Supportive Supervision: Becoming a Teacher of Teachers - Paperback

by Albert J. Coppola (Author), Diane B. Scricca (Author), Gerard E. Connors (Author)

"This is a comprehensive and exceptionally practical blueprint for school supervision in the 21^st century. At a time when national standards for administrative preparation are in the wings, this book should become required reading in schools of educational administration."
John Kappenberg
Director of Research Sewanhaka Central High School, Floral Park, NY

Successfully meet the needs of staff and students and become a teacher of teachers!

As an administrator, new or experienced, you are faced with a myriad of administrative, curricular, and supervisory tasks, while at the same time expected to provide ongoing professional training for your staff. How well prepared are you to deal effectively with the day-to-day business of supervising teachers? What specific support and training opportunities did you receive in order to be the successful leader everyone expects?

Supportive Supervision offers that much-needed and fully integrated support system for the building-level supervisor. By providing a clear path and focus, the authors present a highly usable, hands-on guide that will help fill in the blanks created by districts and schools unable to distribute resources equally for the development and training of their supervisors.

Using a practical approach, chapters focus on key points, including:

• Improving your own leadership and supervisory skills
• Collaborating with staff on establishing school wide goals focused on academic improvement
• Implementing effective lesson planning with supportive and meaningful classroom observations
• Recruiting and hiring the right teachers while meeting the professional development needs of all staff
• A three-part process and writing mode for the annual teacher evaluation

Achieve what you first set out to do when you became an administrator: embrace the future by creating a school environment that successfully and creatively meets the needs of all staff and students.

Author Biography

For thirteen years Albert J. Coppola served as the English Coordinator for the Sewanhaka Central High School District and the English Chairperson at Sewanhaka High School, a nationally recognized school of excellence. A recipient of numerous National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and awards, he introduced technology into the English program, has written innovative curriculum, created multiple staff development programs, conducted numerous teacher training workshops, and has had over 30 years of experience as an administrator, advisor, and supervisor of teachers.

Diane B. Scricca is presently the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and grants for the Glen Cove City School District after having served as the principal of Elmont Memorial High School for 13 years. Widely recognized for her extraordinary leadership, she has been honored as both the Supervisors and Administrators of New York State and NASSP New York State Principal of the Year and was a NASSP National Principal of the Year finalist. Under her dynamic leadership Elmont, a school of 1900 students with a 95% minority enrollment, a 99% graduation rate, and a 95% rate attending college, was recognized as a Blue Ribbon National School of Excellence, and was named as a Best High School in New York State by Redbook magazine.

Gerard E. Connors has been an educator for the past 36 years. During his career he has served as the English chairperson, Assistant Principal, and Principal of New Hyde Park Memorial High School in New York. Under his leadership, his school was recognized as a National School of Excellence and a Redbook School of Academic Excellence. The Supervisors and Administrators of New York State and the National Association of Secondary School Principals recognized him as a Principal of the Year. Presently, he serves as Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Administration in the Sewanhaka district.