Sandra Lee Gupton

Broschiertes Buch

Instructional Leadership Toolbox

A Handbook for Improving Practice

Beschreibung

'I applaud Gupton's focus on the learner. This is the most important tenet for a school administrator's decision making. Each chapter describes a portion of school leadership that the successful principal needs to master' - Sharon Madsen Redfern, Principal, Highland Park Elementary School, Lewistown, MT Every headteacher needs a toolbox of strategies for improving teaching and learning schoolwide. In this second edition of The Instructional Leadership Toolbox, Sandra Lee Gupton examines the role of headteachers in leading instruction and provides practical ways for leaders to reflect on and improve their practice. Emphasizing a democratic approach that involves stakeholders in instructional leadership, this resource offers a compendium of helpful skills and strategies drawn from current research and theory in school administration. The book provides: - Updated standards from NAESP and ISLLC - New research that shows how a headteacher's actions can affect student achievement - Questions for reflective practice - Quotes and examples of instructional leadership strategies by practicing headteachers and veteran educators - Additional resources such as Web sites, workbooks, books, and articles This valuable guide provides a blueprint that demonstrates how school leaders can focus on student learning, while using specific tools to empower others and build teams for a common goal: increased student achievement.

Autor

Sandra Lee Gupton is a professor of educational leadership and research at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she has been for ten years. Her experience in public schools includes over 20 years in various positions, including teacher, high school principal, director of instruction, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and superintendent. Her work at USM includes providing leadership in the reformed program preparing school administrators, advising a number of doctoral students of educational leadership, and teaching courses in educational leadership, curriculum development, and organizational theory. Gupton's professional interests are centered on leadership issues related to gender equity, program reform, and school improvement. Her research on gender equity in educational leadership led to many presentations, the publication of several articles, and a 1996 book, Highly Successful Women Administrators: The Inside Stories of How They Got There, offering advice to prospective women administrators in education. Her recent work with the reform of USM's program preparing school administrators has given her the opportunity to provide leadership in the complete redesign of the school's degree program for entry-level administrators. This program, now in its third year of operation, has received national acclaim as one of the top-rated programs for preparing principals in the country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781412975407
• ISBN-10: 1412975409
• Artikelnr.: 27306705