Supervision for Today's Schools - Hardcover

Peter F. Oliva; George Pawlas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801316502 ISBN 13: 9780801316500

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1996

Synopsis

A highly respected overview of the field of instructional supervision that covers the three domains of supervision: instructional development, curriculum development, and staff development. The authors adhere to the beliefs that supervisors should look at teaching before looking at the teacher, and that the supervisor should look at the classroom and school environment within the context of instruction. Continuing in approach and philosophy as previous editions, the Eighth Edition will continue to lean toward practice, with heavy emphasis on the supervisor's responsibilities as an instructor.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A practical guide to becoming an instructional leader

Updated to reflect changes and advances in the supervision of teachers, this highly respected text provides a comprehensive overview of the field of instructional supervision, including instructional development, curriculum development, and staff development. Throughout, the authors emphasize practice, particularly the supervisor’s responsibilities as instructional leader.

Highlights:

• Expanded coverage of diversity, the use of technology, group development, action research, national and state academic standards and testing, No Child Left Behind, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
• An opening chapter on the roles of the school supervisor, which looks at the field of supervision and its history. The book emphasizes the need for a trusting relationship between supervisors and teachers.
• A conceptual model of instructional supervision consisting of three domains, four supervisory roles, and foundations of supervision.
• A close look at fourteen major issues in supervision, along with the authors' position on each of the issues. These issues help readers become aware of the complexity of the field of supervision and help them form their own positions on the issues.

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About the Author:

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 Curriculum 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0801316502
• ISBN 13: 9780801316500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 656