Stop Fake Work in Education: Creating Real Work Cultures That Drive Student Success

By: Gaylan W. Nielson and Betty Burks

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Synopsis: Don&’t do more work—do the right work. Hard work that yields the same old results can mire dedicated educators in exhaustion, burnout, and a lack of confidence that improvement is possible. When you offer your team a better way of working, planning, and collaborating, you turn Fake Work into Real Work—and stagnancy into dynamic change. Inside this data-driven, research-based guide, you&’ll find · The critical foundations for building a culture that drives maximum performance · A simple, three-part model for shedding Fake Work · Road maps for strategic planning, for aligning organizational strategies and actions, and for executing—seeing strategy translated into daily work. · Tools for gaining focus, building teams, and cultivating productive behaviors · Real educators&’ stories · Exercises, reflection questions, charts, checklists, and more