The authors use their review of existing literature on school leadership to present seven «strong claims»
about successful school leadership.
What we know
about successful school leadership.
Seven strong claims
about successful school leadership.
Not exact matches
Like
successful business executives, winning coaches, and triumphant politicians, good
school leaders have traditionally been viewed as standouts — not because of their expertise in instructional practice (which, after all, is what their business is all
about), but because of their individual character traits and actions, «in the heroic American tradition of charismatic
leadership,» exlains Elmore.
According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers
about what made
schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional
leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»
For principal Graeme Lane of Balwyn North Primary
School, in Melbourne, Australia, the key to successful school leadership is all about learning and tea
School, in Melbourne, Australia, the key to
successful school leadership is all about learning and tea
school leadership is all
about learning and teaching.
Opinion that the program had strong
leadership which helped its
successful implementation; Focus on meeting social, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs through the program; Details of the program, including its grouping of students from various age groups and use of hands - on experiences; Discussion of the impact the program had in various areas, such as students» self - esteem and attitudes
about school and learning.
With its focus on
school - level
leadership, Part One seeks to identify, elaborate, and clarify existing knowledge
about successful leadership practices.
In our research, we asked 67 nationally recognized
school leaders for their feedback
about the importance of a list of items we had identified, through a review of literature in the
school leadership field, as important to
successful leadership.
In
successful schools, teacher
leadership developed when teachers were given ample opportunities to make decisions
about teaching and learning, when they collaboratively engaged in action research to discover instructional practices that improved student achievement, and when they developed such internal
leadership structures as team teaching and mentoring new teachers.
Research
about successful school and district
leadership practices in contexts such as these is still in its infancy, even though the capacities and motivations of local leaders will significantly determine the effects of such contexts on students.
Together, the Kickboard software and
leadership coaching are pushing our
schools to think differently
about what makes students and teachers
successful, how they can create stronger cultures, and how they can sustain this improvement over time.