{"product_id":"administrators-guide-to-student-achievement-higher-test-scores-isbn-9780130923370","title":"Administrator's Guide to Student Achievement \u0026 Higher Test Scores","description":"This \"how-to\" resource gives K-12 school principals and other supervisory personnel a comprehensive action plan for improving teaching, student achievement, and student test scores. Step-by-step, the author shows the reader all aspects of teaching standards that make students achieve and be successful, how to organize professional development that impacts school achievement, and how to match the curriculum to student achievement. Included are over 80 full-page forms, checklists and handouts that can be used as is or readily adapted to fit the user s needs.  PART I: HOW TO ESTABLISH TEACHING STANDARDS THAT MAKE STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 1: FOCUSING TEACHERS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 2: STANDARDS FOR TEACHING THAT TARGET STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART II: HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 3: GATHERING DATA ABOUT TEACHING FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 4: HOLDING OVERVIEW CONFERENCES ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 5: MAKING INFORMAL VISITS TO VIEW STUDENTS ACHIEVING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 6: OBSERVING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 7: CONDUCTING A TIME-ON-TASK REVIEW TO OBSERVE LEARNING IN PROGRESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 8: REVIEWING ARTIFACTS TO DOCUMENT LEARNING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 9: CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART III: HOW TO MATCH GROWTH PLANS TO WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 10: MATCHING THE GROWTH PLAN TO WHAT EACH TEACHER NEEDS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 11: USING A DIRECTED GROWTH PLAN.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 12: USING A COLLABORATIVE GROWTH PLAN.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 13: USING TEACHER-DIRECTED GROWTH PLANS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 14: BUILDING A LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 15: UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE IN STUDENT SUCCESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART IV: HOW TO COMMUNICATE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 16: ESTABLISHING A SECURE CLIMATE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 17: THE LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION THAT IMPACTS STUDENT SUCCESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 18: WRITING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 19: COMMUNICATING WITH YOURSELF: KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART V: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPACTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 20: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT LEADS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 21: LINKING THE WORKSHOP TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 22: ENSURING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART VI: ENHANCEMENTS FOR STUDENTS SUCCESS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 23: HOW STUDENT SUCCESS CAN BE ENHANCED.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 24: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 25: LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e FURTHER READINGS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INDEX. \u003cb\u003eMarcia Kalb Knoll\u003c\/b\u003e, Ed.D, currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Hunter College s School of Education in NY, Dr. Knoll is a former teacher, elementary principal and district director of instruction and curriculum in the New York City Public Schools and assistant superintendent of the Hewlitt-Woodmere Public Schools on Long Island. She is also a past president of the national ASCD (Association for Supervision \u0026amp; Curriculum Development) and the author of two previous Prentice Hall books for school administrators.  For elementary and secondary principals and other key supervisory personnel, here is a comprehensive action plan for improving instruction, student achievement, and student test scores in virtually any school, including scores of timesaving forms, charts, and worksheets that can be used \"as is\" or easily adapted to fit your own situation.  \u003cp\u003eStep-by-step, in six parts covering all of the elements required for student success, this practical resource shows the administrator:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1) how to establish standards for teaching that make students successful by focusing teachers on six specific criteria that influence learning and target students' achievement, and building a collegial effort\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2) how to determine what teachers need to make students achieve through overview conferences, informal visits, observation of classroom environments, time-on-task reviews, reviewing artifacts, and formal observations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(3) how to match growth plans to what each teacher needs using three different plans:  directed growth plan, collaborative growth plan, and teacher-directed growth plan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(4) how to communicate for student success by providing a secure climate for teacher growth, being an active listener, writing effective communications, and giving  priority to activities that lead directly to learning and achievement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(5) how to initiate professional development workshops, use peer coaches and study teams to transfer new strategies to classroom practice, and ensure that professional development impacts student achievement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(6) how to enhance student success through teaching curriculum standards, effective use of praise and rewards, classroom organization, social-emotional learning, and use of technology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach part gives you everything you need to take action, including reproducible tools and materials such as \"Forming Questions That Raise the Level of Learning\" (Fig. 2-7), \"Time-On-Task Review\" (Fig. 7-1), \"Teacher-Directed Growth Plan\" (Fig. 13-3), \"Letter of Commendation\" (Fig. 18-4), \"Professional Development Planning Guide\" (Fig. 20-1), and \"Curriculum Framework\" (Fig. 24-2).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetter still, all of these forms, charts, letters, and worksheets are printed in a big 8-1\/4\" x 11\" format and can be photocopied as many times as required for your own use or use by other supervisory personnel and\/or members of your teaching staff!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by an educator with over 25 years of experience in school administration, Administrator's Guide to Student Achievement and Higher Test Scores provides a ready-to-use blueprint for helping each teacher reach his or her highest level of effectiveness and assuring successful students who achieve high test scores.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988661813477,"sku":"NP9780130923370","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780130923370.jpg?v=1761781163","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/administrators-guide-to-student-achievement-higher-test-scores-isbn-9780130923370","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}