01415cam a2200193 4500 339708370 TxAuBib 20180208120000.0 120124s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781452205106 pbk. 1452205108 pbk. TxAuBib Teaching matters most : a school leader's guide to improving classroom instruction / Thomas M. McCann, Alan C. Jones, Gail A. Aronoff ; foreword by Deborah Meier. Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press, a joint publication with Learning Forward, 2012. xx, 181 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, coherent, and rigorous instruction. The authors show school leaders how to make this happen amidst myriad distractions, initiatives, and interruptions. Unlike other books that stop at evaluating teachers and instruction, this work demonstrates how to grow schools’ instructional capacities with a three-step process that involves: 1. Envisioning what good teaching looks like. 2. Measuring the quality of current instruction against this standard. 3. Working relentlessly to move the quality of instruction closer and closer to the ideal. 20180208. School improvement programs.