Supervision for Todays Schools

Continues a unique "Through The New Teacher′s Eyes" feature covering each chapter′s main topic from the perspective of three new teachers from diverse backgrounds and teaching in different (elementary, middle, and high school) environments.

Spis treści:
Part I: Nature of Supervision.
 
1. Roles of the School Supervisor.
2. Issues in Supervision.
Part II: Leadership in Instructional Development.
3. Helping Teachers Plan for Instruction.
4. Helping Teachers Present Instruction.
5. Helping Teachers with Classroom Management.
6. Helping Teachers Evaluate Instruction.
Part III: Leadership in Curriculum Development.
7. Helping Teachers Plan and Implement Curricula.
8. Helping Teachers Evaluate Curricula.
Part IV: Leadership in Staff Development.
9. Helping Teachers through In–Service Programs.
10. Helping Teachers on a One–to–One Basis.
11.  Helping Teachers Work Together.
12. Helping Teachers Evaluate Their Own Performance.
Part V: The Summative Dimension of Teacher Evaluation.
13. Summative Assessment of Teacher Performance.
Part VI: Instructional Supervision: Evaluation and Change.
14. Improving Instructional Supervision.

Nota biograficzna:
Peter F. Oliva is Professor Emeritus at Florida International University and Georgia Southern University. He has served on the faculties of the University of Mississippi, the University of Florida, Indiana State University, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Hawaii. As adjunct instructor, he has supervised interns at the University of Central Florida. He has published numerous articles in education journals and is author of several textbooks in the fields of instruction, supervision, and curriculum, including Developing the Curriculum. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is a member of the Association for Supervision and C urriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, the National Education Association, and Phi Beta Kappa. He holds an A.B. degree from Cornell University; an M.A.T. from Harvard University; and Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Since the publication of the 6th edition, George Pawlas was appointed to a special principal task force sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The task force is charged with making recommendations to strengthen principal preparation programs. Dr. Pawlas is known as the "supervisor" proponent in the programs. In addition, he has been contacted by the Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation to update two publications he and a colleague co–authored in the 1989 Elementary Principal series: The Principal and Communication and The Principal and Discipline. He will also revise another publication in the series: The Principal and Supervision. All three of these publications′ topics are part of Supervison for Today′s Schools.