Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement
Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction details a clear and concise approach to school improvement, focusing school leaders on the critical factor that has the greatest impact on student achievement_classroom instruction. Decades of research demonstrate that what happens between teachers and students in our nation's classrooms has the greatest impact on how well those students learn. The current trend in school reform is to tackle all aspects of a school in order to improve student achievement, forcing school leaders to attempt to focus on the school culture, use of materials, community relations, teachers' pre-service training, the school's physical design, classroom decorations, and instruction. Unfortunately, such a wide scope leads to a lack of focus among school staff. With his singular focus on classroom instruction, what O'Connor suggests is an antithesis to that approach. School leaders will develop a common understanding of the high-impact instructional components that should be seen in every classroom. O'Connor maps out how school leaders can align all personnel to systematically build training, support, and monitoring mechanisms that ensure that effective instruction becomes part of every classroom routine.
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Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement
Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction details a clear and concise approach to school improvement, focusing school leaders on the critical factor that has the greatest impact on student achievement_classroom instruction. Decades of research demonstrate that what happens between teachers and students in our nation's classrooms has the greatest impact on how well those students learn. The current trend in school reform is to tackle all aspects of a school in order to improve student achievement, forcing school leaders to attempt to focus on the school culture, use of materials, community relations, teachers' pre-service training, the school's physical design, classroom decorations, and instruction. Unfortunately, such a wide scope leads to a lack of focus among school staff. With his singular focus on classroom instruction, what O'Connor suggests is an antithesis to that approach. School leaders will develop a common understanding of the high-impact instructional components that should be seen in every classroom. O'Connor maps out how school leaders can align all personnel to systematically build training, support, and monitoring mechanisms that ensure that effective instruction becomes part of every classroom routine.
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Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement

Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement

by John O'Connor
Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement

Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction: School Leadership's Role in Student Achievement

by John O'Connor

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Turning Average Instruction into Great Instruction details a clear and concise approach to school improvement, focusing school leaders on the critical factor that has the greatest impact on student achievement_classroom instruction. Decades of research demonstrate that what happens between teachers and students in our nation's classrooms has the greatest impact on how well those students learn. The current trend in school reform is to tackle all aspects of a school in order to improve student achievement, forcing school leaders to attempt to focus on the school culture, use of materials, community relations, teachers' pre-service training, the school's physical design, classroom decorations, and instruction. Unfortunately, such a wide scope leads to a lack of focus among school staff. With his singular focus on classroom instruction, what O'Connor suggests is an antithesis to that approach. School leaders will develop a common understanding of the high-impact instructional components that should be seen in every classroom. O'Connor maps out how school leaders can align all personnel to systematically build training, support, and monitoring mechanisms that ensure that effective instruction becomes part of every classroom routine.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578869503
Publisher: R&L Education
Publication date: 01/16/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 136
File size: 323 KB

About the Author

John O'Connor is executive director of special services in the DeKalb County School System of Georgia.

Table of Contents


Chapter 1 Focus
Chapter 2 Overcoming Chaos
Chapter 3 GREAT Instruction
Chapter 4 Changing Adult Practices
Chapter 5 Aligning and Preparing the Leadership Team
Chapter 6 Equipping Teachers to Provide GREAT Instruction
Chapter 7 Build a Second and Third Tier of Support
Chapter 8 Stop Doing Stuff that Doesn't Help
Chapter 9 Unrelenting Persistence
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