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Çevik, Salih; Yildirim, Sevda; Zepeda, Sally J. – Multicultural Education Review, 2020
This article addresses educational supervision as a platform for promoting the principles and foundations of social justice in K-12 schools in the United States. Fraser's components of recognition, redistribution, and representation served as the foundation to examine socially-just supervision as a socio-culturally, politically, and economically…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Instructional Leadership, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Zepeda, Sally J. – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2016
This qualitative study examined the perspectives of principals related to professional development for teachers on formal plans of remediation for underperformance in the classroom. The principles associated with job-embedded professional development as well as cognitive dissonance provided a basis for analyzing data collected throughout the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Development, Underachievement
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Parylo, Oksana; Zepeda, Sally J.; Bengtson, Ed – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2012
This phenomenological study sought to understand principals' lived experiences of being evaluated with reliance on the principles of developmental supervision and adult learning theory. Analysis of interview data from 16 principals revealed 3 major constructs in principal evaluation: evaluation is a complex, constantly changing system; principal…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Experience, Supervision
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Parylo, Oksana; Zepeda, Sally J. – School Leadership & Management, 2014
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how district leaders of two school systems in the USA describe an effective principal. Membership categorisation analysis revealed that district leaders believed an effective principal had four major categories of characteristics: (1) documented characteristics (having a track record and being a…
Descriptors: Principals, Central Office Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness
Zepeda, Sally J. – Eye on Education, 2007
The first edition of this book was highly regarded by both professors and students for its practicality and its: (1) coverage of tools & strategies to help supervisors work effectively with teachers; (2) up-to-date approach to clinical supervision which includes teacher portfolios, action research, peer coaching, and other innovative practices;…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Supervision, Field Experience Programs, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers)
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Zepeda, Sally J. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2006
The characteristics of the emerging and existing teaching force are explored in relation to supervision Key trends that exacerbate teacher shortages include out-of-field teaching, increases in student population, critical subject-area shortages, attrition, and retirement. This paper calls for a high-stakes form of supervision as a long-term…
Descriptors: Supervision, Teacher Shortage, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Supervision
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Zepeda, Sally J.; Kruskamp, Bill – High School Journal, 2007
A case study approach was used to examine the perspectives of three high school department chairs and their work at providing instructional supervision to the teachers in their departments: math, science, and social studies. We sought to discover the beliefs and practices of three department chairs in one high school, located in a southeastern…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Social Studies
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Ponticell, Judith A.; Zepeda, Sally J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2004
Supervision is supposed to improve classroom teaching by enhancing teacher thinking, rejection, and understanding of teaching. Evaluation systems are supposed to increase effective teaching behaviors and enhance teacher professionalism. Through the lens of symbolic interaction, we learn that "supposed to" does not matter. In a context of increased…
Descriptors: Supervision, Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Interaction
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Zepeda, Sally J. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to record and summarize the tensions and problems experienced by a high school administrative team as they attempted to change supervision alongside instruction in a transition to a new block schedule. Design/methodology/approach: A case study method was used. As a case study, the research is contextual in…
Descriptors: High Schools, Block Scheduling, Elementary Secondary Education, Supervision
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Zepeda, Sally J.; Ponticelli, Judith A. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1998
Surveyed 114 teachers regarding their supervisory needs, wants, and expectations. Writing exercises revealed teachers' perceptions of best and worst experiences and of administrator behaviors. Respondents viewed "best" supervision as validation, empowerment, visible presence, coaching, and professionalism vehicle and "worst"…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Surveys, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Zepeda, Sally J. – Educational Forum, The, 2004
This study examined the work of a principal of a Midwestern urban elementary school who used instructional supervision as a means of developing a learning community for adults. Implementing a variety of approaches adapted to the culture of the school, the principal crafted a process to meet the learning needs of 125 teachers and created an…
Descriptors: Leadership, Educational Change, Principals, Urban Areas
Zepeda, Sally J. – Eye on Education, 2007
Very few people would disagree that the work of the principal is multifaceted, hectic, and fraught with uncertainties, and given the ongoing press for accountability, the very work of the principal as instructional leader is shifting to ensure "results." There are myriad day-to-day activities that take principals away from the important work of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Professional Development
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Eady, Charlotte King; Zepeda, Sally J. – Rural Educator, 2007
The perspectives of three rural middle school principals as they implement Georgia's A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000 were investigated in this study. A case study approach was used, employing both within case and cross case analyses. Three interviews were conducted with each of the three participants, resulting in a total of nine interviews.…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Middle Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Supervision