Supervision and Evaluation for Learning and Growth: Strategies for Teacher and School Leader Improvement (The Concordia University Leadership Series) - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Daniel R. Tomal, Ph.D.is a Distinguished Professor of Leadership at Concordia University Chicago teaching research and leadership. He has authored over twenty five books, two hundred studies and articles. He is a former vice president, teacher, and consultant.

Robert K. Wilhite, EdD is Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at Concordia University-Chicago. He earned his EdD in Curriculum, Instruction and Administration from Loyola University Chicago. He is coauthor of the Rowman and Littlefield books, The Teacher Leader: Core Competencies and Strategies (2014) and Supervision and Improvement of Learning: Professional Development Strategies for Teacher Improvement (2015).

Barbara J. Phillips is professor and Program Leader in the Department of Leadership at Concordia University Chicago. She teaches courses in school change, data-driven decision making, supervision and evaluation, teacher-leadership, and curriculum. She is a consultant to school districts and has been a speaker at workshops and conferences throughout the United States. She has been a teacher, a principal, an assistant superintendent for instruction, and has served as the Director of the School of Education at North Park University in Chicago. She has received community, state, and federal grants for teacher education improvement.

Paul A. Sims is associate professor and Program Leader in the Department of Leadership at Concordia University Chicago. He teaches courses in instructional leadership and supervision at the master's level and supervisory theory and practice and strategies of educational leadership at the doctoral level. He has served as chairperson and reader on several doctoral dissertations. He is a former high school teacher, director of student activities, dean of students and high school principal in the Chicagoland area.

Nancy P. Gibson, PhD, is President of the National ASCD Board of Directors, an international education association. She has traveled extensively with the ASCD Board of Directors and studied educational systems in the following countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Argentina, China, Canada, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Egypt, and most recently Qatar. She is a former elementary, middle school, and high school teacher, principal, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and superintendent of schools. She is an instructional leader with expertise in supervision and improvement of schools.