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Christopher D. Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore teacher and administrator perceptions of teacher evaluation system modeled after "Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching" (Danielson, 2007). It is universally agreed that teachers are the most significant variable to student educational outcomes. Extensive research has been…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation
Daugherty, Lindsay; Schweig, Jonathan; Gates, Susan M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
In 2013, the NYC Leadership Academy (NYCLA) developed a leadership intervention--the Targeted Intensive School Support (TISS) program--in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) to support schools that were facing particular challenges. NYCLA asked the RAND Corporation to provide an independent evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teamwork, Leadership Training, Principals
Joseph, Isaiah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore how the post-adoption experiences of elementary school leaders influence their use of student achievement data in making educational decisions, after the implementation of a student information system (SIS). The participants consisted of K-5 elementary principals and assistant…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Academic Achievement, Information Systems
Susan M. Gates; Matthew D. Baird; Benjamin K. Master; Emilio R. Chavez-Herrerias – RAND Corporation, 2019
Research across the decades has confirmed that effective school leadership is associated with better outcomes for students and schools. A high-quality school leader affects dozens of teachers and hundreds or thousands of students. It is a pivotal role. From 2011 to 2016, The Wallace Foundation, through its Principal Pipeline Initiative (PPI),…
Descriptors: Principals, Career Development, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Dulaney, Shannon K. – NASSP Bulletin, 2013
This article discusses a qualitative case study examining one middle school's response to intervention (RtI) efforts. Study participants included the principal, assistant principal, and members of the school's leadership team. A description of the RtI consensus and infrastructure-building processes, consideration of the RtI facilitators, and a…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Response to Intervention, Middle Schools, Educational Improvement
New Leaders for New Schools (NJ1), 2011
New Leaders for New Schools created the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) initiative in 2006 to learn from educators driving achievement gains in high-need urban schools. EPIC identifies school leaders and teachers whose students are making significant achievement gains and financially rewards these educators in exchange for sharing…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Principals, Assistant Principals
Dulaney, Shannon Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to record Cedar Middle School's (CMS) response to intervention implementation journey. It is a qualitative case study that examines one school's efforts to bring school improvements under the response to inventory (RtI) umbrella in order to achieve a more systematic approach to providing high-quality…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Focus Groups