ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the evolution of principal supervision of classroom management. We explore how supervision has changed over time and explore the connections between supervision of instructional leadership and classroom management. Principals play a key role in providing support to beginning teachers, particularly when the consequences of failure are so high. We examine how principals support effective classroom management and the limitations of that support. Because of the racial inequities produced by ineffective classroom management and the principal’s role in addressing these inequities, we offer research-based recommendations for how school leaders can help teachers become more effective in their classrooms.
