Terrence E. Deal - Shaping School Culture

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One of the things I have always loved about the work of Terry Deal and Kent Peterson is that they totally understand the reality of the world of schools without becoming captive to it. They are able to rise above the daily challenges to offer a vision of what is possible. They understand the reality of school culture while also knowing it is the profound role of the leader to shape that culture. This book is a must read for any school leader who yearns for something more than the day to day frustrations of the work.

Paul Houston, Executive Director, Emeritus, American Association of School Administrators and President, Center for Empowered Leadership

The updated Shaping School Culture shows us that there is no stickiness to hard-fought school change and improvement efforts without a deep commitment to developing and sustaining a productive culture. With this book, Deal and Peterson remind education leaders of how to do just that.

Karen Kearney, Director, Leadership Initiatives, CA Comprehensive Center, WestEd

Some things only get better with time. Fine winesand this classic work by my friends Terry Deal and Kent Peterson. The world of American schools has been spinning furiously since the first edition of Shaping School Culture appeared. What has been missinguntil nowhas been a road map that school leaders may use to navigate the new and perplexing twists and turns as they attempt to understand, craft and sustain their school cultures. In this playful, honest, inventive, timely and approachable little volume the authors not only describe the store but hand over the keys to our beleaguered profession.

Roland S. Barth, Author and Educator

Peterson and Deal are the fathers of the school culture movement and the field is finally catching up to their wisdom and the impact of school culture on student performance. This book is a practical and detailed guide that can be applied effectively in any school.

Anthony Muhammad, CEO, New Frontier 21 Consulting

Educators are now being urged to adopt the same overly rational practices that many other successful organizations have rejected. In this updated and thought-provoking book, Deal and Peterson use contemporary examples, cases, and policy trends to provide a fresh perspective on schools. Throughout the volume the reader is re-oriented to the elements of school culture that matter most. Folklore, heroes, revival of old ways, paradox, and even the avoidance of toxic cultures all have a role to play in this reorientation. An essential read for school administrators seeking to stave off inappropriate change by reshaping schools from within. A refreshing alternative to today's arid accountability environment.

Sharon Conley, PhD, Professor, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara

The richness of examples, the connections to student achievement, and the diversity of stories all contribute to this latest version of Deal and Peterson's trilogy on Shaping School Culture. These two thought leaders have astutely blended seminal research on culture and effective schools, current best practices about leadership, as well as amazing testimonials to create more than just a how to guide. This book is an incredible tool for cultivating new and deeper understanding about how to successfully navigate the complex world of school culture.

Karen M. Dyer, Director, Education and Nonprofit Sector Center for Creative Leadership

This book represents a third refinement of an idea that started in 1990 as The Principal's Role in Shaping School Culturea best-seller for the US Department of Education. We expanded the ideas and examples, later publishing Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership (1999). We substantially enlarged and developed it into the second edition, Shaping School Culture: Pitfalls, Paradoxes, and Promises (2009). In this third edition, we needed to address new issues affecting schools related to external reforms, pressures, and narrow views of the purpose of schools. Thus we update No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its replacement at the federal level, Every Student Can Succeed (ESCS). We have added significant material on paradox, updated and expanded illustrations, added new cases and dropped others, as well as introduced some new ideas about stories and their power to shape what we believe.

As usual, we received a lot of help and inspiration from school leaders in writing this edition. From across the country and indeed the world, readers of the previous editions have shared ideas and examples. They once again confirm that stories and examples make a difference to them in how they think about their schools and deal with issues of school culture.