School Leadership that Works
Author: Robert J. Marzano
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1416602275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes a variety of leaders hip responsibilities that have an effect on student achievement.
Posts
Assessing Instructional Leadership with the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale
Author: Philip Hallinger
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-05-22
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 3319155334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a succinct up-to-date summary of global research on principal instructional leadership as it has evolved over the past 50 years. The book’s particular focus is on the development and use of the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS). The PIMRS is the most widely used survey instrument designed for assessing instructional leadership for research and practice. It has been used in more than 250 studies in more than 30 countries around the world. The authors provide a detailed conceptual and data-based description of the rationale and development of the instrument as well as the ways in which it has been used in practice. The book also provides, for the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the scale’s measurement properties. This represents essential information for future users of the instrument across different national contexts. Finally, the volume outlines an agenda for improving future research on the role of principal instructional leadership in student learning and school effectiveness.
List of Certified Teachers
Author: Rhode Island. Office of Commissioner of Education
Publisher:
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow School Leaders Contribute to Student Success
Author: Kenneth Leithwood
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 3319509802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made. This book provides a comprehensive account of research aimed at filling this gap in our knowledge, along with guidelines about how school leaders might use this knowledge for their own school improvement work. Leadership practices known to be effective for improving student success are outlined in the first section of the book while the remaining sections identify four “paths” along which the influence of those practices “flow” to exercise an influence on student success. Each of the Rational, Emotional, Organizational and Family paths are populated by conditions or variables known to have relatively direct effects on student success and also open to influence by effective leadership practices. While the Four Path framework narrows the attention of school leaders to a still-considerable number conditions known to contribute to student success, it leaves school leaders the autonomy to select, for improvement efforts, the sub-set of conditions that make the most sense in their own local circumstances. The approach to leadership described in this book provides evidence-based guidance on what to lead and flexibility on how to lead for purposes of improving student learning.
Improving Schools Through Teacher Leadership
Author: Harris, Alma
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2004-12-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0335208827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on the ways in which leadership can be fostered and enhanced, this text argues that teacher leadership is an instrinsic and important part of school and classroom improvement, as well as considering the roles, responsibilities and influences of teachers who lead.
Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice
Author: Charlotte Danielson
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2006-02-15
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1416618422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school. These teachers may not be appointed leaders or paid leaders, but they are committed leaders: they see a need and they respond to it. What do these teacher leaders do that is different from the work of excellent teachers who are not teacher leaders? If we can articulate those skills, says Charlotte Danielson, then we can take steps to enable more teachers to develop those skills and be better equipped to tackle special projects. Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice is designed to be a resource not only for prospective teacher leaders but also for administrators who want to better support the development of outstanding teacher leaders. Teachers seeking to expand their leadership capacity will learn how to * recognize an opportunity and take initiative, * mobilize colleagues around a common purpose, * marshal resources and take action, * monitor and adjust the initiative, * sustain the commitments of others, and * contribute to the learning organization. Administrators will find advice on how to cultivate, promote, honor, and empower teacher leaders--and how to work with them to successfully present innovations to the school community. In short, this book gives individuals and schools a practical framework for tapping teachers' leadership potential and marshaling their efforts to better educate students and create a stronger learning community. As Danielson convincingly shows, genuine teacher leadership is a powerful force for constructive change.
Studies in Leading and Organizing Schools
Author: Cecil Miskel
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2003-04-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1607526719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a mix of beginning and established scholars and a range of theoretical perspectives. Eight separate but related analyses were selected for publication this year. The book begins with a chapter by Sims and Miskel, which examines national reading policy as part of a broader federal government agenda on children’s literacy. Using a model of punctuated equilibrium, they trace the peaks of congressional and media attention to literacy. Their findings reveal that the broad level of literacy has remained a rather active and durable policy issue for more than three decades. When, however, the analysis shifts to different targets, that is, from elementary and secondary school students to adults and youth to LEP individuals, there are distinct patterns of punctuation and equilibrium. The researchers conclude that the specific issue of children’s literacy in the 1990s is the latest version or episode of literacy policy produced by shifting images and venues.
Distributed Leadership
Author: Alma Harris
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-03-17
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1402097379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlma Harris The ?eld of school leadership is currently preoccupied with the idea of distributed leadership. Few ideas, it seems, have provoked as much attention, debate and c- troversy. Whatever your position on distributed leadership, and you cannot fail to have one, it is irrefutable that distributed leadership has become the leadership idea of the moment. Yet, it is an idea that can be traced back as far as the mid 20s and possibly earlier. So why the interest? Part of the answer can be found in a move away from theorizing and empirical enquiry focused on the single leader. This shift has undoubtedly been fuelled by structural changes, within schools and across school systems that have resulted in - ternative models or forms of leadership practice. Evidence highlights how those - cupying formal leadership positions are increasingly recognizing the limitations of existing structural arrangements to secure organizational growth and transformation (Fullan et al. , 2007; Harris et al. , 2008; Chapman et al. , 2008). As a consequence, many heads and principals are actively restructuring, realigning and redesigning leadership practice in their school (Harris, 2008). While the terminology to describe such changes varies, the core principle is one of extending or sharing leadership practice. While scholars have long argued for the need to move beyond those at the top of organizations in order to examine leadership (Barnard, 1968; Katz and Kahn, 1966) until relatively recently, much of the school leadership literature has tended tofocusupontheheadortheprincipal.
Qualities of Effective Principals
Author: James H. Stronge
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2021-04-28
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1416629963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows principals how to successfully balance the needs and priorities of their schools while continuously developing and refining their leadership skills.
District Leadership That Works
Author: Robert J. Marzano
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Published: 2009-11-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1935542362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools. Defined autonomy creates an effective balance of centralized direction and individualized empowerment that allows building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.
