What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership

Jeffrey Glanz currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for University-School Partnership, Director of the Masters Program and the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinated the educational leadership program that led to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean University’s College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public schools. He has conducted numerous workshops and seminars internationally. Dr. Glanz has authored, coauthored, and co-edited 20 books and has many peer-reviewed article publications.

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorQuestionnaire: Before We Get Started...1. IntroductionCase Study and Reflective Questions2. Best Practices in Teaching Reflective PracticePre-PlanningIncorporating Academic Allocated, Instructional, Engaged, Success TimeUsing Wait TimeUsing Direct InstructionIncorporating Literacy StrategiesDifferentiating InstructionUsing Divergent Questioning TechniquesSeeing Teaching in ActionLearning by DoingConclusion3. Best Practices in CurriculumUnderstand the Importance of Curriculum, and Assess Your Knowledge of CurriculumUnderstand the Three Types of CurriculumUnderstand the Three Approaches to CurriculumUnderstand and Use the Tyler Model to Develop CurriculumUnderstand the Curriculum Development ProcessUnderstand How to Develop Quality CurriculumUnderstand and Use Curriculum StandardsConclusion4. Best Practices in Supervision and Professional DevelopmentImplement Clinical SupervisionEncourage Action ResearchCollaboratively Plan and Implement Professional DevelopmentPromote Instruction through PCOWBIRDSConclusion5. Promoting Student Achievement for All26 Best Practice Leadership Principal Behaviors Conclusion: Making the Time for Instructional LeadershipResource A. Realities of Instructional Leadership: In-Basket SimulationsResource B. Assessing Your Role as Instructional LeaderResource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best ResourcesReferencesIndex

"Written for the practicing principal, the book offers many valuable suggestions that can be implemented throughout the year."