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Goldring, Ellen; Grissom, Jason; Neumerski, Christine M.; Blissett, Richard; Murphy, Joseph; Porter, Andrew – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: Despite increased focus on the importance of the time principals spend on instructional leadership, there is little research on practical ways to help principals manage their time to achieve this goal. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of the school administration manager (SAM) process: a unique program designed…
Descriptors: Principals, Time Management, Instructional Leadership, School Administration
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Bouchamma, Yamina; April, Daniel; Basque, Marc – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2018
Although education research has shown collaboration to be of the utmost importance, schools continue to lack the necessary means to help them incorporate communities of practice (CoPs) to facilitate and sustain their development and growth. We analysed the process by which CoPs were successfully implemented, under the guidance of a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Program Implementation, Action Research, Cooperation
Phillips, Lori – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In 2013 the Iowa Teacher Leadership and Compensation planning grant (TLC) committed to providing 150 million dollars annually toward rewarding effective teachers with leadership opportunities and higher pay, attracting promising new teachers with competitive starting salaries, and fostering greater collaboration for all teachers to learn from one…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Principals, Administrator Role, Educational Change
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Campbell, John Wilson; Derrington, Mary Lynne – Journal of Educational Supervision, 2019
Driven by Race to the Top funding and quickly designed and deployed in 2010-2011, a new teacher evaluation policy in Tennessee altered principals' supervisory practices regarding their use of time for observation and reporting, their interaction with teachers, and the methods for giving teachers performance ratings. In addition, student test score…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change
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Stockard, Jean – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
This article examined the extent to which administrative decisions that affected the implementation fidelity of Direct Instruction programs were related to student achievement. Data from three studies showed that administrative decisions that disregarded recommended protocols regarding teacher training, teacher preparation, and student schedules…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Program Implementation, Decision Making, Academic Achievement
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Lochmiller, Chad R.; Mancinelli, John L. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how elementary school principals adjust their leadership practice in response to Washington's new teacher evaluation policy. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a modified content analysis of open-ended survey responses collected from elementary school principals in Washington State.…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Evaluation, State Policy
Dodson, Richard L. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2017
This research examines how public school principals in eight U.S. states perceive their teacher evaluation systems, which are based on Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching (FfT). States were selected to represent high, middle, and low scorers in the annual "Education Week" "Quality Counts" report (Education Week, 2016).…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Administrator Surveys
Goldring, Ellen; Grissom, Jason A.; Neumerski, Christine M.; Murphy, Joseph; Blissett, Richard; Porter, Andy – Wallace Foundation, 2015
This three-volume report describes the "SAM (School Administration Manager) process," an approach that about 700 schools around the nation are using to direct more of principals' time and effort to improve teaching and learning in classrooms. Research has shown that a principal's instructional leadership is second only to teaching among…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Administrator Role, Educational Improvement
Fink, Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined how stakeholders in one school district located in a remote town perceived the instructional improvement efforts of the district, as well as the constraints and enablers of implementing instructional reforms. A qualitative approach, consisting mainly of interviews with teachers, principals, district administrators, and other…
Descriptors: School Districts, Rural Schools, Instructional Improvement, Stakeholders
Samples, Tammy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Education reform has been on a new path over the last 15 years; a path that leads to more accountability, more choice for students and parents, highly qualified teachers, as well as, best practices in instruction. In an effort to move along the path of reform and as a result of previous reform, the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA reviewed the field…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Counties, Educational Change
Turnbull, Brenda J.; Haslam, M. Bruce; Arcaira, Erikson R.; Riley, Derek L.; Sinclair, Beth; Coleman, Stephen – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
The School Administration Manager (SAM) project, supported by The Wallace Foundation as part of its education initiative, focuses on changing the conditions in schools that prevent principals from devoting more time to instructional leadership. In schools participating in the National SAM Project, principals have made a commitment to increase the…
Descriptors: School Administration, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Innovation
Reid, William M. – School Administrator, 1996
Based on his experience with the Copernican block scheduling plan used in British Columbia secondary schools, a principal identifies administrative challenges (abuse of tutorial time, uneven distribution of teacher-preparation time, teacher fatigue, pedagogical changes, and unrealistic expectations) and suggests ways to address them. Involving…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Block Scheduling, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Peterson-del Mar, David – 1994
When created and operated appropriately, school-site councils can be a very useful component of school renewal. Councils are difficult to create, since members must shift roles, compromise strongly held beliefs, and invest considerable time, energy, and know-how. Advantages of group decision making are bringing diverse experience and expertise to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Communication Skills, Community Involvement
Sattes, Beth D., Ed. – 1984
A regional workshop was held in which educational researchers and practitioners shared their innovations, successes, concerns, and progress in using research and development to promote excellence in their state and local education agencies. This document reports its proceedings. "School Improvement: What the Research Says," by David P.…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conference Proceedings, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems