02122nam a2200301Ia 4500 298502 20180810021841.0 060217s2006 vau b 001 0 eng 2006004771 1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416603580 (OCoLC)ocm64208163 DLC DLC YDX BAKER EYE DLC pcc n-us--- LB2822.82 .S356 2006 371.203 S356r 22 Schmoker, Michael J. 166216 Local Results now how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning Mike Schmoker. Alexandria, Va. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development c2006. vi, 196 p. 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index. Introduction: 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. School improvement programs United States. Local 166426 Education Aims and objectives United States. 90399 Local Educational change United States. Local 90505 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html 217499 217499 0 0 ddc 0 371_203000000000000_S356R 0 evl 25598 10 10 1 2016-05-27 gift 452433 0 371.203 S356r 80000002416371 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:298502 6