About This Book

The most important factor affecting student learning isn’t standards, textbooks, or testing--it’s teachers. And when it comes to improving learning, research has shown teachers what works. But the real challenge comes when it’s time to do what works and do it well. In this book, Jane E. Pollock explains how making the right adjustments in four critical areas of practice—curriculum, instruction, assessment, and feedback—can help any teacher improve student learning significantly. Here, you’ll find out how to

 Create a classroom curriculum document that’s truly useful and incorporates robust concepts, generalizations, and procedures.

 Plan instruction that’s focused on helping students become master learners who can apply information and skills, not just do schoolwork.

 Design varied classroom assessments that yield evidence of mastery and pinpoint where further instruction is required.

 Use criterion-based feedback to improve individual student achievement and refine instruction.

Along with step-by-step procedures, practical guidelines, and specific models, this book features the voices of individual teachers who share their experience using the author’s “Big Four” approach. Like them, you may find it’s the missing link you need to transform your pedagogy and achieve unprecedented levels of both student success and professional satisfaction.

Topics : School improvement

Table Of Content

Introduction

1. From Inspection to Improvement

Supervisor Voice: Richard Zimman, Superintendent

2. Supervision and the Teaching Schema for Master Learners

Supervisor Voice: Layne Parmenter, Early Childhood and Elementary School Principal

3.The Beginning of the Lesson

Supervisor Voice: Janna Cochrane, Elementary School Principal

4. The Middle of the Lesson

Supervisor Voice: Monique Conway, Middle School Principal

5. The End of the Lesson

Supervisor Voice: Jeff Farrington, High School Principal

6. Improving the Plan Book and the Grade Book

Supervisor Voice: Linda Law, Curriculum Director

Afterword: The Incentive to Teach and Supervise Teaching

Acknowledgments

References and Resources

Index

About the Authors

Read Sample Chapters

About the Authors

Jane E. Pollock:

Jane E Pollock, Ph.D., co-author of ASCD bestseller, Classroom Instruction That Works (2001), works worldwide with teachers, coaches and principals on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and supervision. Her work results in improved student achievement at the classroom and school levels. A former classroom and ESL teacher, Jane worked as a district administrator and Senior Researcher for McREL Research Laboratory.

ISBN: 9789960863542

Author: Jane E. Pollock

Publisher: Educational Book House

Size: 17*24cm

Pages number: 198