
- 152 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise?
About this book
Can I in good conscience refer to myself as an instructional leader in my school?
Bestselling author and award-winning educator Baruti K. Kafele is known for his insight into leadership practices and his focus on deep reflection as a way to become a more effective school leader. In this thought-provoking book, he turns his attention to instructional leadershipāa crucial, complex, and sometimes neglected facet of leading a school.
Kafele contends that the primary purpose of supervising teachers is to help them continue to improve in the classroom so that all students have the support and skills they need to succeed. For principals and assistant principals, in particular, it is easy to be so inundated by the noninstructional aspects of the work that the instructional sideāincluding instructional coachingāsuffers. This has an adverse effect on the entire school. Just as the quality of teaching directly affects student outcomes, there is also a direct correlation between instructional leadership and student achievement and well-being.
Kafele structures the book around 10 self-reflection prompts to help the reader answer the question that the title poses: What is my value instructionally to the teachers I supervise? This powerful resource offers illuminating stories about and practical strategies for focusing on the instructional side of leadership to improve teacher pedagogy and enable student achievement to soar.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Everything Else Is Secondary
- Chapter 2. My Instructional Leadership Wake-Up Call
- Chapter 3. Where the Rubber Meets the Road
- Chapter 4. My Day Is Over, Now Let Me Assess It
- Chapter 5. Someone Said, "We're Not Going to Save Them All"
- Chapter 6. Visiting Classrooms Is Not Enough
- Chapter 7. There Must Be More to Me Now Than Who I Was Then
- Chapter 8. Maximizing Your Administrative Leadership Team
- Chapter 9. Maximizing Your Instructional Coaches
- Chapter 10. How You Are Perceived Is Who You Are
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Instructional Leadership Blueprint
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Related ASCD Resources
- Copyright
- Back Cover