Guiding Faculty to Excellence: Instructional Supervision in the Christian School

by Gordon B. Brown

Book Overview

This offering systematically outlines a process for supervision of teachers that focuses on improved classroom instruction and, thereby, student learning as the intended outcome. It will help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583310150
• ISBN13: 9781583310151
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Purposeful Design Publications
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Extremely Helpful

I am currently taking a supervision course taught by Dr. Brown at Columbia International University, and I just finished reading this excellent book of his. Guiding Faculty to Excellence is 215 pages and is organized into three sections. The first section provides a framework for supervision. The second section focuses on supervision for teacher growth, and the last section covers supervision techniques. The third and final section covers half of the book. Each of the 18 chapters begins with a Bible verse and ends with a prayer. Verses are scattered throughout the book. 16 classroom observation forms in PDF format are provided on a CD-ROM that will allow you differentiate your supervision. Most of these forms I have never seen before, and they are great tools to collect data to improve instruction and enhance student learning. I will be entering my first year as a principal, and I am so thankful that I read this book prior to the school year. Dr. Brown and his book have provided me a foundation to build from and an easy-to-understand approach to instructional supervision that I hope will help the teachers and students at the school I work at.

In a class of its own!

It's just about impossible to find instructional leadership literature from a Christian perspective. Dr. Brown not only offers a unique perspective for leaders in Christian schools, he outlines a workable framework for differentiating instructional supervision. He also includes a CD with multiple supervision and observation forms that can easily be edited to meet specific needs or preferences. I highly recommend this book for instructional leaders in private, specifically Christian, schools.