Results Now How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning

Name: Results Now How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning
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ISBN: 9781416603580

ISBN-10: 1416603581

ISBN-13: 9781416603580

Edition: 2006

Authors: Mike Schmoker

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According to author Mike Schmoker, there is a yawning gap between the most well-known essential practices and the reality of most classrooms. This gap persists despite the hard, often heroic work done by many teachers and administrators. Schmoker believes that teachers and administrators may know what the best practices are, but they aren t using them or reinforcing them consistently. He asserts that our schools are protected by a buffer a protective barrier that prevents scrutiny of instruction by outsiders. The buffer exists within the school as well. Teachers often know only what is going on in their classrooms and they may be completely in the dark about what other teachers in the…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date: 6/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 6.12" wide x 8.04" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision



Reality and Illusion in Public Schools



The Buffer



Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement



Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision



Curricular Chaos



Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All



The Power of Authentic Literacy



Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development



The Startling State of Literacy Education



Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community



Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement



Leadership in the Professional Learning Community



Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community


Conclusion: Why Not Us? Why Not Now?



Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy



Start Here for Improving Teaching and Learning



Agreements


Bibliography


Index


About the Author