Developing Instructional Leadership
Creating a Culture of Ownership Through the Use of Strategic Learning Practices
Description:... It is clear that the job of being a principal is hard work. You come to school each day motivated to provide your staff and your students with the highest quality support you can. But achievement can't be elevated if only the principal is motivated. Developing Instructional Leadership provides practical, validated techniques that transform schools into environments where students, teachers, and administrators are all motivated to pull together to elevate student achievement. Robert Crowe and Jane Kennedy, authors of Developing Student Ownership, combine 50+ years of research, consulting, and practical school-wide experiences to break down the strategic learning practices in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and climate that increase the opportunities for learning. When you finish this guide, you will know: How to determine the goals of an initiative focused on student achievement, How to support implementation of the initiative, How to monitor implementation of the initiative, How to build school-wide collaboration Containing multiple real-life examples, prompts for self-reflection and best practices, Developing Instructional Leadership is a comprehensive and functional guide no principal will want to be without. Book jacket.
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