Administrator's Guide to Student Achievement & Higher Test Scores [Paperback]

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.

Section 1: FOCUSING TEACHERS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 2: STANDARDS FOR TEACHING THAT TARGET STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT.

PART II: HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.

Section 3: GATHERING DATA ABOUT TEACHING FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 4: HOLDING OVERVIEW CONFERENCES ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Section 5: MAKING INFORMAL VISITS TO VIEW STUDENTS ACHIEVING.

Section 6: OBSERVING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING.

Section 7: CONDUCTING A TIME-ON-TASK REVIEW TO OBSERVE LEARNING IN PROGRESS.

Section 8: REVIEWING ARTIFACTS TO DOCUMENT LEARNING.

Section 9: CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

PART III: HOW TO MATCH GROWTH PLANS TO WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE STUDENTS ACHIEVE.

Section 10: MATCHING THE GROWTH PLAN TO WHAT EACH TEACHER NEEDS.

Section 11: USING A DIRECTED GROWTH PLAN.

Section 12: USING A COLLABORATIVE GROWTH PLAN.

Section 13: USING TEACHER-DIRECTED GROWTH PLANS.

Section 14: BUILDING A LEARlc5