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Informationen zum Autor Learn more about Matthew Militello's PD offerings Matthew Militello is an assistant professor in the Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Department at North Carolina State University. He held a similar position at the University of Massachusetts! Amherst where he was also the educational administration program coordinator. Prior to his academic career! Militello was a middle and high school teacher! assistant principal! and principal. His research focuses on developing principals' knowledge and skills in the areas of school law! school data! and collective leadership. Militello has more than 30 publications including articles in Education Policy! Education and Urban Society! Harvard Educational Review! Journal of School Leadership! Leadership Quarterly! Principal Leadership! and Teachers College Record. Militello also co-authored another Corwin book! "Leading with inquiry and action: How principals improve teaching and learning" (2009). He received his undergraduate degree and teaching certification from the University of Michigan and his MEd and PhD from Michigan State University. Klappentext 'This essential guide for educational leaders skillfully blends scholarship with practice and integrates theory with real-world examples. Through case studies! the authors show the reader how to develop! support! and improve a collaborative! inquiry-action process for improving teaching and learning. If we are going to have schools that successfully educate all students to high standards! then we need principals who translate the lessons of this book into practice' - Andrew Lachman! Executive Director! Connecticut Center for School Change Enhance learning with a collaborative! inquiry-based system of leadership! With sociopolitical forces prompting calls for school improvement! school leaders look for ways to expand their expertise in instructional leadership and strengthen their role in shaping classroom practice. Leading With Inquiry and Action presents a systematic! ongoing process for collecting information! making decisions! and taking action to improve instruction and raise student achievement. The authors illustrate this collaborative inquiry-action cycle with a running vignette of an experienced principal and offer questions and exercises to guide individual reflection and group discussion. Thoroughly grounded in research! this book helps administrators: - Identify areas for instructional improvement - Determine community-supported solutions and build stakeholder commitment - Articulate an action plan based on multiple data sources - Take steps that support teacher development - Systematically evaluate programme results Educational improvement requires informed leadership. This practical guide provides an efficient and functional framework for transforming current or aspiring principals into inquiry-minded! action-oriented instructional leaders. Zusammenfassung Improve instruction in your school with this collaborative! inquiry-based process that helps identify areas for improvement! determine community-supported solutions! define an action plan! and evaluate programme results. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Richard F. Elmore Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. From Challenges to Possibilities 1. The Myth of the Great Principal 2. The Collaborative Inquiry-Action Cycle Part II. The Collaborative Inquiry-Action Cycle in Action 3. What Are We Teaching? A Case of Curricular Alignment 4. What Do We Know? A Case of Data Informing Practice 5. What Do We Do in the Classroom? A Case of Changing Instructional Practice Part III. Making It Happen 6. Roles the Inquiry-Minded! Action-Oriented Principal Plays 7. You Can Do It! Putting the Collaborative Inquiry-Action Cycle Into Practice Reference...
