This is hardly news; much evidence has indicated the importance
of effective principals for decades.
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.
Not exact matches
«By hiring
effective, highly motivated salespeople, we have a long track record
of exceptional sales results
for our
principals.»
Objective — To make an
effective elected second chamber, composed
of mature experienced individuals with collective experience
of all aspects
of British life, whose
principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions
of the government and act as a watchdog
for the rights
of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.
Dr Sian Clarke from the London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, also a
principal investigator in the research, said: «This study shows that rapid diagnostic tests can improve the use
of artemisinin - based combination therapies — the most
effective treatment
for malaria — in drug shops, but it's not without its challenges.
«These findings provide strong support
for Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy as an
effective treatment
for depression in children between the ages
of 7 - 12,» said Laura J. Dietz, Ph.D., assistant professor
of psychology and psychiatry at the University
of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine and
principal investigator
of the study.
«These significant findings demonstrate that the online curriculum was
effective in improving science knowledge
for students who struggle with science,» said Dr Fatima Terrazas Arellanes
of the University
of Oregon,
Principal Investigator
of the project.
Besides ensuring that all students have compassionate,
effective teachers creating classroom conditions and opportunities
for these things to occur, a school
principal's primary responsibility is to allocate the scarce resources
of time, space, and funding to maximize children's positive and productive experiences
of school.
When
Principals were asked about the preparedness
of recent teacher graduates, the areas they were most positive about included «Making
effective use
of ICT» and «Subject content knowledge», while areas
for concern included «Supporting students with disabilities» and «Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students».
The new version
of the law, he said, will need to ensure
effective teachers and
principals for underperforming schools, expand learning time, and devise an accountability system that measures individual student progress and uses data to inform instruction and teacher evaluation.
As it compiles information on «
effective» leader and teacher practices from its third cohort
of low - income schools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders
for New Schools
principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - friendly.
For the best
principals, the rate
of teacher turnover is highest in grades in which teachers are least
effective, supporting the belief that improvement in teacher effectiveness provides an important channel through which
principals can raise the quality
of education.
Although better
principals may also attract and hire more -
effective teachers, the absence
of reliable quality measures
for new teachers and the fact that many
principals have little control over new hires lead us to focus specifically on turnover.
We find a positive correlation between a
principal's assessment
of how
effective a teacher is at raising student achievement and that teacher's success in doing so as measured by the value - added approach: 0.32
for reading and 0.36
for math.
Steven R. Covey, best - selling author
of The 7 Habits
of Highly
Effective People, wrote this book to promote the efforts
of principals around the globe who are preparing children
for the 21st century by organizing their schools around Covey's «7 Habits,» a sort
of accidental comprehensive school - reform model created by fans.
«Research has made it very clear that
effective leadership is a key success factor
for any school, said Mary Grassa O'Neill, director
of The
Principals» Center and former superintendent
of the Milton Public Schools.
For instance, one study
of the 345,000 - student Miami - Dade County, Fla., school system finds that the most
effective principals appear to be particularly adept at weeding out weak teachers and keeping strong ones.
However,
for policymakers there are three major questions to answer with the adoption
of any change or new program: how
effective will the change be; how much will it cost; and what are the problems
of implementation, including the support or opposition
of the stakeholders — in this case
principals, teachers and parents — and those who implement it.
For principals and other school administrators, this list
of videos, blogs, and articles includes advice and tips on
effective leadership strategies, partnering with teachers, and cultivating and retaining strong leaders.
18 - 19 — Professional development: «The Seven Habits
of Highly
Effective People: The «Principle - Centered» Approach to Quality Schools,» conference, sponsored by the American Association
of School Administrators — National Academy
for School Executives,
for superintendents, central - office administrators, board members,
principals, teachers, and parents, to be held at the Mills House Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Contact: A.A.S.A. - N.A.S.E., 1801 North Moore St., Arlington, Va. 22209 - 9988; (703) 875-0748; fax: (703) 841-1543.
This year's new cohort consists
of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly
effective in the classrooms, an executive director
for a region
of Teach
for America, policymakers from ministries
of education, a founder
of a volunteer organization working on programs
for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders
of professional development programs
for teachers, a director
of development
for a private school, and individuals who bring years
of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.
Drawing on data from two national pilot programs —
Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) and Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND)-- this book looks at
effective strategies
for implementing system improvement and presents approaches
for capitalising on successes, and overcoming the shortcomings
of initiative - based reforms.
The school's
principal, Kevin Mackay, says mentoring is the main focus
for the development
of early career teachers into
effective educators.
Barbash's review
of Reading First programs in four states and in the Bureau
of Indian Education is important because it highlights critical factors essential to reading improvement: strong leadership,
effective professional development
for teachers and
principals, data - driven differentiated instruction, specific coaching and guidance to ensure implementation fidelity, and continuous program evaluation.
Initially funded at $ 650 million, i3 allowed school districts, charter schools, and non-profit organizations working in partnership with one
of those entities to apply
for grants to support innovative programs aligned with one
of four broadly defined federal priorities (e.g., supporting
effective teachers and
principals or improving the use
of data).
