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10 traits of highly effective schools : raising the achievement bar for all students /
Featuring helpful tools, authentic examples, teacher reflections, and more, this resource identifies the critical attributes of schools that enable all students to attain academic excellence.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
Corwin Press, a Sage Company,
[2009]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures and Forms
- Preface
- My Goals in Writing this Book
- Who this Book is for
- What is a Trait?
- Overview of the Contents
- A Matter of Definition
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction: Do Schools Matter?
- The Genesis of the Effective Schools Movement
- The International School Effectiveness Research Project
- Findings of the International School Effectiveness Research Project
- Raising Achievement in Low-Socioeconomic Schools is a Challenge
- Effective Schools Can Make a Difference for Low-SES StudentsEffective Schools are More Challenging to Create in the United States
- Less Effective Lower-SES Schools May Require a Different Approach to School Improvement
- There are Some Universal Traits of Effective Schools
- Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools
- Chapter 1
- Strong Instructional Leadership
- Instructional Leadership Research
- A Working Definition of Strong Instructional Leadership
- Leadership
- Knowledge and Skills Related to Teaching and Learning
- Assertiveness
- Instructional Leadership that Gets ResultsSeven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership
- Instructional Leaders Establish, Implement, and Achieve Academic Goals
- Instructional Leaders Make Themselves Available to Staff Members
- Strong Instructional Leaders Create a Climate and Culture Conducive to Learning
- Strong Instructional Leaders Communicate the Vision and Mission of Their Schools
- Strong Instructional Leaders Set High Expectations for Staff and Personally
- Strong Instructional Leaders Develop Teacher Leaders
- Instructional Leaders Develop and Maintain Positive Attitudes Toward Students, Staff, and ParentsAssessing the Principal�s Leadership Capacity
- Summing up
- What�s Ahead?
- Chapter 2
- Research-Based Instruction
- Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers
- An Instructional Virtuoso: The Research
- Essential Teaching Skills
- Lesson Planning
- Lesson Presentation
- Lesson Management
- Climate Management
- Classroom Management
- Student Management
- Formative Assessment and Diagnostic Teaching
- Differentiated Instruction
- Teach for MasteryTeach Recursively
- Assessing and Building Instructional Capacity
- Assessing Instructional Capacity
- Know What a Good Teacher Looks Like
- Determine the Effectiveness of Every Teacher
- Determine Instructional Alignment
- Building Instructional Capacity
- Provide Time for Collaboration
- Provide Meaningful Differentiated Embedded Professional Development
- Deal with Teachers Who Won�t or Can�t Change
- Summing up
- What�s Ahead?
- Chapter 3
- Focus
- The Secret to Raising the Achievement Bar