Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership

Review
There is a good balance between the summary of research and references to the aquired wisdom born out of first-hand experience.

Review
"The book is an excellent resource for self assessment or a tool for gaining feedback from staff."

Book Description
Updated Edition of Best Seller! "You won't find a more practical, detailed guide to improving school effectiveness than is contained between the covers of this book!"Leonard O. Pellicer, Dean School of EducationUniversity of La VerneLa Verne, CA "Few books on school leadership have effectively brought together the best of educational theory and practice for school administrators as Elaine McEwan's Seven Steps to Instructional Leadership."Michael Pladus1999 MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the YearHave the courage and the vision to lead your staff to achieve their highest instructional goals!Make a substantive impact on the lives of your students and your staff. This practical, hands-on guide can help you become a more effective instructional leader. Here are research-based activities to help you lead your staff though McEwans’s seven steps:Establish, implement, and achieve academic standards Be an instructional resource for your staff Create a learning-oriented school culture and climate Communicate your school’s vision and mission to staff and students Set high expectations for your staff and yourself Develop teacher leaders Develop and maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and parentsIntegrate these seven steps into your daily behavior. Chapters on each step include research data, discussion and advice from instructional leaders, and practical suggestions from dozens of leading principals that you can use right now in your own school.Use the Instructional Leadership Checklist to:Assess your current level of instructional leadership Find out how your staff thinks you’re doing Set goals for improving your instructional leadership practice Evaluate your progress toward your goalsAttaining a new and higher level of instructional leadership will make a difference for each person in your school. Staff, students, and parents will get the message that all students matter. Everyone will start expecting that all students can learn, and your school will achieve its mission—improving education.

Book Info
Practical, hands-on guide to becoming a more effective instructional leader. Outlines seven steps to be incorporated into daily behavior. Includes updated references and research, and new vignettes illustrating how to implement the steps to achieve results. Softcover, hardcover available from the publisher. DLC: School principals--Self rating of--United States.


Buy from Amazon     Compare Prices

McEwan, an educational consultant, offers advice for results-oriented school administrators, including current and prospective school principals, central office administrators who need a template to assist in hiring and evaluating principals, and university professors working with current and prospective principals. After an introduction on critical attributes of effective instructional leadership, chapters describe seven steps for effective instructional leadership, set forth behavioral indicators related to each step, and offer practical suggestions from actual principals on implementing the seven steps. This second edition includes material on standards-based reform and the use of data to drive school improvement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR


Buy from Barnes & Noble     Compare Prices