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Supportive Supervision

Becoming a Teacher of Teachers

By: Albert J. Coppola, Diane B. Scricca, Gerard E. Connors

Successfully meet the needs of staff and students and become a teacher of teachers!
As an administrator, you are faced with a myriad of administrative, curricular, and supervisory tasks, while at the same time expected to provide ongoing professional training for your staff. This highly usable, hands-on guide offers that much-needed and fully integrated support system for the building-level supervisor. Using a practical approach, chapters focus on key points, including:

Improving your own leadership and supervisory skills
Collaborating with staff on establishing school wide goals
Implementing effective lesson planning with supportive and meaningful classroom observations
Recruiting and hiring the right teachers
A three-part process and writing mode for the annual teacher evaluation

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761931898
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2004
Page Count: 200
Publication date: February 20, 2004

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"This is a comprehensive and exceptionally practical blueprint for school supervision in the 21^st century. At a time when national standards for administrative preparation are in the wings, this book should become required reading in schools of educational administration."
John Kappenberg
Director of Research Sewanhaka Central High School, Floral Park, NY

Successfully meet the needs of staff and students and become a teacher of teachers!

As an administrator, new or experienced, you are faced with a myriad of administrative, curricular, and supervisory tasks, while at the same time expected to provide ongoing professional training for your staff. How well prepared are you to deal effectively with the day-to-day business of supervising teachers? What specific support and training opportunities did you receive in order to be the successful leader everyone expects?

Supportive Supervision offers that much-needed and fully integrated support system for the building-level supervisor. By providing a clear path and focus, the authors present a highly usable, hands-on guide that will help fill in the blanks created by districts and schools unable to distribute resources equally for the development and training of their supervisors.

Using a practical approach, chapters focus on key points, including:

Improving your own leadership and supervisory skills
Collaborating with staff on establishing school wide goals focused on academic improvement
Implementing effective lesson planning with supportive and meaningful classroom observations
Recruiting and hiring the right teachers while meeting the professional development needs of all staff
A three-part process and writing mode for the annual teacher evaluation

Achieve what you first set out to do when you became an administrator: embrace the future by creating a school environment that successfully and creatively meets the needs of all staff and students.

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A Joint Publication With the National Association of Secondary School Principals

Author(s)

Albert J. Coppola

For thirteen years Albert J. Coppola served as the English Coordinator for the Sewanhaka Central High School District and the English Chairperson at Sewanhaka High School, a nationally recognized school of excellence. A recipient of numerous National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and awards, he introduced technology into the English program, has written innovative curriculum, created multiple staff development programs, conducted numerous teacher training workshops, and has had over 30 years of experience as an administrator, advisor, and supervisor of teachers.

Diane B. Scricca

Diane B. Scricca is presently the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and grants for the Glen Cove City School District after having served as the principal of Elmont Memorial High School for 13 years. Widely recognized for her extraordinary leadership, she has been honored as both the Supervisors and Administrators of New York State and NASSP New York State Principal of the Year and was a NASSP National Principal of the Year finalist. Under her dynamic leadership Elmont, a school of 1900 students with a 95% minority enrollment, a 99% graduation rate, and a 95% rate attending college, was recognized as a Blue Ribbon National School of Excellence, and was named as a Best High School in New York State by Redbook magazine.

Gerard E. Connors

Gerard E. Connors has been an educator for the past 36 years. During his career he has served as the English chairperson, Assistant Principal, and Principal of New Hyde Park Memorial High School in New York. Under his leadership, his school was recognized as a National School of Excellence and a Redbook School of Academic Excellence. The Supervisors and Administrators of New York State and the National Association of Secondary School Principals recognized him as a Principal of the Year. Presently, he serves as Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Administration in the Sewanhaka district.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

1. Supportive Supervision

The Supportive Supervision Continuum

Goal Setting

Lesson Planning

Observation

Professional Development

Extensive Professional Commitment

End-Of-Year Evaluation

2. What Makes a Great School?

The Answer Key

Some Are Better Than Others

Effective Schools

NASSP Research

Instructional Leadership Is the Key

Supportive Supervision Is Instructional Leadership

3. Hiring the Right Teachers

The Challenge

Teacher Shortages

Our Most Valuable Resource

Who Are the Right Teachers?

The Right Stuff

The Ten-Step Program

Summary

4. Goal Setting

The Need To Plan

Setting the Goals: A Collaborative Process

Data Analysis

Objectives

The Strategy

Evaluation

Goals for the New Teacher

Goals for the Marginal Teacher

Putting It All Together

5. Lesson Planning

Planning Should Be Linked To Goals

Your Role in the Planning Process

Supervisory Review

Keeping Current

Planning With the New Teacher

Planning With Experienced Teachers

Planning With Marginal Teachers

Effective Lesson Planning

Two Lesson Plan Designs

6. Observation

Supportive Approach to Observations

Be Supportive With All Staff

The Observation Process

A Complete Example of an Observation Report

The Supportive Supervision Observation Report

7. Professional Development

PD for All Staff

Planning and Flexibility

A Broad View of PD

Use a Variety of PD Activities

Base PD on Needs

PD and Academic Achievement

Feedback

Written Reports

A Final Word on PD

8. Extensive Professional Commitment

What is EPC?

EPC: Easily Recognized, Difficult to Define

Is the EPC Teacher Realistic?

Hiring Teachers With the Right Stuff

The Five Key Components to Building EPC in Your School

A Successful EPC Story

9. End-Of-Year Evaluation

EOY Evaluation Is a Process

Looking Ahead

In Summary

Endnotes

Index

Reviews

"This is a comprehensive and exceptionally practical blueprint for school supervision in the 21st century. At a time when national standards for administrative preparation are in the wings, this book should become required reading in schools of educational administration."

John Kappenberg, Director of Research
Sewanhaka Central High School, Floral Park, NY

"This book provides a fresh approach to supervision with emphasis on interpersonal and technical skills. It is a unique blend of theory and practice, written by people who have been in the trenches who describe real solutions and ways of working with teachers and improving solutions."

Gene Geisert, Associate Professor, Department Chair
St. John's University

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