The Internal Coherence Framework: Creating the Conditions for Continuous Improvement in Schools

The Internal Coherence Framework presents a system of research-based practices for assessing and developing the conditions that support adult and student learning in schools.

Internal coherence is defined as the ability of educators in a school or system to connect and align resources to carry out an improvement strategy, engage in collective learning, and use that learning to provide students with richer educational opportunities. The internal coherence framework featured in the book brings together three important domains of research: leadership for learning, organizational improvement, and instructional efficacy.
 
School or system leaders who progress through this book with colleagues will develop a shared vision for ambitious teaching and learning anchored in the instructional core; organize the work of the leadership and teacher teams to advance this vision; and build psychologically safe team, school, and system cultures to support the risk taking and constructive challenges necessary to move schools or systems to the next level of performance.

At the heart of the book is a survey and rubric that can help schools better understand their strengths and weaknesses and the kinds of resources they need to support student learning. The book blends theory and practice to bring tested wisdom to bear on critical issues of education leadership and professional learning.
 

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• Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning
• How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
• Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems
• Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding
• Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago
• The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom
• The Leadership & Learning Center: Book Trust Matters Leadership for Successful Schools
• Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles