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Bradley-Levine, Jill – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2022
This article shares the findings of a qualitative case study examining the experiences of teacher leaders as they engaged as teacher evaluators alongside school principals. Data collection included observations and interviews with four teacher leaders and three school principals to answer these research questions: (1) What TDEM structures have…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Participation, Principals
Saylor, Michael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Twelve years after passage of No Child Left Behind, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report on 510,000 fifteen year-olds in 65 countries ranked the U. S. 31st in math, 24th in science, and 21st in literacy. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan commenting on the PISA report said that the brutal truth must serve as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Effectiveness, Models
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Ansley, Brandis M.; Blinder, Melanie; Demere, Josephine; Varjas, Kris; Benson, Gwendolyn; Ogletree, Susan L. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
This article describes the school personnel and leadership collaboration (SPLC) model, a shared-responsibility framework for faculty, staff, and administrators. Prior research consistently demonstrates the need for (a) administrative support for teachers and other school personnel and (b) collegial support among staff. The SPLC model represents an…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Teacher Administrator Relationship, School Personnel, Cooperation
Johnson, Eric – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLC), as described by DuFour (2006), has depended upon a balance between teacher buy-in and administrative fiat. The tension between the "bottom-up" character of the former and the "top-down" character of the latter presents a leadership challenge: meeting students' learning…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Instructional Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Orphanos, Stelios; Orr, Margaret Terry – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
School leadership has been shown to exert a positive but mostly indirect influence on school and student outcomes. Currently, there is great interest in how quality leadership preparation is related to leadership practice and improved teacher outcomes. The purpose of the study was to understand the moderating influence of leadership preparation on…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Teacher Collaboration, Principals
Advance Illinois, 2011
This paper tells the story of what must be done to make teaching in Illinois look more like the ever-evolving careers available in today's most innovative industries. This report was developed in collaboration with Advance Illinois' Educator Advisory Council (EAC)--a group of award-winning teachers who have been recognized for moving Illinois…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Responsibility, Models, Teacher Collaboration
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Hulpia, Hester; Devos, Geert; Van Keer, Hilde – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: In this study the relationship between school leadership and teachers' organizational commitment is examined by taking into account a distributed leadership perspective. The relation between teachers' organizational commitment and contextual variables of teachers' perceptions of the quality and the source of the supportive and supervisory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Secondary School Teachers, Participative Decision Making
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Somech, Anit – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
The increasing emergence of participation in decision making (PDM) in schools reflects the widely shared belief that flatter management and decentralized authority structures carry the potential for promoting school effectiveness. However, the literature indicates a discrepancy between the intuitive appeal of PDM and empirical evidence in respect…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Job Satisfaction, School Effectiveness, Participative Decision Making
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Jacobs, Howard L. – Clearing House, 1988
Presents a model for the selection of instructional leaders, based on the need to provide continuity and change, as well as competence and compassion in curriculum development. Suggests that leadership can best be provided by a central curriculum council, composed of members reflecting each aspect of the continuity/change-competence/compassion…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Leadership, Models, Participative Decision Making
Adams, Gayle M.; And Others – 1988
The goal of the seminar reported in this document was to consider the site leadership and management issue as it relates to professionals' changing roles and influences educational equity and excellence. The seminar attempted to bring sensitive reform movement issues back to those most affected by their implications. An important seminar element…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Models
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Ambrosie, Frank – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
The present confrontational labor/management negotiations model mitigates against the development of a higher form of teacher professionalism. Current union and school management models are highly centralized governance systems. Collaborative planning must be instituted in a collegial manner to be successful. (MLH)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Collegiality, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Stubbs, Paul R. – 1986
The academic decision-making model at John Abbott College in Quebec was evaluated, based on interviews with faculty, mid-level managers, and administrators. Interview responses indicated a need for better understanding of the procedural and communication lines of the decision-making process. A general belief existed that academic decisions were…
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Faculty College Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Meeks, Lynn; Hult, Christine – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1998
Describes how co-mentoring functions in the administration of the Writing Program at Utah State University, where administrative responsibilities are shared by eight people. Outlines specific systemic roles held by those involved. Argues that co-mentoring administration is enhanced through communication and various electronic media. (SR)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Higher Education
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1988
Described are six elementary schools in Virginia that were judged as meeting nine criteria for programs facilitating participatory decision-making by teachers. The term "participatory decision-making" refers to the sharing of decisions on school policies and practices between teachers and school administrators. Information on the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Criteria, Definitions, Demography
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Hallinger, Philip; Richardson, Don – Urban Review, 1988
Explores potential changes in the power relationships among teachers and principals. Describes and analyzes the following models of teacher decision-making: (1) Instructional Leadership Teams; (2) Principals' Advisory Councils; (3) School Improvement Teams; and (4) Lead Teacher Committees. (FMW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
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