In an interview at his Annapolis office, Maxwell said people have asked him why he would leave Anne Arundel for a county that has struggled and has seen
rapid leadership turnover.
Not exact matches
In the case of Molina, a high rate of teacher
turnover exacerbated the effects of
rapid principal
turnover, thereby muting the potential values associated with more teacher
leadership.
While the four schools seem to have little in common beyond
rapid principal
turnover, two schools found ways to deal productively with changing
leadership, while two did not.
The moderating effects of organizational characteristics are to be expected, since district size and school size almost always «make a difference,» no matter what the focus of the research is.180 Elementary schools are typically more sensitive than secondary schools to
leadership influence, although previous leader - efficacy research has reported mostly non-significant effects.181 And the
rapid turnover of principals has been widely decried as anathema to school improvement efforts.182 Now we have some evidence that the positive effects of leader efficacy are also moderated by school and district size (the larger the organization, the less sense of efficacy among principals).
With
rapid principal
turnover in high - need schools and principals retiring each year, districts must have a talent identification pipeline in place to tap future leaders for principal positions so they are able to quickly fill any
leadership gaps — both foreseen and unforeseen.
(Leaked documents from Success Academy's
leadership reveal that other senior officials have felt deeply stressed about the network's high staff
turnover, and ambivalent about their CEO's
rapid expansion plans.)