Moving Upward Together ─ Creating Strategic Alignment to Sustain Systemic School Improvement

Duffy (administration and supervision, Gallaudet University) addresses the nature of strategic alignment in school systems and explains how to create and sustain it. He also analyzes the ways school districts function as systems, considers the need for strategic planning, and presents a methodology for change. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Francis (Frank) Duffy is a professor of change-leadership in education in the Department of Administration and Supervision at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. He is a former high school teacher and a certified school administrator, and has held an honorary faculty position at Harvard Graduate School of Education that was sponsored by Chris Argyris. Frank is also an organization improvement consultant specializing in large-scale change, and is a 2002-2003 Education Policy Fellow with the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C. He has published five books on creating and sustaining whole-district school improvement. His last book, Courage, Passion, and Vision: A Guide to Leading Systemic School Improvement, is co-published by ScarecrowEducation and the American Association of School Administrators.