02054cam a22003014a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000350008802000180012303500230014104000350016404200080019904300120020705000260021908200170024510000250026224501080028726000870039530000250048250400640050750509660057165000480153765000390158565000510162485600770167514270027OSt20170222120918.0060217s2006    vau      b    001 0 eng    a  2006004771  a1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9781416603580  a(OCoLC)ocm64208163  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdEYEdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aLB2822.82b.S356 200600a371.2/032221 aSchmoker, Michael J.10aResults now :bhow we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning /cMike Schmoker.  aAlexandria, Va. :bAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development,cc2006.  avi, 196 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.0 aIntroduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements. 0aSchool improvement programszUnited States. 0aEducational changezUnited States. 0aEducationxAims and objectiveszUnited States.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html