To obtain evidence
about leadership distribution and its effects, we conducted our examination through the use of distinctly different lenses.
Not exact matches
No general claims
about the relationship between student learning and school
leadership distribution can be made on the basis of evidence derived from qualitative research at five schools.
We asked principals and vice principals
about the principal «s
leadership in areas such as student achievement goals, vision for the school, and student learning; making decisions
about instruction;
leadership distribution in the school; professional development experiences for principals and teachers; curriculum and instruction; school culture; state and district influences on administrators «and teachers «work in the school; and the impact of parents and the wider school community.
Some 615 school districts in 44 states have used VAL - ED since it became available commercially in 2009, according to Hardin Daniel, vice president of Discovery Education Assessment, which handles its
distribution.37 In a 2011 - 12 pilot project involving 50 of its 200 principals, Prince George's County, Md., began using VAL - ED as a supplemental source of information
about strengths and weaknesses in school
leadership.
Rob Reetz, principal at Chippewa Middle School in Minnesota, talked
about the power of teams in teacher evaluation and in the
distribution of
leadership roles.