Collegial Groups in School Improvement : Project SIGN / C. M. Achilles and Pat Gaines.

Project SIGN was a year-long school site improvement process conducted in four schools in one system. A school Improvement Groups Network (SIGN) Team included a site-level administrator, several teachers, and higher education, central office, and other resource persons cooperating in school improvem...

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Main Authors: Achilles, C. M.
Gaines, Pat (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991.
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Physical Description:32 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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520 |a Project SIGN was a year-long school site improvement process conducted in four schools in one system. A school Improvement Groups Network (SIGN) Team included a site-level administrator, several teachers, and higher education, central office, and other resource persons cooperating in school improvement. SIGN provided collegial, focused, professional inservice training to refine schooling processes and pupil outcomes. Each SIGN established a goal, "gameplans" or incremental steps, and operating procedures. Major, positive, and lasting changes resulted. Project SIGN was aided in its goal achievement by following a communication/change model. The project was evaluated and validated by comparing it to other process and theoretic models. Program evaluations completed by participants indicated that SIGN was more collegial, productive, and effective than traditional inservice approaches. SIGN became a vehicle for districtwide improvement in 1990-91. Appendices contain a list of 30 references provided to participants, activity charts, and a table comparing SIGN with characteristics of effective inservice practices. (Author/MLH) 
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