Not exact matches
The effect is
mediated by numerous factors: teachers» knowledge, beliefs, and existing practices; the economic, social, philosophical, and political
conditions of the
school or district; the stakes attached to the policy; and the quality of the support and lines of communication provided to teachers and administrators.
These effects are
mediated more by
school - level than classroomlevel
conditions.
The framework for our overall project also points to the mostly indirect influence of principals «actions on students and on student learning.223 Such actions are
mediated, for example, by
school conditions such as academic press, 224 with significant consequences for teaching and learning and for powerful features of classroom practice such as teachers «uses of instructional time.225 Evidence - informed decision making by principals, guided by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of evidence about many things: key features of their
school «s external context; the status of
school and classroom
conditions mediating leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «learning.
Section 1.2 examines the effects on students of principals and teachers assuming shared responsibility for leadership; it also identifies some
conditions that influence the emergence and
mediate the effects of this approach to leadership in
schools.