Schmoker, Michael J.
Results now : how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning / [book] - Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006. - vi, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements.
1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416603580
2006004771
School improvement programs--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
LB2822.82 / .S356 2006
371.2/03
Results now : how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning / [book] - Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006. - vi, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements.
1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416603580
2006004771
School improvement programs--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
LB2822.82 / .S356 2006
371.2/03