Stephen Fink Anneke Mar Leading for Instructional Improv (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Leading for Instructional ImprovementCondition: NewEAN: 9780470542750ISBN: 9780470542750Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/01/2011Item Height: 230mmItem Length: 177mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 448gLanguage: EnglishDescription: Leading for Instructional Improvement Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving educational outcomes for all students. Teaching is a highly sophisticated and complex endeavor requiring deep expertise on the part of teachers and school leaders. This book shows how teacher, school, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students. Leading for Instructional Improvement captures the nationally acclaimed work conducted by the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington in its effort to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools across the country. The book provides extensive practical guidance grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts. Many of the tools, protocols, and frameworks contained in this book can be accessed electronically by visiting the Center for Educational Leadership website at www.k-12leadership.org. Praise for Leading for Instructional Improvement "This book offers insights that are invaluable to educators who seek to enhance teacher effectiveness now. The ideas presented are practical and applicable to schools in a variety of settings." PEDRO A. NOGUERA, Ph.D., Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development and executive director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education "A deep and thoughtful look at how the issue of expertise is cultivated. Seizing upon their Center's research-based instructional framework, the authors provide important insights and tools." DR. BEVERLY HALL, superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools "In this age of intense focus on how we evaluate teachers, we have to remember that any evaluation is only as good as the evaluator. This extremely useful book provides an excellent roadmap for how principals can become more effective in the most important aspect of their work, instructional leadership." JERRY D. WEAST, Ed.D., superintendent of schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland "Fink and Markholt offer practitioners a guide to effective teaching. Leading for Instructional Improvement asks us to heed the lessons within and support the kind of teacher education that will improve student achievement for today's schools and those of tomorrow." BARNETT BERRY, president, Center for Teaching QualityCountry/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Children's Learning & EducationSubtitle: How Successful Leaders Develop Teaching and Learning ExpertiseAuthor: Stephen Fink, Anneke MarkholtContributor: Joanna Michelson (With), John Bransford (Foreword by), Michael A. Copland (With)Release Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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