Supervision That Improves Teaching and Learning: Strategies and Techniques

Supervisors can use this hands-on supervision model and practical tools such as exercises, summary sheets, and observation charts to improve teaching and learning through dialogue and collaboration.

Develop essential, hands-on supervisory skills that help teachers grow!

Effective supervision is an important way of improving staff performance and reducing the time spent on school problems. Based on empirical research, this updated third edition of a bestseller shows school leaders how to supervise teaching staff in a collegial, non-authoritarian way that enhances teaching and learning.

Reflecting today's emphasis on state and national standards and accountability, this user-friendly resource offers a reflective, school-tested supervision model and practical techniques that encourage supervisors and supervisees to maintain open dialogue about teaching and apply a collaborative approach to solving problems. Readers will find:

• Examples illustrating the supervision process
• Summary sheets and observation charts for use in the class room
• Reflective exercises designed to reinforce new material and concepts
• New sample scenarios focused on teaching and learning for diverse populations, including English language learners
• Updates addressing the expanding use of technology in schools

Supervision That Improves Teaching and Learning provides indispensable tools to help supervisors ensure true professional development by fostering skills improvement and empowering teachers as leaders in their classrooms.

Jeffrey Glanz currently holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values in the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University in New York City. Glanz was dean of Graduate Studies and chair of the Education Department at Wagner College in New York City. Prior to that he was executive assistant to the president at Kean University and was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association. He was also the recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the same year. Glanz has authored, coauthored, edited, and coedited twenty volumes on various educational topics, including the 7-book What Every Principal Should Know about Leadership series with Corwin. He is a national speaker on topics including supervision, leadership, and self-improvement strategies for educators.

Susan Sullivan served as an instructor in the Department of Romance Languages of The Johns Hopkins University for 10 years and as a teacher and administrator in Baltimore, Maryland; Rome, Italy; and the New York City area. She is currently chair of the Department of Education of the College of Staten Island, The City University of New York. She was coordinator of the program in educational administration and continues to teach graduate courses in supervision of instruction and educational leadership. Her current research interests center on reflective practice, the role of the school district in systemic change, and of course, supervision of instruction and its alternatives. She has published in journals such as Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision Development, Education and Urban Society, and Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development Journal. She received her BA from Elmira College, her MAT from The Johns Hopkins University, and her MEd and EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University.