Instructional Coaches and the Instructional Leadership Team: A Guide for School-Building Improvement - Couverture souple

Smith, Ms. Gail M.; Spaulding, Dr. Dean T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1452226385 ISBN 13 : 9781452226385

Editeur : Corwin, 2012

Synopsis

Supercharge school improvement with instructional coaches!

How can coaches seamlessly integrate themselves into the fabric of a school and help teachers improve their practice from day one? This unique companion provides an inside look at the day-to-day work of an instructional coach and offers field-tested activities, materials, and data collection forms for coaches and instructional leadership teams. The authors address common challenges, including:

• Observing classrooms and providing formative feedback 
• Reaching out to the hesitant or resistant teacher
• Adapting data and analysis into usable information for the team
• Recruiting, training, and supporting new instructional coaches

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Dean T. Spaulding is currently an assistant professor at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, where he teaches educational research and program evaluation. Dr. Spaulding is the former chair of the Teaching Evaluation SIG for the American Evaluation Association. He also has been a professional evaluator/researcher for fifteen years and has in-depth experience serving as an evaluator on multiple state and federally funded projects. More specifically, he has conducted evaluation for programs focusing on K-12 settings, the use of technology in the classroom, as well as working in the area of teaching and learning with at-risk youth populations. At the government/state agency level, Dr. Spaulding has conducted research and provided programmatic feedback for New York State Department of Education, New York Sate Department of Public Health, and the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). Dr. Spaulding also is one of the authors of Methods in Educational Research: From Theory to Practice, 2006, Jossey-Bass Wiley, San Francisco, and the author of Program Evaluation in Practice: Core Concepts and Examples for discussion and Analysis (2008), Jossey-Bass Wiley, and Action Research for School Leaders (2012). Dr. Spaulding is also a consultant at Z Score Inc. dspaulding@zscore.net

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1452226385
• ISBN 13: 9781452226385
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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