Title 10 traits of highly effective schools : raising the achievement bar for all students / Elaine K. McEwan

Published Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, a Sage Company, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents 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 Principalâ€?s Leadership Capacity -- Summing up -- Whatâ€?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 Wonâ€?t or Canâ€?t Change -- Summing up -- Whatâ€?s Ahead? -- Chapter 3 -- Focus -- The Secret to Raising the Achievement Bar Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 6, 2015) Subject Effective teaching -- United States Teacher effectiveness -- United States Academic achievement -- United States Educational leadership -- United States EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. Academic achievement. Educational leadership. Effective teaching. Teacher effectiveness. Unterrichtserfolg Unterrichtsführung United States. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781452296661 1452296669

Other Titles Ten traits of highly effective schools

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