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Author: Peter M. DeWitt (Corwin Author and Consultant) ,
Inc. Corwin Press
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Weight: 0.350kg
ISBN: 9781071885215
ISBN 10: 1071885219
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 12 July 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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De-Implementation is a core competency for any organization that focuses like a laser on only those high value initiatives that have real impact. Peter shows the why behind implementation, and helps you map your own process and success criteria. If your leadership goal is to be more purposeful in where you focus your time, resources and talent, De-implementation can help.--Colleen Kaney Hamburg Central School District, Hamburg, NY A timely and necessary read, DeWitt challenges us teachers and leaders to look introspectively and consider what might we no longer need in education. The process of implementation should first look at what isn't serving our best interests and DeWitt provides a practical model to do so. All stakeholders who are responsible for initiatives and professional learning should read this book immediately. --Vince Bustamante, M. Ed. Edmonton AB, Canada After decades of adding on in public education, DeWitt's De-Implementation guides readers through a thoughtful experience of reflection, wonder and questioning. He challenges decades of assumptions that more is better. Instead, he encourages more implementation of deep, important practices. Frankly, I will use the concept of clutter checks for the rest of my career! Like Peter says, It's now your turn!--Michael Nelson Assistant Executive Director at WASA, Enumclaw, WA By integrating the evidence on effective implementation and collaboration throughout his book Peter DeWitt empowers schools with the rationale, tools and important discussions needed in schools for de-implementation. The De-implementation Handbook challenges schools to sharpen their focus and 'de-clutter' what has not made an impact in schools by strategically collaborating in schools and systems using a cycle of de-implementation that can support schools and systems to improve student outcomes and build collective teacher capability. DeWitt offers practical examples, and internal professional learning opportunities at the end of each chapter for schools and leaders to strengthen a shared language for supporting improvement in their contexts in closing the implementation gap for schools. --Helen Butler Partners in Learning, Sunbury, Vic, Australia Constantly bombarded by new innovations that fail to yield promised results, education leaders often grow frustrated and discouraged. Rather than becoming skeptical of all innovations, Peter advises leaders to become thoughtfully discerning through the process of de-implementation. It's wise advice that is long overdue and vitally important.--Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Due to the increased stress and complex issues currently compounding educational systems, there is no better time than now to read DeWitt's De-implementation. Filled with practical guidance, this book provides direction for educators to help navigate the de-implementation process. Specific steps are given for leaders and teachers to take together as they engage in critical conversations to understand the impact of their choices. --Mandi Olson, EdD Alpine School District, American Fork, UT In De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works Peter Dewitt convincingly makes the case for getting serious about stopping or reducing (some) existing practices, and he provides no-nonsense tools to help you get this work done. It will help you to take the 'less-path', whilst also getting more done in the process!--Dr Arran Hamilton Cognition Education, New Zealand My goal this year as a principal was to evaluate what we are doing in our building that is effective. As always, Peter Dewitt breaks down big ideas into immediate action steps that are simple. This book is timely for leaders in education because it is an opportunity to make evidence-based changes that focus on student learners and effective practices.--Stacy Storey Oklahoma City School District, Oklahoma City, OK Our current situation has created stressful challenges and uncertainties that could jeopardize our well-being as educators. Added expectations have shifted our attention away from our mission as educators--student learning. DeWitt provides a clear and evidence-based process to make us highly selective about what we bring into our schools. --Caroline Picard Roberts Creek, BC, Canada Peter has touched on a topic that so many school leaders have at times completely missed. De-implementation comes at a time when schools are being asked to take more on without considering what needs to be left behind. Peter's notion of de-implementation provides a platform for school communities to examine not just what they do but how and why they do it. --Raymond Boyd West Swan (Dayton) Primary School, West Swan, WA, Australia Peter Dewitt has a habit of leaping ahead avoiding tinkering and focusing on a substantial change agenda. Fortunately, he also insists on making the reader an action partner. There are five great ideas; and five stops along the way. Each time you have a 'clutter check' where you clean up before you proceed. De-implementation is a book that helps you de-tox your change agenda replacing it with a healthy, streamlined focus on what really works--Michael Fullan Toronto, ON, Canada Schools are busy places that are often filled with the debris of failed initiatives. Peter's latest book tackles this unspoken challenge head-on. Highlighting the science of de-implementation and presenting a practical framework, his book is a must for any leader seeking support in clearing the decks in their buildings and empowering their teachers to focus on the important work of teaching. --Tim O'Leary Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Parksville, VIC, Australia STOP. We add, reform, innovate, and tinker but rarely consider how to reduce and halt that which has the least impact and distracts from the joy of teaching. DeWitt invites you to reflect, respond, and remove, and introduces the notion of efficiency into your life. This book in education is so overdue. It is the Konmari decluttering bible for schools. --John Hattie University of Melbourne and co-director of the Hattie Family Foundation, Carlton, Vic, Australia The pace and breadth of initiatives in schools seem to grow exponentially. De-implementation offers a much-needed sense of relief to step back and creates space to focus on what works. The text reads like a conversation, offers a roadmap back to balance, and outlines a clear process and hands-on tools to support along the way.--Chris Beals Washington Association of School Administrators, Instructional Leadership Network, Tumwater, WA
Author Information
Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) is the founder and CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective, and approaches everything with a learner′s mindset. He was a K-5 teacher for 11 years and a principal for 8 years. For over 12 years, he has been facilitating professional learning nationally, and internationally, based on the content of many of his best-selling educational books. DeWitt′s professional learning relationships are a monthly hybrid approach that includes both coaching and the facilitating workshops on instructional leadership and collective efficacy. His work has been adopted at the state level, university level, and he works with numerous school districts, school boards, regional networks, ministries of education around North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.K. Peter writes the Finding Common Ground column for Education Week with Michael Nelson and they host Corwin’s Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast. In 2020 DeWitt co-created Education Week′s A Seat At the Table where he moderates conversations with experts around the topics of race, gender, research, trauma and many other educational topics. Peter is the author, co-author or contributor of numerous books and his articles have appeared in educational research journals at the state, national and international level. His books have been translated into numerous languages.
