Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and LearningUpdated Edition of Bestseller! The updated and expanded second edition of this classic text provides new research and insights into how principals can encourage the teacher development that enhances student learning. |
Contents
Chapter 1 The Craft of Teacher Supervision | 3 |
Our Study | 4 |
From Control to Collaboration | 7 |
Research on Instructional Supervision | 9 |
Current Issues in the Field | 14 |
Heart of Instructional Supervision | 21 |
Successful Approaches | 23 |
Research on Instructional Conferences | 26 |
Chapter 5 Being Visible Versus Interrupting and Abandoning | 107 |
Interruption of Class Instruction | 113 |
Abandonment | 116 |
Chapter 6 Praising Versus Criticizing | 123 |
More about Control | 132 |
Chapter 7 Extending Autonomy Versus Maintaining Control | 143 |
The Control Orientation and Instructional Leadership | 146 |
Other Aspects of Control | 151 |
Our Findings | 30 |
Summary | 49 |
Promoting Professional Growth | 51 |
Research on Teaching and Learning | 52 |
How Do Teachers Learn? Principles That Shape Staff Development | 58 |
PSSSSST Redesign | 79 |
Tips for Leaders | 82 |
Summary | 84 |
Encouraging Critical Study | 85 |
The Need for Reflective Practice | 86 |
Related Research and the Development of Frameworks for Reflective Thinking | 88 |
Approaches to Reflective Supervision | 92 |
Characteristics of Teacher Reflection | 93 |
Principal Behaviors Fostering Reflection in Teachers and the Benefits to Teachers | 95 |
Bridge to Reflection | 99 |
Helpful Reminders | 101 |
Portrait of a Facilitator for Reflective Practice | 104 |
Part II How Supervisors BehaviorsPositive and NegativeAffect Teachers | 105 |
Goals of Principals Control Orientation | 152 |
The Worst of all | 154 |
Summary | 159 |
Chapter 8 The Successful Instructional Leader | 161 |
What Then is Successful Instructional Leadership or Supervision? | 164 |
Successful Leadership VisāVis Instruction | 168 |
Tips for Principals | 169 |
Linking Instructional Leadership to the Development of a Professional Learning Community | 173 |
A Bridge to the Development of a Professional Learning Community | 175 |
Reculturing for a Professional Learning Community | 176 |
Findings from Research | 178 |
Suggestions for Expanding Successful Instructional Leadership to Develop a Professional Learning Community | 185 |
Everyone an Academic Leader | 196 |
A Final Word | 199 |
Research Method and Procedures | 201 |
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