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Handbook of Instructional Leadership How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and Learning

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ISBN-10: 0761931155

ISBN-13: 9780761931157

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Jo Blas�, Blas� Joseph, Rebajo R. Blase

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In this expanded second edition the authors incorporate recent findings and insights from research, literature and national reports. The handbook is drawn from a study of more than 800 teacher schools throughout the United States.
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 11/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Dedication
The Art and Science of Instructional Leadership
The Craft of Teacher Supervision
Our Study
The Instructional Supervision Legacy: From Control to Collaboration
Research on Instructional Supervision
Current Issues in the Field
The Conference: Heart of Instructional Supervision
Successful Approaches
Research on Instructional Conferences
Our Findings
Summary
Staff Development: Promoting Professional Growth
Research on Teaching and Learning
How Do Teachers Learn? Principles That Shape Staff Development
Our Findings: The Lifelong Study of Teaching and Learning
PSSSSST! Redesign
Tips for Leaders
Summary
Reflection: Encouraging Critical Study
The Need for Reflective Practice
Related Research and the Development of Frameworks for Reflective Thinking
Approaches to Reflective Supervision
Our Study: Characteristics of Teacher Reflection
Principal Behaviors Fostering Reflection in Teachers and the Benefits to Teachers
Cognitive Coaching: Bridge to Reflection
Encouraging Reflection: Helpful Reminders
Portrait of a Facilitator for Reflective Practice
How Supervisors' Behaviors - Positive and Negative - Affect Teachers
Being Visible Versus Interrupting and Abandoning
Visibility by Wandering Around
Interruption of Class Instruction
Abandonment
Praising Versus Criticizing
Praise
Criticism: More About Control
Extending Autonomy Versus Maintaining Control
Extending Autonomy
The Control Orientation and Instructional Leadership
Other Aspects of Control
Goals of Principals' Control Orientation
The Abusive Control Orientation: The Worst of All
Summary
Conclusion: The Successful Instructional Leader
What, Then, Is Successful Instructional Leadership or Supervision?
Successful Leadership Vis-à-vis Instruction
Tips for Principals
Linking Instructional Leadership to the Development of a Professional Learning Community
Instructional Leadership: A Bridge to the Development of a Professional Learning Community
Recruiting for a Professional Learning Community
Professional Learning Communities: Findings From Research
Suggestions for Expanding Successful Instructional Leadership to Develop a Professional Learning Community
Everyone an Academic Leader
More to Learn: A Final Word
Resource: Research Method and Procedures
References
Index