Dynamic Instructional Leadership to Support Student Learning and Development : The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action

by Edward T. Joyner

• ISBN13: 9781412905138
• ISBN10: 1412905133
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-12
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

With its comprehensive framework, this guide offers instruction that will help all children grow and develop along the pathways that support success both in school and in life.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Michael Fullan

Preface - Edward T. Joyner

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. The Comer Process: Tried, Tested, and True - Edward T. Joyner

2. Essential Understandings of the Yale School Development Program: A Reference Guide to the Comer Process - Michael Ben-Avie, Edward T. Joyner, and James P. Comer

3. Systemic Reform: The School Development Program's Answer to Fragmentation - Edward T. Joyner and Christine L. Emmons

4. Systemic Reform: We Started with One School - Alice Hart, Miriam McLaughlin, Everol Ennis, and Steve Stone

5. Curriculum Structure and Teacher Planning: Balancing, Aligning, and Assessing Students in the Standards-Based Curriculum - David A. Squires and Camille J. Cooper

6. "Comer-in-the-Classroom": Linking the Essential Elements of the Comer Process to Classroom Practices - Fay E. Brown and Valerie Maholmes

7. A Demonstration of Comer-in-the-Classroom - Carol Pickett Ray

8. Mobilizing Schools for Instructional Excellence: Instructional Leadership Is a System Responsibility - Edward T. Joyner

9. Maintaining Student Momentum Through Instructional Leadership: "And We Will Do It Again" - Marie B. Chauvet-Monchik

10. "And This Is How We Will Do It": Comer Youth Voice Their Opinions About the Comer Process - The Comer Club Ambassadors of P.S. 138, Brooklyn, NY

11. Performance Management: The Principal's First Priority - M. Ann Levett-Lowe

12. Teachers Helping Teachers: A Process That Honors and Supports Teacher Development - J. Patrick Howley and Dawn K. Kelley

13. Turning Nonreaders into Readers Through Essentials of Literacy - Fay E. Brown

14. Student Learning in Math and Science: Youth Development Matters - Michael Ben-Avie

15. Guidelines for University-School Collaborations: A Report of Experience - Francis Roberts

16. Implementation of System Reform: Step by Step From Vision to Reality - Constance Clark

17. Assessing Systemic Reform: How Do You Know That the Comer Process Is Making a Difference in Your School or District? - Christine L. Emmons

18. The Best Education for All Our Children - Edward T. Joyner

Index