The Effective Principal: Instructional Leadership For High-Quality Learning (CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP SERIES) - Hardcover

Nelson, Barbara Scott; Sassi, Annette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080774607X ISBN 13: 9780807746073

Publisher: Teachers College Pr, 2005

Synopsis

This volume examines how effective instructional leadership by principals and other school administrators is affected by their own knowledge and beliefs about learning, teaching, and subject matter. Using mathematics as a subject focus, the authors examine several specific aspects of instructional leadership, such as teacher supervision and classroom observation, curriculum selection, and student assessment. Nelson and Sassi provide detailed portraits of administrators at work, illuminating key decision-making situations and the actions they choose to take. This important volume looks at a new image of the school principal, one that is tied more closely to learning and teaching.The authors discuss and offer important implications for mathematics education, educational policy, and school improvement.

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About the Author

Barbara Scott Nelson is Senior Scientist and Director of the Center for the Development of Teaching at the Education Development Center, Inc, Newton, Massachusetts. Annette Sassi is a Research Associate at Education Matters, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 080774607X
• ISBN 13: 9780807746073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 205