An authoritative guide to educational supervision in today’s complex environment

The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools. This important resource:

• Describes supervision in a historical context
• Includes a review of adult learning and professional community
• Reviews new teacher preparation and comprehensive induction systems
• Contains perspectives on administrative feedback, peer coaching and collaboration
• Presents information on professional development and job-embedding learning
• Examines policy and implementation challenges in teacher evaluation

Written for researchers, policy analysts, school administrators and supervisors, The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision draws on concepts, theories and research from other closely related fields of study to enhance and challenge our understanding of educational supervision.

• Title Page 6
• Copyright Page 7
• Contents 8
• Notes on Contributors 12
• Acknowledgments 20
• Chapter 1 Introduction 22
  • Intent and Rationale 22
  • An Overview of the Organization of the Handbook and Its Sections 24
  • The Context of Supervision 25
  • The Intents of Supervision 27
  • The Processes of Supervision 28
  • The Key Players—Enactors of Supervision 30
  • The Outcomes of Supervision 33
  • References 35