Document Type
Issue Area Five
Abstract
I once heard that a bamboo tree shows no signs of growth or maturity for the first four years after it's planted. Then, during its fifth year, the tree shoots up as high as 80 feet.
Due to the realities of human nature, we are not programmed to wait patiently for results and/or change. How incredibly tempting it must be to pull up the roots of a young bamboo tree, to find the cause or reason(s) for its delayed growth. And so it is with educational reform many programs planned, organized, and instituted to promote change and improvements are often "uprooted" and never given proper nourishment and time to produce measurable growth. School-based shared decision-making will be no different.
Success in initiating school-based management will be brought about over a reasonable amount of time. Quick fixes will not work (Herman, 1992). Just what is a reasonable amount of time for a school to plan, implement, and institutionalize school-based decision-making? And, how can it be used most effectively?
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
161
Last Page
164
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Heisterkamp, H. Alan
(1994)
"Finding the Patience to Allow School-Based Shared Decision-Making to Grow,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 45.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss1/45
