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Do You See What I See: District Designs Learning Plan to Develop a Clear Vision of Effective Instruction
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Psencik, Kay; Cummings, C. Todd; Gerardot, Larry – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes a professional learning plan created in the Fort Wayne Community Schools (Indiana, USA) for principals working and learning together on the RISE Indiana Teacher Effectiveness Rubric. This training plan ensures that principals are observing instructional practice in the same way and in agreement with the district's instrument…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Practices
Administrative Synergy
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Hewitt, Kimberly Kappler; Weckstein, Daniel K. – School Administrator, 2012
One of the biggest obstacles to overcome in creating and sustaining an administrative professional learning community (PLC) is time. Administrators are constantly deluged by the tyranny of the urgent. It is a Herculean task to carve out time for PLCs, but it is imperative to do so. In this article, the authors describe how an administrative PLC…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Problem Solving, Communities of Practice, Brainstorming
Educating Danish School Leaders to Meet New Expectations?
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Moos, Lejf – School Leadership & Management, 2011
There is no shared understanding of what school leaders are expected to do. Schools have many external as well as internal stakeholders and each of them has different expectations as to leadership practice. Thus school leadership is a "fluid signifier". This article first outlines external expectations that school leaders are faced with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Work Environment, Job Performance
Preparing, Developing, and Credentialing K-12 School Leaders: Continuous Learning for Professional Roles
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Reeves, Patricia; Berry, James E. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2008
Professional preparation in educational administration has been a university-based state requirement that oriented aspiring school administrators to the roles of principal or superintendent. Professional and state expectations for preparation, development, and credentialing are shifting as the complexity of leadership and administration has…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrator Education, Credentials, Continuing Education
Grooming Your School System's Next Generation of Leaders.
Webster, Linda – Executive Educator, 1991
A large California school district provides on-the-job management training at building and central office levels for 10 promising school employees (including teachers) annually. Trainees develop 15 administrative competencies through hands-on experience and exposure to 4 activities: working with mentors, district seminars, training sessions, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Leadership Training, Management Development
Interpersonal Administration: Overcoming the Pygmalion Effect.
Brown, Alan F. – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Researchers used a cognitive-reflective-interactive model for administrator development to help school administrators recognize their own personal constructs (implicit assumptions that affect decision-making). This recognition brings a clarification of self-understanding which, in conjunction with reflection and interaction with colleagues,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Behavior Change, Cognitive Processes