Instructional Leadership

The purpose of Instructional Leadership Knowledge and Skills for K-12 Success is to provide the reader with the foundational knowledge and skills that are necessary to become an effective educational leader. The topics addressed in this book are based on the content knowledge and professional skills that are found in the ELCC Building Level Standards. These standards also serve as the foundation of the course content of our accredited and nationally recognized by CAEP Master's Degree Program in Educational Leadership. Each chapter in this book is based on the knowledge and professional leadership skills presented in each of the courses in our M.Ed. Leadership degree program here in the College of Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This book targets both current and aspiring educational leaders. Current leaders could use this book as a reference to refine their educational leadership knowledge and skills. Educational leader preparation programs will find that this book could be assigned as a textbook for aspiring educational leaders as an informative guide so that they can better understand the characteristics and concepts of effective school leadership.

Frank S. Del Favero Ph.D. is an associate professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and coordinator of its M.Ed. program in Educational Leadership. He has extensive experience at the K-12 level as both a teacher and school administrator.

Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The Many Facets of School Data Chapter 2: Data Analysis-Looking for the "Root Cause" Chapter 3: Assessments and Their Role in Informing Instruction and the Learner Chapter 4: Evaluating Instruction Chapter 5: Evaluating Curriculum Chapter 6: Organizing the Learning Environment