This is hardly news; much evidence has indicated
the importance of effective principals for decades.
And federal efforts such as Race to the Top are emphasizing
the importance of effective principals in boosting teaching and learning.
Recognizing
the importance of effective principals for improved student outcomes, TEA identified the need for a principal evaluation system informed by research to provide specific feedback and support for school leaders.
Despite the clear
importance of effective principal leadership, there is not yet a large body of definitive research that provides empirical evidence attesting to the effect of specific principal talent management policies and practices.
Not exact matches
09, had come to realize the
importance of having
effective school
principals.
In two
of the most
effective schools, teachers and
principals mentioned the
importance of improving instruction.
Jon Schnur, cofounder
of New Leaders (a school leadership nonprofit), underscored the
importance of highly
effective educators and called for the bill to provide substantial incentives to states that design better teacher and
principal evaluation systems.
It includes a general explanation
of RTI, its
importance to secondary school
principals, and a description
of the components
of effective RTI programs.
As a former
principal and superintendent, I fully understand the
importance of recruiting and retaining
effective and successful teachers and educational leaders.
Moreover, we appreciate the many ways the regulations highlight priority actions and conditions necessary for school leaders to be most
effective — such as elevating the
importance of hiring turnaround leaders who are trained for or have a record
of success in low - performing schools and providing
principals with balanced autonomy to transform underperforming schools.
Respondents mentioned the
importance of «matching» teachers and
principals to the mission or culture
of the school, or allocating especially
effective principals to especially challenging schools.
They are among the nation's most advanced districts in recognizing the
importance of the
principal supervisor position and will be part
of an independent, $ 2.5 - million evaluation that will help answer whether and how boosting the supervisor post leads to more
effective principals.
Figuring out what their
principals need to know and do, and then committing this to writing was
of singular
importance to districts trying to build a large corps
of effective school leaders.
Policymakers and educators recognize the critical
importance of elementary school
principals in leading
effective schools to improve student achievement.