Standards for Instructional Supervision

Stephen P. Gordon is a professor on the faculties of the educational administrationand school improvement programs at Texas State University-San Marcos. He also is the co-director of the National Center for SchoolImprovement, located at Texas State. He is author of the book Professional Developmentfor School Improvement: Empowering Learning Communities (Allyn &Bacon) and co-author of the books How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed,with Susan Maxey (ASCD) and SuperVision and Instructional Leadership: ADevelopmentalApproach, with Carl D. Glickman, and Jovita M. Ross-Gordon(Allyn & Bacon). Steve also was lead consultant for the Association of Supervisionand Curriculum Development’s video series Improving Instructionthrough Observation and Feedback. Steve received his doctorate in Supervisionfrom the University of Georgia.

• Foreword, Preface, Part I Introduction, Part II Cultural Standards, Part 3 Process Standards, Appendix: List of All Proposed Standards