Engaging Students: The Next Level of Working on the Work

Acknowledgments vii

The Author ix

About the Schlechty Center xi

PART O N E Engagement

ONE Introduction 3

TWO The Meaning of Engagement 13

PART TWO The Framework

THREE Motives and Motivation 43

FOUR The Engagement-Focused School 57

F I V E Prototypes and Design Specifi cations 75

S I X An Alternative View of Teaching 97

PART T H R E E New Roles in Our Schools

SEVEN The Teacher’s Role: Leader, Designer, and Guide to Instruction 113

E I G H T The Principal’s Role: Leader of Leaders 133

NINE The Superintendent’s Role: Moral and Intellectual Leader 151

T E N Rethinking Accountability 171

Appendix: A Framework for Refl ection and Discussion 187

Bibliography 197

Index 199