Full Description
Bridge the gap between good intentions and real results
Instructional Leadership is one of the most researched and discussed leadership practices, but most school leaders don't know where to begin or how to balance this role with all of their other responsibilities. Peter DeWitt's Instructional Leadership provides practical tools for delivering lasting improvement through small, manageable changes over time.
This step-by-step, how-to guide presents the six driving forces of instructional leadership—implementation, focus on learning, student engagement, instructional strategies, efficacy, and evaluation of impact—within an easy-to-follow, multi-stage implementation model. It also includes:
· Practical strategies grounded in research
· "Entry point" sections highlighting the best places to start
· Help working with PLCs, faculty meetings, teacher observations, and walkthroughs
· Study questions
As a leader, you are the guide for your teachers, staff, and students. Let this book guide you to a vision of instructional leadership that really works.
Contents
About the Companion Website
Why this book?
This Book's Features
Publisher's Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Tap Into Your True Inner Instructional Leader
Blog - Help! My Principal Says He's an Instructional Leader!
Chapter One: Instructional Leadership: A Holistic Approach
What the Research Says About Instructional Leadership
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Two: The Logic Behind Implementation
What Is Program Logic?
From Program Logic to Implementation Cycle
Implementation Multi-Stage Model
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Three: A Focus on Learning: Deepening Our Impact as Instructional Leaders
Types of Learning: Knowledge vs. Skills
Levels of Learning: Surface, Deep, and Transfer
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Knowledge Dimensions
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Four: Student Engagement: From Alienation to Social-Emotional Learning
Alienation
Social-Emotional Learning
Five Easy Steps to Social-Emotional Learning
Enabling Conditions
Blog - Educators Need Mindfulness. Their Mental Health May Depend on It.
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Five: Instructional Strategies: Exploring Surface, Deep, and Transfer Learning
Academic Engagement
Blog - The Myth of Walkthroughs: Eight Unobserved Practices in Classrooms
Teacher Clarity
Classroom Discussion
Metacognition
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Six: Collective Efficacy: Easy to Define, Hard to Build?
Collective Teacher Efficacy: A Definition
Why Do We Need Collective Teacher Efficacy?
Blog - No Testing Week
No Testing Week
Leadership Efficacy
When Do We Build Collective Efficacy?
Why Is Collective Efficacy Hard to Build?
Collective Efficacy: A Program Logic Model
In the End
Study Guide Questions
Chapter Seven: Evidence: How Will You Evaluate Your Impact?
Evidence of Impact
Student Engagement Practices
Blog - Advisory Groups: Helping to Create a Positive School Climate
Instructional Leadership
In the End
Reflection Tool
Study Guide Questions
References
Index
