With foreword by Michael Fullan Within 100 days, schools have dramatically increased student achievement, transformed faculty morale and school culture, reduced discipline issues, and much more. Begin leading focused, meaningful change in your own school with the support of 100-Day Leaders by Douglas Reeves and Robert Eaker. Using this book to guide your school improvement plan, you will learn how to achieve a series of short-term wins that combine to form long-term success. Begin a 100-day action plan for educational leadership to effect significant school Acknowledgments About the Authors Foreword Why One Hundred Days? Part 1: Exploring 100-Day Leadership Chapter 1: Why Before How Chapter 2: The Six Steps of 100-Day Leadership Chapter 3: The 100-Day Leader in Action Part 2: Creating the Environment for Success Chapter 4: A Strong Foundation Chapter 5: How to Begin From Within Appendix References and Resources Index
A quick read, this book focuses not on long-term planning, but on creating short-term gains to encourage staff to work toward those long-term plans. A team that never has any wins loses motivation to work toward larger goals, so those short-term wins are critical to long-term success. This book had some good, concrete steps to take and some solid advice, but then the middle section turns into an advertisement for the work of another author touting PLCs. All-in-all, a good practical book, but it loses its focus at that point and became a bit irrelevant to the small, rural setting in which I work.
Practical steps for school leaders and educator teams to do the work of continuous improvement within their schools and grade level teams. 100 day goals get you headed in the right direction immediately.