Improving Instruction Through Supervision, Evaluation, and Professional Development

Improving Instruction Through Supervision, Evaluation, and Professional Development
Author: Michael DiPaola
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1641131683

In this second edition of Improving Instruction Through Supervision, Evaluation, and Professional Development we’ve maintained the conceptual framework while updating sections to provide the most recent research on instructional strategies that have the most promise of helping all students learn. Modifications of the law resulting from the reauthorization of the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act—Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2015)—and their implication for practice are embedded throughout this new edition. Updated data collection tools for classroom observations are also provided. We included a link to a website that contains all the observation tools in electronic format so that observers can have the opportunity to collect data on a tablet or laptop, save the observation data as a PDF file and e-mail those data to the teacher observed. This new edition recognizes the reality that all principals are responsible for supervision, evaluation, and professional development of their teachers—tasks that are neither simple nor without conflict. The primary audience of this text is aspiring and practicing principals. We hope to help them understand both the theory and practice of supervision, evaluation, and professional development. However, observing instruction, collecting data for reflection, and having conversations about teaching, are not the sole provinces of principals. Master teachers, teacher leaders, and teacher colleagues can also benefit from the supervisory sections of the book, especially the chapters on high-quality instruction, improving instruction, and the classroom data collecting tools. The book provides numerous tools specifically designed to collect a variety of data in classrooms to improve instruction. Embedded in each chapter are exercises to apply Theory into Practice by responding to a set of questions posed by the key issues of the chapter. After the explication and illustration of the key concepts and principles of the chapter, actual Instructional Leadership Challenges as described by a successful practicing principal for reflection and analysis.

Instructional Supervision

Instructional Supervision
Author: Sally J. Zepeda
Publisher: Eye On Education
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1596672072

This highly regarded book is a must-have resource for all graduate level students and prospective school leaders enrolled in courses in instructional supervision. It is also a valuable guide for anyone currently in a leadership position with responsibility for supervising student teachers. Dr. Zepeda provides both practical tools and strategies needed for classroom observations and pre- and post-observation conferences, laying a strong foundation for effective instructional supervision in preK-12 schools. The updated third edition includes... research-supported strategies to help supervisors work successfully with teachers authentic case studies, classroom examples, and field experiences in-depth coverage of professional development and its link to teacher evaluation reflection prompts, pragmatic tips, self-assessments, and suggested activities

Instructional Supervision

Instructional Supervision
Author: Sally J. Zepeda
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317801563

First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Supervision of Instruction

Supervision of Instruction
Author: Carl D. Glickman
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Emphasizing democratic decision-making, this graduate-level textbook takes a broad field approach to the multiple skills, techniques, and tasks of educational supervision. Chapters can also be useful in planning and implementing direct assistance to teachers, staff development, and program evaluation. Following introductory material, sections cover knowledge, interpersonal skills, technical skills, tasks of supervision, and the function of supervision. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Supervision

Supervision
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0398075840

The first edition of this book, titled A DESIGN FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION, provided a structural framework for an effective program of instructional supervision. The basic cognitive thrust of this second edition, SUPERVISION: A Guide to Instructional Leadership, remains the same as the first. What has changed is the attention to the detail surrounding the design components. References have been updated and streamlined, activities have been modified, and examples of structure have been created using the current national policy situation as a base. Philosophical and historical definitions of supervision are maintained and expanded in this edition. It will help professionals with responsibilities for instructional leadership design a supervisory program that fits a local situation by taking advantage of the foundation provided herein. Attention is given to the selection of and the interrelationships between those assumptions, principles, objectives, criteria, and procedures so that planners of supervisory programs will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to create that structure from this book. It also provides a means for schools to have a well-conceived, carefully designed, properly implemented, and continuously evaluated plan for the supervision of instruction in order to reply competently to state and federally mandated assessments for students. In addition, personal perspectives of the authors are presented in each part of the text. The book will serve as a guide and provide direction to instructional supervisors, directors of services, principals, administrators at all levels, teachers, grade level or department chairs, and others interested in the management of instruction in the school setting.

Supervisory Leadership

Supervisory Leadership
Author: Don M. Beach
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Supervisory Leadership emphasizes leadership practices and covers the concepts, principles, and skills needed to be a successful supervisor. This new, well-researched and comprehensive text describes the supervisor's work with teachers as moving from a deficit model (helping) to a collegial, cooperative, mentoring approach. It also provides helpful connections that describe and support the role of supervisors in school culture. The authors provide a view of contemporary supervisory practice with particular attention given to the importance of past practices, the workplace and culture, leadership qualities, communication, models and supervision processes, and the process of change and decision-making. Written in a language that is easily understood, Supervisory Leadership provides an interactive, realistic and meaningful learning experience that offers continuous opportunities for students to reflect upon their own supervisory leadership development.

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
Author: Kim Marshall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2009-10-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470553995

In this important book, education expert Kim Marshall shows how to break away from the typical and often ineffective evaluation approaches in which principals use infrequent classroom visits or rely on standardized test scores to assess a teacher's performance. Marshall proposes a broader framework for supervision and evaluation that enlists teachers in improving the performance of all students. Emphasizing trust-building and teamwork, Marshall's innovative, four-part framework shifts the focus from periodically evaluating teaching to continuously analyzing learning. This book offers school principals a guide for implementing Marshall's framework and shows how to make frequent, informal classroom visits followed by candid feedback to each teacher; work with teacher teams to plan thoughtful curriculum units rather than focusing on individual lessons; get teachers as teams involved in low-stakes analysis of interim assessment results to fine-tune their teaching and help struggling students; and use compact rubrics for summative teacher evaluation. This vital resource also includes extensive tools and advice for managing time as well as ideas for using supervision and evaluation practices to foster teacher professional development.

Educational Supervision in Social Work

Educational Supervision in Social Work
Author: Jonathan Caspi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2002
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780231108522

-- Dean H. Hepworth, professor emeritus, School of Social Work, Arizona State University

Supervision for Learning

Supervision for Learning
Author: James M. Aseltine
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416604677

Provides information on how to transform a supervisory system into a performance-based model that connects to student achievement and teacher professional development.

Enhancing Professional Practice

Enhancing Professional Practice
Author: Charlotte Danielson
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2007-02-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416614206

Note: A newer edition of this title is available. The framework for teaching is a research-based set of components of instruction that are grounded in a constructivist view of learning and teaching. The framework may be used for many purposes, but its full value is realized as the foundation for professional conversations among practitioners as they seek to enhance their skill in the complex task of teaching. The framework may be used as the foundation of a school's or district's recruitment and hiring, mentoring, coaching, professional development, and teacher evaluation processes, thus linking all those activities together and helping teachers become more thoughtful practitioners. The actions teachers can take to improve student learning are clearly identified and fall under four domains of teaching responsibility: Planning and Preparation, the School Environment, Instruction, and Professional Responsibilities. Within the domains are 22 components and 76 descriptive elements that further refine our understanding of what teaching is all about. The framework defines four levels of performance (Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, and Distinguished) for each element, providing a valuable tool that all teachers can use. This second edition has been revised and updated and also includes frameworks for school specialists, such as school nurses, counselors, library and media specialists, and instructional coaches. Comprehensive, clear, and applicable to teaching across the K-12 spectrum, the framework for teaching described in this book is based on the PRAXIS III: Classroom Performance Assessment criteria developed by Educational Testing Service and is compatible with INTASC standards.