This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research ¿ AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that balance evidence-based values with democratic, culturally responsive values, this book offers strategies to mediate the tensions and to address school culture, context and values, leadership capacity, using data as a source of reflection, curricular and pedagogical activity, and strengths-based approaches to meeting the needs of culturally diverse students. You will find:· - Active, reflective activities· - Case studies illustrating each concept· - The research base supporting each concept· - Descriptions of processes from other contexts (South Carolina, Germany, Australia, Sweden)· - Thoughts about next steps for contextually sensitive and multi-level school development· - Suggestions for cross-national dialogue and research within the Zone of UncertaintyUse this ideal source to guide school leadership teams in creating productive schools that continually grow!

Engages school leadership teams in problem-solving focused on their own needs

Part I: Changing Context for School Development and Description of the Model.- Chapter 1: School Development Approaches Over Time: Strengths, Limitations, and the Need for a New Approach,- Chapter 2: A New Approach to School Development,- Part II: Lessons from the Arizona School Development Model.- Chapter 3: Values, Culture and Context.-Chapter 4: Building and Sustaining School Leadership Capacity.- Chapter 5: Using Data as a Source of Reflection in a Feedback Loop.- Chapter 6: Going Deeper into Curriculum and Pedagogical Activity.- Chapter 7: Strength-based Approaches to Meeting Culturally Diverse Student Needs.- Part III: Extending the Process to Other Contexts.- Chapter 8: School Development in South Carolina - Building Leadership Capacity for Evidence-Based School Development in South Carolina Schools.- Chapter 9: The Swedish Context - Bringing Support Structures To Scale: The Role of the State and School Districts.- Chapter 10: The Australian Context - National, State and School-level Efforts to Improve Schools in Australi.- Chapter 11: The German Context - School Turnaround in Ten Schools in Difficult Circumstances in Germany: The Need for Adaptive and Contextualized Approaches to Development and Change.- Part IV: Conclusions and Looking Ahead.- Chapter 12: Concluding Comments and Looking Ahead.