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Developing Better Partnerships In A Family Health Team, Jennifer Fillingham
Developing Better Partnerships In A Family Health Team, Jennifer Fillingham
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This organizational improvement plan (OIP) considers the experience of an Ontario family health team whose growing portfolio of partnerships requires evidence-based structure. A brief review of the literature suggests that partnerships are best understood as social constructs, shared spaces that are co-created through the multiple perspectives of their contributors. Synthesis of competing perspectives, integration, is a recurring theme throughout the OIP. Two well-known organizational change models are integrated to create a system change model (SCM) more applicable to the system-level change inherent to healthcare partnerships and this OIP. SCM is supported by an integrated approach to leadership, the incorporation of …
Promoting Student Action In A Primary School, Kyle Hawkins
Promoting Student Action In A Primary School, Kyle Hawkins
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This organizational improvement plan addresses a problem of practice in the primary division of an international school. This improvement plan focuses on increasing the quantity and quality of student action as an outcome of learning as evidenced in the school’s curriculum mapping database. Proposed changes are based on the belief that the overarching purpose of schooling is to prepare individuals for full engagement and participation in democratic society. Full participation requires that students develop a sense of agency and empowerment to act upon the knowledge they gain through their schooling. Schooling provides students with the ability and disposition to challenge …
It Takes An Organization To Nurture An Educator, Nadia Ollivierre
It Takes An Organization To Nurture An Educator, Nadia Ollivierre
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) uses the transformational and behavioural leadership approaches as lens to transition an organization from the current state of inconsistent course implementation to a future state of consistency. This problem of practice is situated in an area in Canada that inhabits families with children six to twelve years of age. The relevancy of the problem affects the organizational credibility with community members and senior and middle managements’ accountability for the lack of consistency from frontline staff. Lecturers’ dispositions, positionality and experience were identified as factors that influence the ability to dislodge beliefs, make necessary changes and …
Shaping The Leadership Practice Of Effective Principals, Katie Maxwell
Shaping The Leadership Practice Of Effective Principals, Katie Maxwell
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
Principal leadership in schools is a critical factor in promoting student achievement and fostering a climate for continual professional learning among teachers. The principal sets the tone for the school and it is the principal’s leadership approach that affects the school’s culture, climate for professional learning, and impact on promoting deep student learning and critical thought. In Ontario, school principals are being tasked on a daily basis with the dual challenge of leading the professional learning of teachers while overseeing a multitude of managerial responsibilities for operating a school. Add to this a new era of accountability and a focus …