Rally!
How Outstanding Activities and Athletics Improve Academics and School Culture (A step-by-step guide to the Rally model)
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Authors Casey Reason and Brandon J. Larson advocate for the strategic design and development of impactful activities and athletics to enhance school culture. Their Rally model provides strategies for aligning extracurricular programs with academic goals, fostering leadership, and boosting participation and engagement. The Rally approach improves student performance and promotes a thriving academic environment where students are eager to learn, participate, and grow.
Grades 6–12 educators, administrators, and coaches can use this book to:
- Discover the positive impacts school activities and athletics exert on academics
- Foster school unity in commitment to mutual standards, goals, and visions
- Adopt step-by-step strategies to promote stronger athletics and activities that build school culture
- Create greater opportunities for student leadership development through athletics and activities
- Celebrate successes in ways that perpetuate and sustain a positive athletic school culture
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Set the Stage
Chapter 1: Examine Athletics and Extracurricular Activities in K–12 Education
Chapter 2: Understand the Past, Present, and Future of Activities and Athletics in School
Chapter 3: Define School Culture
Part 2: Stage the Rally
Chapter 4: Raise the Standard
Chapter 5: Align and Synergize
Chapter 6: Lean In to Community for ACTs
Chapter 7: Lead Through Students
Chapter 8: You’re Never Done Celebrating
Epilogue: A Rally of Your Own
Appendix: Rally Learning Guide
References and Resources
Index
Casey S Reason
Casey Reason is a writer, researcher, and consultant who has worked with international thought leaders on breakthrough strategies designed to improve performance and overcome resistance to change. Dr. Reason′s approaches are founded on the emerging body of research in brain science and adult learning theory. Casey′s work as an instructional designer was prominently featured in a Forbes.com article in 2010 and he has been a featured speaker in conferences all over the world for the past ten years. Casey is a former high school principal and assistant superintendent. His book, Leading a Learning Organization: The Science of Working with Others was released in January of 2010 and was selected by Phi Delta Kappa International to be a 2010 PDK Book Club selection. Dr. Reason lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his twin sons, Brice and Kiah.
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