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Joseph Hedger – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2025
Since 2013, most states have passed laws or implemented policies related to evidence-based reading instruction, with many doing so just in the past few years. Most of these laws and policies focus on integrating phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension into high-quality reading curriculum, teacher preparation standards,…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Reading Instruction, Principals
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Carol A. Mullen; Rebecca B. Hall – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2024
In these challenging times, it is essential that principals serve as equity-oriented, antiracist, culturally competent leaders accountable for students' performance, school improvement, and policy requirements. Many studies focus on professional development (PD) for teachers but not school leaders, thus the value of the present analysis is that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Administrator Role, Equal Education
Lesa Michel Chastain – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As the world of education has changed, so have the roles and expectations of the evaluating administrators. Public schools have begun to insist that principals take much of the responsibility for teachers' instructional development and support. Some principals use a managerial approach, and others use a coaching style of motivating their…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Foster, Elizabeth – Learning Professional, 2021
The school principal has long been recognized as a critical driver for school improvement and student success, but new research supported by The Wallace Foundation has found that principals have an even greater impact than previously stated. A synthesis of two decades of studies builds on previous research about how principals impact student…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Public Schools, Administrator Characteristics
Diana Marie Turner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research on teacher professional development (PD) reveals teachers do not implement what they learn at professional development with consistency or fidelity. This quantitative predictive correlational study examined whether special education teaching experience, administrator support through time and planning, administrator support through…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Correlation
Jodi Lynne McClay – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School leaders play a vital role in ensuring student achievement. In fact, they are second only to classroom instruction. All too often, however, principals are immersed in administrative duties with little time or training to become true leaders of learning who can shape the success of a school. This dissertation focuses on the need for central…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, Administrator Role, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness
Andrew Leonard Giannini – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to describe how exemplary superintendents build leadership capacity with their executive teams using Kirtman's (2014) Seven Competencies for School Leadership. This multiple case study used purposeful criterion sampling and recommendations from a panel of experts to identify seven…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Leadership Training, Capacity Building, Teamwork
Patricia M. Virella – Harvard Education Press, 2025
In "Crisis as Catalyst," Patricia M. Virella uncovers opportunities for school leaders to act as agents of equity and inclusivity during crisis situations. Virella interviewed dozens of school principals across the United States and Puerto Rico, and in this book she shares the key lessons from their experiences with crisis events of all…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Leadership Qualities
Robyn Kelton; Irina Tenis – McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2024
Research has established the vital role administrators play in the success and sustainability of high-quality early childhood care and education (ECEC) programs. However, many center-based program administrators assume their leadership roles by being promoted from a teaching position. Consequently, while they may assume their administrative role…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Administrator Education, Career Development
Wallace Foundation, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Gill, Linda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to understand the instructional leadership role development of new principals. The overarching research question that guided this study was: How do new principals transition into an instructional leadership role? Using a basic qualitative approach, 12 new principals participated in the study. Data collection included…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Role, Qualitative Research
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Ebell, Steven; Hughes, Holly; Bockart, Scott; Silva, Susan; McBride, Stephanie – Learning Professional, 2017
In Texas--specifically in the greater Houston area--Clear Creek Independent School District is a destination district. Families with young children seek to move into the Clear Creek ISD district boundaries when looking for housing in the area. State accountability requirements, coupled with slow changes in student demographics, have caused Clear…
Descriptors: School Districts, Principals, Administrator Role, Communities of Practice
Silvernell, Douglas M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Given the increasing emphasis on student achievement in the public school setting the development of building leadership is vitally important. As a school-based factor, principal leadership is second in its impact only to the effects of the classroom teacher (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004; Darling-Hammond, Davis, LaPointe, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Principals, Professional Development, Administrator Role
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Rutherford, Emily N.; Brown, Rachel – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
The demand of providing adequate services for students with disabilities has evolved over the years requiring districts to provide free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. As districts are held increasingly accountable for meeting these demands, the roles and responsibilities of the school principal has become…
Descriptors: Principals, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Teamwork
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Dawit Legesse Edamo; Tshilidzi Netshitangani – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2018
This was a qualitative research, which explored how the school community experienced the outcomes of leadership on the effectiveness of the school improvement program (SIP) on Sidama Zone schools, Ethiopia. Four schools were purposively selected. Data were collected using interviews, focus group discussions, observation and documents, which…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Cooperative Planning, Participative Decision Making
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