How to create the conditions for learning : continuous improvement in classrooms, schools, and districts / Ann Jaquith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaquith, Ann, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communities of practice--Case studies.

Communities of practice.

Professional learning communities--Case studies.

Professional learning communities.

Educational leadership.

Instructional systems.

Teachers--In-service training--Case studies.

Teachers.

Teachers--Professional relationships--Case studies.

School superintendents--In-service training--Case studies.

School superintendents.

School superintendents--In-service training.

Teachers--In-service training.

Teachers--Professional relationships.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]

Summary:

How to Create the Conditions for Learning shows how the conditions for continuously improving instruction can be created at every level--from the classroom to the school to the central office. Ann Jaquith presents a framework for understanding and building instructional capacity, based on her original research in schools and districts and ideas drawn from the literature on instructional resourcing. She describes four types of instructional resources--knowledge, technology, relationships, and structures--and discusses the contextual conditions that allow these resources to be identified, taken up, and put to effective use. Through case studies of schools and districts engaged in the sometimes messy work of developing the capacity to improve instruction, Jaquith shows ways that school and district leaders can identify and deploy underutilized resources and create organizational routines that support the ongoing development of instructional capacity--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I "A Practical Theory"

Chapter 1 The Instructional Capacity Building Framework 9

Knowledge, Technology, Organizational Structures, and Relationships

Chapter 2 The Instructional Resourcing Cycle 33

Identification, Use, Creation, and Transfer

Part II Integrating Theory and Practice

Chapter 3 How Do Teachers Use Instructional Resources? 51

Maisey, Molly, Will, and Pat

Chapter 4 How Does Instructional Capacity Grow Within Schools? 67

Cedar Bridge and Liberty Middle Schools

Chapter 5 How Can Districts Support Principal Learning? 105

Critical Friends Conversations and instructional Site Visits

Chapter 6 How Can Districts Support Principals as 131

Instructional Leaders? Reimagining the Role of the Principal Supervisor

Chapter 7 How Can District Leaders Learn Together? 159

A Research-Practice Partnership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781682530825

1682530825

9781682530832

1682530833

OCLC:

988171813

Publisher Number:

99973558624