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Schumacher, Gary; Grigsby, Bettye; Vesey, Winona – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: One bad hiring decision can lead to low student achievement. Research supports that teachers are the most influential factor in student success. As a result, principals' current practice of hiring teachers based on intuition and likeability must change. Given the current high stakes era, principals need reassurance that the teachers they…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Selection
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Centra, John A.; Potter, David A. – Review of Educational Research, 1980
A model is presented in which variables affecting achievement were grouped as: (1) school or school district conditions; (2) within school conditions; (3) teacher characteristics; (4) teaching style; (5) student characteristics; (6) student behavior; and (7) student learning outcomes. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Institutional Characteristics