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Direct linkHonig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "From Tinkering to Transformation," Meredith Honig and Lydia Rainey call on superintendents and other district leaders to rethink the very premises that underlie the long-standing ways of working in their central offices. Based on the results of nearly two decades of research from districts of 2,000 to 200,000 students, Honig and…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, Administrator Role, Equal Education, Instruction
Peer reviewedHonig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: Districts across the country are calling on their principal supervisors to shift from mainly focusing on operations and compliance to dedicating their time to help principals grow as instructional leaders. Learning theory elaborates that such support for principals demands that supervisors take a teaching-and-learning approach -- which…
Descriptors: Principals, Supervision, Central Office Administrators, School Administration
Honig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
Principal supervisors often find themselves drawn into managing logistical and operational matters, instead of helping principals become more effective instructional leaders. Yet Meredith Honig and Lydia Rainey contend that principal supervisors need to make principals' instructional leadership their primary focus. Drawing on their work with…
Descriptors: Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Principals, Supervisors
Download full textHonig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Jobs For the Future, 2015
School district leaders nationwide aspire to help their schools become vibrant places for learning--where students have meaningful academic opportunities and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Historically, though, school district central offices have been ill-equipped to support such ambitious goals. A new wave of research…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), School Districts, Central Office Administrators, Educational Improvement
Honig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Jobs For the Future, 2015
School district leaders nationwide aspire to help their schools become vibrant places for learning--where students have meaningful academic opportunities "and" develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and other deeper learning capacities that are essential to success in later life.…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), School Districts, Central Office Administrators, Educational Improvement
Honig, Meredith I.; Rainey, Lydia R. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Some school districts across the country have begun to convene principals in professional learning communities (PPLC) as a strategy to help principals develop as instructional leaders, and they have designated executive-level central office staff to lead the PPLCs. Extant research suggests the promise of PPLCs for supporting…
Descriptors: Principals, Central Office Administrators, Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership
