The Basic Guide To SuperVision And Instructional Leadership by Carl D. Glickman (Paperback - Allyn &
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This brief version of the classic, market-leading text in instructional leadership and supervision continues to challenge the conventional purposes, practices, structure, and language of successful supervision. <I>SuperVision and Instructional Leadership</I> addresses hot issues such as school improvements, constructivist teaching, professional development, Chaos Theory, and state-mandated standards. This shortened version maintains the original text's emphases on school culture, teachers as adult learners, developmental leadership, democratic education, and collegial supervision while editing chapters to create a more accessible format. <P> <B>New to this edition:</B> <P> <UL> <LI>Focuses on teacher growth rather than compliance, based on teacher collaboration, and characterized by continuous, reflective inquiry.</LI> <LI>Covers the technical skills of supervision: assessing, planning, observing, research, program evaluation, and teacher evaluation, and the tasks of supervision: direct assistance, clinical supervision, peer coaching, group development, professional development, curriculum development, and action research.</LI> <LI>Discusses Chaos Theory applied to school and classroom change, and creating a culture for change, illustrating the leader's view as well as the teacher's view.</LI> <LI>Presents a new chapter, "Supervision for What? Democracy and the Good School," that discusses ethical supervision and correlates closely to new ISLLC Standards.</LI> <LI>Integrates an expanded discussion of diversity as it relates to adult learning and development.</LI> <LI>Reviews new research on effective professional development, critiques modern forms of "teacher proof curriculum," and examines guidelines for effective action research.</LI> </UL> <P> <B>Package this text with MyLabSchool??powerful set of online tools that bring the classroom to life!</B> <P> <B>Visit <U>www.mylabschool.com</U> for more information!</B>
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