Supervision That Improves Teaching And Learning

Effective supervision is vital to instructional improvement, and this new edition of a bestseller pinpoints the techniques that matter most. Features 42 qualitative and quantitative observation tools.

Supervision That Improves Teaching, Second Edition is a practical guide to improving classroom instruction. This book is user-friendly and based on research and tested strategies and techniques. It intends to assist readers in developing his or her platforms with the use of summary sheets and observation charts provided throughout the book. The book offers future education leaders supervisory strategies and techniques necessary to promote teaching and learning. It brings forth the goal of supervision in attaining and facilitating the process of instructional excellence in schools through curriculum and staff development, action research, and assessments.

In this exciting, new edition of Supervision That Improves Teaching, the authors have taken their reflective clinical supervision process to a new level and focused on the demands that diversity and technology have placed on the supervision cycle. The authors recognize that if supervision of instruction is to be successful, we must address these needs. Therefore, they have built this third edition around the context of diversity within a technological environment. Our new scenarios describe teaching and learning dilemmas for English Language Learners. An additional case study also highlights English Language Learners within the context of "Critical Friends" groups and new observation tools center on the diversity of our schools. Finally, suggestions abound for use of the book within a technological environment - from blogs and wikis to strategies for teaching a hybrid or completely online course. Sullivan and Glanz have also addressed the dilemmas of preserving meaningful supervision in an era of high-stakes testing and local, state, and national standards. The authors′ reflective clinical supervision model encourages and prepares educators to be thoughtful collaborators in improving classroom instruction. And they have extended the options for teacher observation to a thorough but manageable set of tools for standards-based supervision. Outstanding additions to the third edition include: - New scenarios, cases and tools focus on the need for differentiated instruction for diverse and exceptional populations in the schools - Use of this book to evaluate the technological environment in schools in areas such as distance learning, online training, blogging and research - The authors draw a clearer distinction between evaluation and supervision in this 3rd edition - The timeline for the Supervision cycle in Chapter 1 has been updated and revised - Observation Instruments in Chapter 3 have been revised to be more reader and user friendly - Strategies and observation tools for maintaining reflective supervision in a standards-based environment This bestselling approach continues to offer interpersonal tools for initiating and providing feedback on classroom observations, alternative approaches to common supervision practices, and the tools necessary for present and future educational leaders to develop dynamic conversations about learning between and among educators-the essence of what effective supervision is really about.

This is a how-to guide to developing traditional and alternative approaches to teaching supervision to improve classroom teaching.

Save with the Supervision Kit! Includes: Supervision That Improves Teaching, Second Edition Supervision in Practice,a video featuring Susan Sullivan and Jeffrey Glanz Supervision in Practice: Three Steps to Improving Teaching and Learning, the workbook for the Supervision in Practice video

In this revised edition, the authors have taken their reflective clinical supervision process to a new level, with the planning conference now the heart of the supervision cycle.

The "fishbowl techniques" and scenarios that form the center of "Supervision That Improves Teaching" come to life in this dynamic video from John Glenn. Susan Sullivan and Jeffrey Glanz are featured in this 65-minute video, where key concepts from the book are illustrated through real-life application in three different multiracial, ethnically diverse classrooms. Then additional real-life examples from other classrooms are offered, and viewers are challenged to analyze supervision techniques themselves in an innovative "Q& A" process that turns the tape into a unique learning tool. Its the perfect companion to the text, whether for personal use or for a larger professional development process.2000, 65 minutes