Abstract
Turnaround schools require empowered teachers to discover their leadership wand. Based on a case study conducted on BART Charter School, this article highlights five steps for leaders who wish to empower their teachers and allow them to lead their schools to success: 1) Let your people know; 2) Nominate the fittest, 3) Connect teachers to a prestige model, 4) constantly ask for valid data and 5) share success and responsibility. Conceptual explanations and practical examples describe each step in a chain of turnaround events in a successful turnaround school.
Acknowledgement
The author would like to thank BART principal—Ben Klompus, for his willingness to open the school door for this study, and for his collaboration and contribution to this paper.
Notes
1. Data-Wise: Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning—http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=datawise