Administrator'S Guide To Student Achievement And Higher Test Scores

This "how-to" resource gives K-12 school principals and other supervisory personnel a comprehensive action plan for improving teaching, student achievement, and student test scores. Step-by-step, the author shows the reader all aspects of teaching standards that make students achieve and be successful, how to organize professional development that impacts school achievement, and how to match the curriculum to student achievement. Included are over 80 full-page forms, checklists and handouts that can be used as is or readily adapted to fit the user s needs.

Marcia Kalb Knoll, Ed.D, currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Hunter College s School of Education in NY, Dr. Knoll is a former teacher, elementary principal and district director of instruction and curriculum in the New York City Public Schools and assistant superintendent of the Hewlitt-Woodmere Public Schools on Long Island. She is also a past president of the national ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development) and the author of two previous Prentice Hall books for school administrators.

PART I: HOW TO ESTABLISH TEACHING STANDARDS THAT MAKE STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL.

Section 1: FOCUSING TEACHERS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 2: STANDARDS FOR TEACHING THAT TARGET STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT.

PART II: HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.

Section 3: GATHERING DATA ABOUT TEACHING FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 4: HOLDING OVERVIEW CONFERENCES ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 5: MAKING INFORMAL VISITS TO VIEW STUDENTS ACHIEVING.

Section 6: OBSERVING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING.

Section 7: CONDUCTING A TIME-ON-TASK REVIEW TO OBSERVE LEARNING IN PROGRESS.

Section 8: REVIEWING ARTIFACTS TO DOCUMENT LEARNING.

Section 9: CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

PART III: HOW TO MATCH GROWTH PLANS TO WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.

Section 10: MATCHING THE GROWTH PLAN TO WHAT EACH TEACHER NEEDS.

Section 11: USING A DIRECTED GROWTH PLAN.

Section 12: USING A COLLABORATIVE GROWTH PLAN.

Section 13: USING TEACHER-DIRECTED GROWTH PLANS.

Section 14: BUILDING A LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 15: UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE IN STUDENT SUCCESS.

PART IV: HOW TO COMMUNICATE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.

Section 16: ESTABLISHING A SECURE CLIMATE.

Section 17: THE LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION THAT IMPACTS STUDENT SUCCESS.

Section 18: WRITING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.

Section 19: COMMUNICATING WITH YOURSELF: KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE.

PART V: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPACTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 20: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT LEADS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 21: LINKING THE WORKSHOP TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 22: ENSURING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

PART VI: ENHANCEMENTS FOR STUDENTS SUCCESS.

Section 23: HOW STUDENT SUCCESS CAN BE ENHANCED.

Section 24: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 25: LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

FURTHER READINGS.

INDEX.