In the wake of the global pandemic, K12 schools are experiencing significant challenges with educator retention, ambiguous policy mandates, increased accountability, and inadequate teacher and principal pipelines. At the same time, philanthropic investments have increased the growth and influence of educational intermediary organizations as change…

The Teaching and Learning Network (TLN) at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, represents an effective network model for faculty and educational leadership development. Grounded in the principles of communities of practice (Wenger, 1998), the TLN is a collaborative network that fosters interdisciplinary dialogue, relationship building,…

This explanatory study examined how distributed leadership is practiced in international schools. This included looking at principals' readiness to practice a distributed perspective of leadership, how they practice leadership, the opportunities for teacher leadership, and the relationship between distributed leadership practices and school…

The racial diversity of children in US public schools continues to increase while most teachers and school leaders are White. In addition, systemic racism, whitewashing of curricula, microaggressions, and deficit mindsets persist within schools across the country. These pervasive injustices that plague the student experiences of children of the…

Participating in professional learning and seeking professional growth opportunities are characteristics of effective teachers (Guskey, 2000; Polk, 2006). This study investigated how a teacher evaluation system can promote and encourage the professional growth of teachers. Specifically, the study sought to provide a better understanding of how…

Mathematics coaches are often positioned as important mediators between district administrators and teachers regarding messages about ambitious and equitable instruction. Despite this, little research has sought to unpack the connection between what coaches learn at professional development and how they make their learning available to teachers.…

As the research base in support of dual language instruction become stronger and more widely recognized, dual language instruction program popularity has risen and the number of programs implemented across the United States has grown (Christian, 2018). Demand for qualified teachers and school administrators is high, but teacher supply has not…

The lack of job-embedded professional learning for instructional leaders is detrimental to the efforts to transform teaching and learning to be student-centered. The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate and improve the job-embedded professional learning for instructional leaders to support the transformation of teaching and…

This qualitative study examined how female principals from two nations that recently opened up new avenues for women in educational leadership defined instructional leadership and what they did to prepare to become school principals. Using an open-ended survey and snowball sampling, female school leaders from Saudi Arabia and Qatar who led a…

Prior to this study being conducted, it was not known how teachers describe the PLC collaboration among teachers and school leaders that supports faculty development. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how teachers in Texas describe the PLC collaboration among teachers and school leaders that supports faculty development.…

This research aimed to find out the needs regarding the academic leadership of secondary school administrators, and to develop a program to enhance the academic leadership of these administrators. Mixed-methods approach was employed through utilizing questionnaires, interviews, and evaluation forms as research instruments. The sample consisted of…

Equipping leadership educators and students to navigate complex challenges requires new ways of thinking about and engaging in professional development. Using the framework of professional formation, we propose an approach to development leveraging complexity science and generative leadership.

Purpose: This study examines the relationship between teacher leadership and learning in lesson study (LS). Design/methodology/approach: A multilevel analysis of data was conducted based on the results of a questionnaire survey of 129 teachers collected through Google forms from 27 schools in the city. Findings: First, in the sample, leadership…

This article describes the Future Creating Workshop (FCW) and explores how it can create learning forums for participatory leadership. We investigate how FCW can be an effective form of professional development for educational leaders and explore what leaders learn from implementing FCWs in their settings. The FCW, a three-phase participatory…

The current study examined the effectiveness of blended learning systems in a selected group of five elementary schools in one school district. It analyzed the influence of on-site leadership and teacher professional development on the implementation of blended learning and its influence on student engagement. Although blended learning integrates…