The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education has, through its work with educators, developed a thoughtful approach to the transformation of schools in the face of increasing demands for accountability. This book brings the work of the Change Leadership Group to a broader audience, providing a framework to analyze the work of school change and exercises that guide educators through the development of their practice as agents of change. It exemplifies a new and powerful approach to leadership in schools.

Introduction: Reframing the problem --Improving instruction. Creating a vision of success -- Committing ourselves to the challenge -- Why is this so hard? Generating momentum for change -- Exploring individual immunities to change -- Thinking systemically. Relating the parts to the whole -- The individual as a complex system -- Working strategically. The ecology of change -- Overturning your immunities to change -- Conclusion: Bringing the outward and inward focus together.