A project to provide new understanding of
leadership influencing mathematics instruction «ratcheted up our leadership capacity» and «enabled us to increase student performance,» says Michael Lach of Chicago Public Schools.
Not exact matches
Finally, while school level had a significant, inverse relationship with student achievement in
mathematics, district / school
leadership and teacher
influence were not significantly related to achievement.
With participatory and shared
leadership variables factored in, we found that parent / teacher collective
leadership and teacher's perceptions of parental
influence were positively and significantly associated with achievement in
mathematics, accounting for 23 % of the variance.
None of these studies was designed to investigate the effect of subject matter (i.e.
mathematics or science) on the principal's
influence on teacher
leadership, signifying an area for future research.
Recognizing that having a greater impact would require going beyond the classroom and
influencing practitioners first - hand, Kendra demonstrated tremendous
leadership through service as a mentor teacher,
mathematics department chair, and school improvement team member.