In Collaborative School Leadership, Nash and Hwang provide administrators with clear and focused ideas on making the most of collaborative leadership while on the path to continuous improvement. Recognizing that classroom instruction is at the core of any plan of improvement, this book looks at the role and nature of powerful building-level professional development. Nash and Hwang provide answers to critical questions: As part of a school’s improvement efforts, what is non-negotiable? What are some barriers to progress, and how can they be overcome or removed? How can building administrators help teachers improve instruction? An extensive appendix provides principals and teacher leaders with ten lessons and an entire chapter is devoted to the kind of formative support that building administrators can provide in the pursuit of student progress. Finally, Nash and Hwang elaborate on the whole decision-making process, and differentiate between the kind of independent and interdependent reflection that is part of the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement at the building level.
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
Chapter 1 Intentional Leadership with an Instructional Focus
Chapter 2 Independent and Interdependent Reflections and Decisions
Chapter 3 Effective and Engaging Classroom Instruction
Chapter 4 Focused and Differentiated Professional Development
Chapter 5 Identifying and Removing Barriers
Chapter 6 Harnessing the Power of Formative Support
Chapter 7 Building Capacity and Sustaining Improvement Efforts
Epilogue
Appendix A Sample Lesson Plans with Administrative Look-Fors
Appendix B Instructional Leader’s “Look-For” Checklist
Appendix C Sample Checklist and Rubrics
Appendix D Observation-Related Forms
Appendix E One SIP Journey
References
Index
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In a book that helps administrators meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, Ron Nash and Kathy Hwang have provided practical strategies for beginning and veteran principals who seek to improve teacher collaboration and student learning. This book pulls all the pieces together to help building administrators develop thoughtful leadership skills.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781475800586
Publisert
2012-11-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Vekt
354 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
176 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168