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What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership
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What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership

December 2005 | 144 pages | Corwin
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The first in its series, What Every Principal Needs to Know About Instructional Leadership recognizes that today's headteacher must play an active and on-going role as instructional leader if that headteacher's primary goal is raising student achievement.

Aligned to the standards for effective school leadership defined by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council in the USA, this book highlights the essentials of instructional leadership for aspiring, new, and experienced headteachers.

Full of strategies, the latest research, and reflective questions, readers will hone and refresh the skills necessary to be effective instructional leaders.

 
Dedication
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
 
1. Introduction
Case Study and Reflective Questions

 
 
2. Best Practices in Teaching
Reflective Practice

 
Pre-Planning

 
Incorporating Academic Allocated, Instructional, Engaged, Success Time

 
Using Wait Time

 
Using Direct Instruction

 
Incorporating Literacy Strategies

 
Differentiating Instruction

 
Using Divergent Questioning Techniques

 
Seeing Teaching in Action

 
Learning by Doing

 
Conclusion

 
 
3. Best Practices in Curriculum
Understand the Importance of Curriculum, and Assess Your Knowledge of Curriculum

 
Understand the Three Types of Curriculum

 
Understand the Three Approaches to Curriculum

 
Understand and Use the Tyler Model to Develop Curriculum

 
Understand the Curriculum Development Process

 
Understand How to Develop Quality Curriculum

 
Understand and Use Curriculum Standards

 
Conclusion

 
 
4. Best Practices in Supervision and Professional Development
Implement Clinical Supervision

 
Encourage Action Research

 
Collaboratively Plan and Implement Professional Development

 
Promote Instruction through PCOWBIRDS

 
Conclusion

 
 
5. Promoting Student Achievement for All
26 Best Practice Leadership Principal Behaviors

 
 
Conclusion: Making the Time for Instructional Leadership
 
Resource A. Realities of Instructional Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
 
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Instructional Leader
 
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
 
References
 
Index

"Written for the practicing principal, the book offers many valuable suggestions that can be implemented throughout the year."

Principal Navigator, September 2007

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