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The Changing Nature of Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century
reviewed by Sharon Spencer - July 26, 2013 Title: The Changing Nature of Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century
Author(s): Bruce G. Barnett, Alan R. Shoho, & Autumn Tooms Cyprés (eds.) Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Charlotte ISBN: 1617359386, Pages: 230, Year: 2012 Search for book at Amazon.comTo view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Sharon Spencer
North Carolina Central University
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SHARON L. SPENCER is and educational consultant who recently retired from her position as Assistant Dean/Director of Teacher Education in the School of Education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC after 33 years in public education. She taught in the public schools as a Reading Specialist before she joined the School of Education faculty at NCCU in 1990.
She earned her B.A. (1979) in Early Childhood Education at Guilford College, completed her M.Ed. (1982) in Elementary Education with a focus on literacy at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and her Ph.D. (1991) in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Spencer is licensed in elementary, reading, mentoring, curriculum and instruction, and academically and intellectually gifted education. She has received a teaching excellence award. While literacy was her first love, mathematical literacy has also taken a strong hold on her heart. She is a mathematics implementation specialist and trainer for the Algebra Project. Spencer has provided teacher leadership and coaching training to university faculty, and in-service teachers across North Carolina. She has provided professional development and coaching for pre-service and in-service teachers for the last 22 years.
Along with writing several chapters in books, she has co-authored two books-- CLASH!: Superheroic, Yet Sensible, Strategies for Teaching 21st Century Literacy Despite the Status Quo (2011) and The Perfect Norm: How to Teach Differentially, Assess Effectively, and Manage a Classroom Ethically in Ways that are “Brain-friendly” and Culturally Responsive (2009). She is currently completing her third book with co-author S.A. Vavra on common core standards implementation.
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