LibGuides: EDA654: Module 4

Module 4 Required Resources

Leadership for Learning
Glickman, & Burns, R. W. (2020). Leadership for learning : how to bring out the best in every teacher. Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.

Read the following chapters:

Chapter 5 - Diﬀerentiating Your Approach to Meet Teachers’ Developmental Needs
- This chapter builds on the interpersonal skills and approaches outlined in Chapter 4 that will help you determine when and how to use specific approaches according to teachers’ stages of development, interpersonal identities, and competence levels.
Chapter 6 - Immediate Response Skills: Making the Most of Teachable Moments
- This chapter introduces a new set of immediate response skills - noticing, ignoring, intervening, pointing, unpacking, and processing that can be sequenced to support teacher learning. These skills will help you capitalize on teachable moments when you work with teachers to improve student learning.
Chapter 7 - Social-Emotional Wellness and the Drive to Improve Practice
- Working closely with teachers to improve teaching and learning requires embracing emotional intelligence. Instructional leaders must recognize and support their social-emotional wellness.

California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)
Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2009, October 1). California Standards for the Teaching Profession.
These standards delineate and define six interrelated domains of California teaching practice. Use this document for teachers to select 1 or 2 standards as goals or focus of the observation. You will discuss the CSTP with your volunteer teacher during the Pre-Observation Conference and refer to them throughout each of the course assignments.
CSTP Continuum of Teaching Practices
Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (June, 2012). The Continuum of Teaching.
The Continuum of Teaching Practice is a tool for self-reflection, goal setting, and inquiry into practice. It provides common language about teaching and learning and can be used to promote professional growth within an environment of collegial support. Self-assessment data can support teachers in making informed decisions about their ongoing development as professionals. Use this document to support teacher reflection. You and the volunteer teacher will discuss the CSTP during the Pre-Observation Conference and as a reference throughout each of the course assignments.

Observation & Feedback: Six Steps to Effective Feedback
Uncommon Schools. (2012, June 22). Observation & feedback: Six steps to effective feedback [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBBlhoFfqwk
In this post-conference video clip, a coach leverages effective feedback to show the teacher how to raise the rigor of her questioning. Notice how the coach uses prompts the teacher to do the thinking and to practice the strategy. during the conference. You will watch this video as part of the course lecture.
How School Leaders Can Let Teachers Know They Matter
Rebora, A. (2022, October 11). How school leaders can let teachers know they matter [Video]. ASCD. https://www.ascd.org/blogs/video-how-school-leaders-can-let-teachers-know-they-matter
This brief video was created by Health Sciences High & Middle College in San Diego to share how one school came together to appreciate teachers.