Publisher's Synopsis
"Part 1, Chapter 1, calls for a shift from a conventional to a collegial approach to instructional supervision, with supervisors and teachers collaborating for the enhancement of teaching and learning. Part of this collegial approach involves the supervisor coordinating teachers as they assume formal and informal roles as instructional leaders. The authors argue that supervision should be guided by a moral purpose, with that purpose including a commitment to democracy and equity. Chapter 1 also provides an overview of the remainder of the text. Part 2 describes the knowledge necessary for successful supervision. Chapters 2 and 3 describe two very different types of schools. Chapter 2 examines the traditional school, with a work environment reminiscent of the one-room schoolhouse of olden times. The authors propose that schools move away from traditional school norms to those of the dynamic school depicted in Chapter 3. The dynamic schoo
