Leadership expert Sally Zepeda, author of the newly revised book, The Principal as Instructional Leader, talks with us this month about the qualities that define great instructional leaders and why school leaders must learn to see supervision, professional learning and teacher evaluation as one coherent effort, not as separate pieces. Zepeda also offers some very timely and practical advice for all school leaders who are preparing to perform classroom observations, and why observations must be both differentiated and developmental.
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Sally Zepeda
The Principal as Instructional Leader
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September 1, 2012
Sally J. Zepeda is a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy in the Program of Educational Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, where she teaches courses in instructional supervision, professional development, teacher evaluation, and school improvement. Sally was a high school teacher and K-12 administrator before entering higher education and has written widely about instructional leadership and the supervision and evaluation of teaching. Sally’s 16 books include Professional Development: What Works; The Principal as Instructional Leader: A Handbook for Supervisors (2nd ed); Instructional Supervision: Applying Tools and Concepts (2nd ed); and The Instructional Leader's Guide to Informal Classroom Observations (2nd ed).
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