Getting It Right

Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor, and keynote speaker. He is the director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and online training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the past 10 years, Jukes has worked with clients in more than 40 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations, typically speaking to between 300,000 and 350,000 people a year. His Committed Sardine Blog is read by more than 78,000 people in 75 countries.

Foreword Introduction 1. Planning for the Future 2. Making Alignment Work 3. Planning for Success 4. Step 1: Focus on Learning, Not Technology 5. Step 2: Building a Broad Base of Understanding 6. Step 3: Commitment to High Levels of Staff Development 7. Step 4: Focus on Doing a Few Things Well 8. Step 5: Proceed Slowly 9. Step 6: Providing Adequate Resources 10. Step 7: Using Assessment to Steer Programs 11. Step 8: Use Research to Chart Your Path 12. Getting It Right: Summary