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The ninth edition of Supervision: A Redefinition is a research-based guide to the practice of supervision that aims to clarify the major challenges teachers and supervisors face within the policy context; focus on essential, foundational understandings that feed the integrity of teaching and supervision; and explore the complexities of the practice of supervision and teaching which supervisors must deal with. The 9th edition re-defines supervision once again in light of the complex demands being placed on principals and central office administrators, while continuing to emphasize the book’s original theme of human perspectives.

Preface
Part I: The Contemporary Context of Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
Chapter 1: The Context for Instructional Supervision
Introduction
A Day in the Life of a Principal
Lessons from the Narrative
The Difficulty of Defining a Role or Function like Supervision
The “New” Standards-based Accountability
The Diversity Policy Agenda
Follow Up Activities to Chapter 1
References
Chapter 2: Contemporary Issues Around Fairness in Supervision
Introduction
External Influences That Impact Performance on State and District Tests
Internal Influences that Impact Performance on State and District Tests
The Limitations and Misuse of State Tests and the Unwarranted Judgments Connected with Their “Results”
Issues of Fairness within the Supervisory Process Itself
Summary
Follow Up Activities
References
Chapter 3: Issues around “Data Driven” Decision Making in Supervision
Data and Its Use
Some Background
Data
Data Use
The Learning Community Context
The Knowledge Management Perspective
Organizational Knowledge
The Unique Properties of Knowledge
Conclusion: The Importance of Data-Informed Reflection
Activities
Building a Learning Community
References
Chapter 4: Issues Around Cultural Responsiveness
Cura Personalis
Elements of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Potential Misperceptions about Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Culture, Poverty, and Schools
Who is Served by Culturally Responsive Pedagogy?
Enacting Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
The Needs of Immigrant Children
Addressing Regional Patterns of Economic and Racial Segregation
Implications for Supervision
Conclusion
Activities
References
Part II: Foundations for Supervisors
Chapter 5: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Human Development
Introduction
Erikson’s Model of Human Growth
Implications for Supervisors
Journal Reflections
References
Chapter 6: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Curriculum
Introduction
Accountability for Curriculum Standards
Ways Teachers Might Think About Curriculum
The Curriculum and Membership in the World
The Immediacy of the Social Curriculum
The Curriculum as Planned, as Taught, as Learned, and as Assessed
The Curriculum as Planned
The Curriculum as Taught
The Curriculum as Learned
The Curriculum as Assessed
Where is the Curriculum?
Conclusions and Implications
The Unattended and Unrealized Curriculum of Membership
Activities
References
Chapter 7: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
Introduction
Student Informal Experiential Learning
The Schooling Experience
The Learned World of the Teacher
Learning as Sense-Making
Pushing for Depth of Learning
The Activity of Teaching
Teaching and Learning in a Dysfunctional Institution
Supervisors’ Applications of the Triangle Model
The Focus on Quality Learning for All Students
Summary
Activities
References
Chapter 8: Supervisors’ Perspectives on the Assessment of Student Learning
The Formal Assessment of Student Learning
Purposes Behind Assignments
Assessment Types and Their Features
Technologies and Assessment
Implications for Supervisors
Cultivate an "Attitude of Wisdom"
Rethinking the Cycle of Inquiry
The Overall System of Assessment
Conclusion
Activities
References
Part III: The Practice of Supervision
Chapter 9: Supervision and Evaluation: Confusions and Clarifications
Introduction
Evaluation by Whom
Modifying the Language of Supervision: Assessment vs. Evaluation
Purposes of Supervisory Activity
The Emergence of Teacher Leadership
Formative and Summative Supervisory Activity
Summative Supervision
A Redefinition of Formative Teacher Supervision
Summative Teacher Supervision
Applications of Formative Supervision
Applications of Summative Evaluation
Summary
Activities
Reference
Chapter 10: Formative Supervision
Introduction
Clinical Supervision
The Cycle of Clinical Supervision
Pre-Observation Conference
Observation of Teaching
Analysis and Organization of the Data for Feedback
Post-Observation Conference
The Post-Observation Analysis
Unrealistic Time Demands on Supervisors
Similarities of the Dynamics in Clinical Supervision and Coaching
The Virtue of Presence in Formative Assessment
Presence as a Virtue
Affirming Presence
Enabling Presence
Critical Presence
Summary
Activities
References
Chapter 11: Supervision and Summative Assessments
Introduction
Major Influences on New Summative Assessment Practices
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Teacher Advancement Program (TAP)
Frameworks for Teaching (FFT)
A Professional Development Culture
State Initiatives
Common Conceptions of State Initiatives Connected to Summative Teacher Assessments
Conclusion: A Redefinition of Summative Evaluation
References
Chapter 12: Central Office Support for Supervision
Central Offices and the Policy Environment
State Standards for Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Incentive Pay
Supporting Supervision from the District-Level
A Vision for Supervision
Developing Supervisors’ Knowledge and Skills
Address Political and Practical Challenges Around Evaluation
Embracing Central Office’s Place in the Policy Chain
Conclusion
Activities
References
Chapter 13: Supervision and the Renewal of Schools
Introduction
Some Background
Intellectual and Moral Dimensions of Supervisory Leadership
A Transition from Bureaucratic to Organic Management
Advocate for Student Learning
Some Reflections
Index

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Supervision: A Redefinition

Supervision: A Redefinition

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Summary

Table of Contents

Part I: The Contemporary Context of Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

Chapter 1: The Context for Instructional Supervision

Introduction

A Day in the Life of a Principal

Lessons from the Narrative

The Difficulty of Defining a Role or Function like Supervision

The “New” Standards-based Accountability

The Diversity Policy Agenda

Follow Up Activities to Chapter 1

References

Chapter 2: Contemporary Issues Around Fairness in Supervision

Introduction

External Influences That Impact Performance on State and District Tests

Internal Influences that Impact Performance on State and District Tests

The Limitations and Misuse of State Tests and the Unwarranted Judgments Connected with Their “Results”

Issues of Fairness within the Supervisory Process Itself

Summary

Follow Up Activities

References

Chapter 3: Issues around “Data Driven” Decision Making in Supervision

Data and Its Use

Some Background

Data

Data Use

The Learning Community Context

The Knowledge Management Perspective

Organizational Knowledge

The Unique Properties of Knowledge

Conclusion: The Importance of Data-Informed Reflection

Activities

Building a Learning Community

References

Chapter 4: Issues Around Cultural Responsiveness

Cura Personalis

Elements of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Potential Misperceptions about Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Culture, Poverty, and Schools

Who is Served by Culturally Responsive Pedagogy?

Enacting Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

The Needs of Immigrant Children

Addressing Regional Patterns of Economic and Racial Segregation

Implications for Supervision

Conclusion

Activities

References

Part II: Foundations for Supervisors

Chapter 5: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Human Development

Introduction

Erikson’s Model of Human Growth

Implications for Supervisors

Journal Reflections

References

Chapter 6: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Curriculum

Introduction

Accountability for Curriculum Standards

Ways Teachers Might Think About Curriculum

The Curriculum and Membership in the World

The Immediacy of the Social Curriculum

The Curriculum as Planned, as Taught, as Learned, and as Assessed

The Curriculum as Planned

The Curriculum as Taught

The Curriculum as Learned

The Curriculum as Assessed

Where is the Curriculum?

Conclusions and Implications

The Unattended and Unrealized Curriculum of Membership

Activities

References

Chapter 7: Supervisors’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

Introduction

Student Informal Experiential Learning

The Schooling Experience

The Learned World of the Teacher