Not exact matches
The program examines four
leadership themes — school improvement,
instructional practice, student / adult connections, and motivation and engagement strategies — and looks at how to adapt and implement
specific leadership strategies.
The needs and circumstances of elementary and secondary school principals may need to be differentially addressed, however the bottom line would have each principal expected to take
specific steps to enact
instructional leadership in his or her school.
Do three
specific attributes of principals «
leadership behavior — the sharing of
leadership with teachers, the development of trust relationships among professionals, and the provision of support for
instructional improvement — affect teachers «work with each other and their classroom practices?
Do three
specific attributes of principals «
leadership behavior — the sharing of
leadership with teachers, the development of trust relationships among professionals, and the provision of support for
instructional improvement — affect teachers «work with one another, and their classroom practices?
Much current research about
instructional leadership is focused on distributed
leadership125 or on the leader «s content knowledge.126 Meanwhile, questions about how and when the principal might best engage with a teacher to address
specific practices used by effective teachers have been under - researched.
New York City Department of Education: Teacher
Leadership Programs http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/workinginNYCschools/leadershippathways/Opportunities/teacherleadership/default.htm New York City offers a variety of opportunities for teachers interested in teacher
leadership for
specific specific instructional hurdles (such as the implementation of the Common Core standards) or more general roles such as mentors or lead teachers.
On - site and blended learning experiences scheduled at various intervals in which ASCD Faculty present and coach about
specific instructional and
leadership practices.
To create a model for
instructional leadership mentor training which is consistent with professional standards and addresses the
specific needs of school principals and administrators.
Ingersoll identifies three
specific elements of
instructional leadership that are strongly related to student achievement:
Maryland's plan includes a strong focus on personalized professional learning for new and veteran teachers as well as a strong school system - focused approach to supporting all low performing and high poverty schools, with
specific emphasis on turnaround
leadership, talent development,
instructional transformation, and culture shifts.
I argue there are three distinct, yet overlapping, logics of
instructional leadership most relevant to the principals in this study: the prevailing logic, a broad and flexible set of ideas, easily implemented across a wide variety of school settings; the entrepreneurial logic, which emphasizes
specific actionable practices that lead to increases in student achievement as measured by standardized test scores; and the social justice logic, focused on the experiences and inequitable outcomes of marginalized students and
leadership practices that address these outcomes through a focus on process.
After delving more deeply into
specific practices and behaviors of
instructional leadership, however, researchers Susanna Loeb and Ben Master of Stanford University and Jason Grissom of Vanderbilt University, found that classroom «walk - throughs» — the most typical instruction - related activity of principals in Miami - Dade schools — were negatively associated with student performance, especially in high schools.
Deliberately offering NB content and resources into the pre-service phase via a systemic introduction to National Certification will increase
leadership awareness, content
specific instructional effectiveness, and more equally distribute accomplished beginning teachers in schools across the country.
School leaders can reach out to KIPP Foundation staff for support in operations (legal, financial, facility, accounting, public relations, and marketing);
instructional leadership;
specific professional development retreats for teachers and office staff; or direct professional development support.
With LEAP, DCPS is leveraging distributive
leadership to improve
instructional practice in content -
specific and job - embedded teams.
Principals noted a compelling need for more adequate preparation and professional development in
specific leadership areas, such as how to manage the change process in the schools, evaluate teachers» use of the new standards during instruction, align the school's
instructional focus, make key decisions on the best types of professional development to support teachers, and develop extended learning opportunities to sufficiently address CCSS implementation.
ASCD Faculty members are assigned to individual schools focused on
specific instructional and
leadership approaches as a result of the needs assessment process.
This Wallace Perspective describes the need for principal assessments that are focused on
instructional leadership, grounded in professional standards, reliable enough to produce fair evaluations and
specific enough to provide feedback that can guide professional growth.
Overall, these routines worked in tandem with other aspects of the
instructional guidance infrastructure (e.g., subject -
specific leadership positions) to support the development of social capital within and between schools.
Common priorities across states will include building teacher
leadership capacity in response to
specific state needs, a focus on college and career ready standards, and attention to state adopted
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