02061nam a2200289Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000350008202000180011703500230013504000350015804200080019304300120020105000260021308200230023910000320026224501040029426000840039830000230048250400640050550509660056965000550153565000580159065000460164885600770169429850220180810021841.0060217s2006    vau      b    001 0 eng    a  2006004771  a1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9781416603580  a(OCoLC)ocm64208163  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdEYEdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aLB2822.82b.S356 200600a371.203bS356r2221 aSchmoker, Michael J.2Local10aResults nowbhow we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learningcMike Schmoker.  aAlexandria, Va.bAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Developmentcc2006.  avi, 196 p.c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.0 aIntroduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements. 0aSchool improvement programszUnited States.2Local 0aEducationxAims and objectiveszUnited States.2Local 0aEducational changezUnited States.2Local413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html