Handbook of Instructional Leadership

Foreword - Stephen P. Gordon Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Dedication Part I. The Art and Science of Instructional Leadership 1. The Craft of Teacher Supervision Our Study The Instructional Supervision Legacy: From Control to Collaboration Research on Instructional Supervision Current Issues in the Field 2. The Conference: Heart of Instructional Supervision Successful Approaches Research on Instructional Conferences Our Findings Summary 3. 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 4. 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 Part II. How Supervisors' Behaviors - Positive and Negative - Affect Teachers 5. Being Visible Versus Interrupting and Abandoning Visibility by Wandering Around Interruption of Class Instruction Abandonment 6. Praising Versus Criticizing Praise Criticism: More About Control 7. 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 8. Conclusion: The Successful Instructional Leader What, Then, Is Successful Instructional Leadership or Supervision? Successful Leadership Vis-a-vis Instruction Tips for Principals Linking Instructional Leadership to the Development of a Professional Learning Community 9. 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