Results now : how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning / Mike Schmoker.
Material type: TextPublication details: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006Description: vi, 196 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781416603580Subject(s): School improvement programs -- United States | Educational change -- United States | Education -- Aims and objectives -- United StatesDDC classification: LOC classification: LB2822.82.S356 2006 | .S356 2006Online resources: Table of contentsItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Hard Covered Materials | MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY | LB2822.82.S356 2006 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 24486 |
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.
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