educational Excellence - Softcover

Quint Studer; Dr. Janet Pilcher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1622180143 ISBN 13: 9781622180141

Publisher: Fire Starter Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

In education, even the way we change has changed. To survive and thrive, we must perform at a higher level continuously.

Our professional field has always dealt with change. But the environment we re navigating now requires change at a new level. We ve moved from experiencing episodic change to continuous change and as John Kotter has famously noted, that requires a whole different set of skills and a whole different level of urgency.
In Maximize Performance: Creating a Culture for Educational Excellence, Quint Studer and Dr. Janet Pilcher explain how to leverage the powerful values that have always defined educators passion, fortitude, and willingness to learn to meet the challenges of our disruptive external environment.
This book will help you:
Apply organizational and leadership assessments to diagnose educational system strengths and areas to improve
Manage data to create key performance drivers aligned to board and executive team priorities
Align key performance drivers throughout the educational system (all schools and all departments)
Determine best metrics to monitor progress aligned to the key performance drivers
Select core system-wide strategies aligned to key drivers to cascade to schools and departments
Coach executive teams to work with leaders to select school and department strategies aligned to key drivers
Engage in district, department, and school performance reviews to validate the execution of strategies at the system, school, and department levels
Determine processes needing improvements to achieve results
Integrate key performance driver metrics into leader evaluations
Train leaders in core leadership skills: performance management, key communication skills, and teamwork
Increase leadership skills for succession planning by identifying and training future leaders

Packed with relevant research and fresh insights all brought to life with thought-provoking and inspiring stories this book is a must-have for any leader striving to support and inspire faculty and staff, maximize performance, and maintain excellent outcomes in the face of intense (and ongoing) change.

About this title

About the Author

Quint Studer is the founder of Studer Group®. A recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Studer Group is an outcomes firm that implements Evidence-Based LeadershipSM systems and practices to help organizations achieve, sustain, and accelerate performance in service, quality, finance, people, and growth. Quint has been in the healthcare field for over 29 years and spends much of his time creating and sharing best practices with hundreds of healthcare professionals each month. Quint spent ten years working in education, earning his master s of science in education, before entering the healthcare industry.

Janet Pilcher earned a PhD in measurement and evaluation from Florida State University. She also earned a master s degree in educational leadership and a bachelor s degree in business. She has published a number of research articles and several books, and has trademarked online tools that help leaders and teachers improve their performance. She has led research and development projects that have resulted in more than $17 million in grants and contracts, and has created Web and mobile learning systems. Dr. Pilcher has published a book for teachers, Who s Engaged? Climb the Learning Ladder to See, and coauthored a book for school leaders, How to Lead Teachers to Become Great.

Review

I ve been in the profession for almost three decades. The application of the leadership principles described in this book has changed the impact of my work. Our school district performance is at an all-time high. This work has given our school and district leaders specific tools that prepare them to build a culture of engagement and service. Maximize Performance focuses on creating an excellent school system.
This work provides easy-to-understand tactics that academic and operational leaders can use to guide a systems-improvement process. Making the work stick matters. The Studer team has been with us along the way. --Dr. Pat Greco, Superintendent, Menomonee Falls

Maximize Performance is a must-read for boards, superintendents, district leaders, and school leaders. The book describes the process our school district uses to transform our culture as we face constant changes in our profession. It contains a wealth of information that helps leaders think about how to face the challenges in front of us to achieve excellence. The process described promotes an open and transparent communication approach in which leaders are called to reflect on their own leadership skills and practices to be the best they can be. --Tim Wyrosdick, Superintendent, Santa Rosa County

Quint Studer has written best-selling books focused on healthcare organizations and businesses. He has teamed with Janet Pilcher to transfer the best practices that have worked in healthcare to school systems. As a board, we worked with Studer Education to create a superintendent evaluation focused on aggressive student achievement goals as well as parent satisfaction, employee engagement, and satisfaction with district department services provided to schools. The framework described in this book provides leaders with a way to create a high-performing school district that is an integral part of a city s success. --Chris Fraser, School Board Member, Charleston County School

Edition details

• Publisher: Fire Starter Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1622180143
• ISBN 13: 9781622180141
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 309