Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and LearningUpdated Edition of Bestseller! Build a learning community of teachers and students through mastering the art of effective leadership! The first edition of this classic text was based on a landmark study in which the authors surveyed over 800 K-12 teachers to find how the best principals encourage teacher growth and professionalism. The answers provided conclusive evidence that the most successful principals act as instructional leaders who advocate teacher development that enhances students′ learning. The updated and expanded second edition presents new research by the Blases, along with the most recent research and insights to support the text′s groundbreaking theory. Successful instructional leaders inspire their staff to develop "professional learning communities" dedicated to effective teaching practices. New to the second edition is an in-depth analysis that shows principals how to achieve this goal. Also new are additional figures, models, and reading lists that enrich the text′s original findings. Time-tested practices of instructional leadership are still central features. Principals can use these keys to success to:
Encourage your teachers to be their best through supportive collaboration and communication. Practice real instructional leadership and develop a "professional learning community" in which effective teaching promotes continued learning. |
Contents
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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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Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote ... Jo Blase,Joseph Blase No preview available - 2003 |
Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote ... Jo Blase,Joseph Blase No preview available - 2003 |