Foreword by John Hattie Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: The Challenge Chapter 2: The Architecture of Instructional Leadership Ability Chapter 3: Element 1: Establishing a Shared Vision/Mission, Goals, and Expectations Chapter 4: Element 2: Strategic Resourcing Chapter 5: Element 3: Ensuring Teacher and Staff Effectiveness Chapter 6: Element 4: Leading and Participating in Teacher/Leader Learning and Development Chapter 7: Element 5: Providing an Orderly, Safe, and Supportive Environment Chapter 8: Feedback for Learning Chapter 9: Deliberate Practice in Theory Chapter 10: Deliberate Practice in Application Chapter 11: Putting It All Together Resources Bibliography Index
Even with great teachers, student achievement hinges on an effective principal. Behind every high-quality principal is an airtight system of leadership evaluation that consistently rewards excellence and remedies deficits. While teacher evaluation methods have improved, instructional leadership evaluation has often stood still-and student learning and achievement have paid the price. This book identifies the major problems in this process and articulates clear solutions. The result is a blueprint for ensuring the best person for the job is occupying the principal's chair. Content includes: Extensive data, presented in a user-friendly manner Clear connections to the new ISLLC Standards for School Leaders A suite of interactive tools including sample self-assessments, mid-year and final evaluation forms, and professional growth plans
Dr. Julie R. Smith is a thirty-five year veteran educator, speaker, consultant, and author. Her passion, area of focus, and expertise is in building leadership capacity within people and systems; school improvement planning, and teacher, principal, and district evaluation models. Dr. Smith continues her learning by providing workshops in North America and Canada around Professor John Hattie's research in Visible Learning as a Visible LearningPlus Consultant with Corwin. She is also trained to provide workshops in Dr. James Popham's research around designing and implementing defensible teacher evaluation programs and Dr. Russ Quaglia's Student Voice and Aspiration Framework. She most recently co-authored Evaluating Instructional Leadership: Recognized Practices For Success (2015). Dr. Raymond Smith is an Author Consultant with Corwin Press. Prior to joining Corwin Dr. Smith served as adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center teaching within a principal preparation program and currently works with Florida Atlantic University in their aspiring leader program. Dr. Smith's diverse experience includes over 38 years of teaching and leadership at the building (high school principal), central office (Director of Secondary Education), and university levels. Subsequent to completing his doctorate in educational leadership and innovation in 2007, Dr. Smith pursued his area of specialty and passion in leadership development by authoring several articles for the Ohio Department of Education, coauthoring three books: the first entitled School Improvement for the Net Generation (2010), the second entitled The Reflective Leader: Implementing A Multidimensional Leadership Performance System (2012), and the third entitled The Responsive School (in print). In addition to writing about leadership and leadership development, Dr. Smith is an activator of learning, leading others in workshops around Professor John Hattie's research in Visible Learning as one of 21 Visible LearningPlus Consultants with Corwin. He also conducts workshops around Dr. James Popham's research regarding designing and implementing defensible teacher evaluation programs.