Research shows that an
effective principal accounts
for 25 percent
of student performance gains and can accelerate student learning by 2 to 7 months.
Principals use a range
of data management methods and technologies to ensure that the school's resources and staff are efficiently organised and managed to provide an
effective and safe learning environment as well as value
for money.
Xu is a coauthor
of Principal Evaluation: Standards, Rubrics, and Tools
for Effective Performance and West Meets East: Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China.
The lawsuit alleges SED's failure to appropriately compensate
for student poverty when calculating student growth scores resulted in about 35 percent
of Syracuse teachers receiving overall ratings
of «developing» or «ineffective» in 2012 - 13, even though 98 percent were rated «highly
effective» or «
effective» by their
principals on the 60 points tied to their instructional classroom practices.
Based on the largest - ever analysis
of research on
effective school leaders, our school - level leadership PD guides
principals in choosing the right focus
for school improvement efforts; effectively leading changes in your school; and transforming your school culture into a purposeful community that believes it can make a difference.
If headed by
effective principals, schools stand a better chance
of providing each and every student with the high - quality education essential
for success in the 21st century.
For educators and policymakers across the country struggling to implement
effective education reforms in the context
of increased accountability, the lesson
of Chicago is that accountability can and does encourage teachers and
principals to pay greater attention to the lowest - performing students in their classrooms.
Projects have included: teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through various career stages; incentives
for effective teachers who take on instructional leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most
effective teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing leadership development training
for teacher leaders and
principals, leadership roles
for teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation
of new salary structures based on effectiveness.
Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the National Association
of Secondary School
Principals (NASSP), in partnership with the Learning First Alliance's Get it Right campaign, have developed a communications toolkit to support school leaders and educators» efforts to prepare high school students
for success after graduation through
effective community engagement.
This information will help your program to deepen its understanding
of exemplary /
effective principal preparation and things to «look
for» when completing a self - assessment
of your program.
School superintendents are intimately aware
of the union - inspired obstacles which prevent school
principals from hiring an
effective teacher
for every classroom.
The professional development
of principals should match the same expectations
of classrooms: increased rigor and interaction among peers
for more
effective learning.
Dr. Paul Manna, a recognized scholar
of education and author
of the new Wallace Foundation Report, Developing Excellent School
Principals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote effective p
Principals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations
for State Policy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote
effective principalsprincipals.
During interviews, teachers and / or
principals in three
of the four most
effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort related to their early intervention program as responsible
for their success, indicating that it helped them «stay in a learner mode,» and «all be
of one accord.»
For example,
principals are increasingly concerned with addressing student - related issues such as student behavior, student mental health issues, absenteeism, lack
of effective adult supervision at home, and student poverty.
The Illinois Story is part
of a major effort at Wallace to improve university
principal preparation programs and builds on 15 years
of Wallace - supported research and experience about what makes
for effective school leaders.
It also discusses the conditions that made teams
effective in these schools, such as sacrosanct time in the schedule
for team meetings; the school
principal's active engagement with teams; facilitation
of teams by teacher leaders; and the integration
of other supports
for teacher growth into the fabric
of the school.
Supporting
Principal Leadership for Pre-K — Third Grade Learning Communities addresses ways to enhance SEA and LEA leadership capacity for building P -3 communities, cultivate standards of effective practice for P - 3 principals and related leaders, develop practical implementation strategies as described by an elementary school principal and state education leaders, and consider implications for state and local policymakers, technical assistance and professional developmental providers, and higher e
Principal Leadership
for Pre-K — Third Grade Learning Communities addresses ways to enhance SEA and LEA leadership capacity
for building P -3 communities, cultivate standards
of effective practice
for P - 3
principals and related leaders, develop practical implementation strategies as described by an elementary school
principal and state education leaders, and consider implications for state and local policymakers, technical assistance and professional developmental providers, and higher e
principal and state education leaders, and consider implications
for state and local policymakers, technical assistance and professional developmental providers, and higher education.
Solid methods
of quality assurance
for principals must be put in place in order to assure
effective leadership
for all
of the nation's schools.
She founded and was
principal of a school
for children with special needs in Singapore, and later founded and served as Executive Director
of Live and Learn, the largest educational consulting firm in Singapore, an organization dedicated to training and supporting teachers to provide
effective inclusion services.
Developed according to the Standards
for Principals through the Colorado Department
of Education and State Board
of Education, our
Principal Licensure program is designed to graduate
effective administrators and instructional leaders.
For example, a
principal might want to retain an
effective teacher, but an assistant superintendent
of personnel might have a policy that no further teachers may accede to permanent («tenured») status.
Yet, the notion
of a
principal leading in isolation is outdated, and the need
for effective leaders has never been more pressing.
An
effective principal also makes sure that notion
of academic success
for all gets picked up by the faculty and underpins what researchers at the University
of Washington describe as a schoolwide learning improvement agenda that focuses on goals
for student progress.7 One middle school teacher described what adopting the vision meant
for her.
Through all this work, we have learned a great deal about the nature
of the school
principal's role, what makes
for an
effective principal and how to tie
principal effectiveness to improved student achievement.