This Manual is a practical guide especially created for early childhood principals, administrators, teachers, and others directly involved in providing appropriate, high-quality preschool and kindergarten programs for young children in both public and nonpublic settings. The purpose of this manual is to inform evaluators and administrators about…

At last, a guide that focuses on the real crux of teacher supervision: how learners are learning. Using the six-part Teaching Schema for Master Learners introduced in the ASCD best-seller "Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time", Jane E. Pollock and Sharon M. Ford show you how to help teachers make the right adjustments in the areas that…

While there are lots of books that explain the teaching process--how to plan a lesson, what kinds of activities to use--this is a book that starts with the real crux of the matter: how a teacher's students actually learn. A veteran teacher and principal explores the research on learning and describes how teachers can work backwards from learning…

The principal's role in the process of inducting student teachers is important. This paper functions as a guide to show principals how they can facilitate positive student teacher experience by working to minimize problems. Initially the principal should review district policy with the student teacher, introduce the student teacher to key…