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Direct linkGrenda, J. Patrick; Hackmann, Donald G. – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
This multiple-site case study examined distributed leadership practices of three middle school principals, using observations, interviews, and document analysis. Findings disclosed that the principals built on the interdisciplinary teaming structure to develop empowering organizational structures that promoted democratic governance. Employing…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Administrative Organization
Paredes, Josie Abaroa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate, through quantitative research, effective middle school characteristics that predict student achievement, as measured by the school-wide California API score. Characteristics were determined using an instrument developed by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), which asked middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Prediction, Academic Achievement
Callan, Mary B. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Organizational sensemaking is the attempt to understand complex events that occur in organizations (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 2005). This study focuses on the sensemaking leadership capabilities of a leadership team promoting comprehensive reform. The cross-school leadership team engaged in organizational sensemaking in order to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Action Research, Federal Legislation, Cooperation
Download full textStarr, Joshua P. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
The federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) legislation required school districts to ensure that all teachers of core academic subjects met the requirements to be designated highly qualified by July 1, 2006. However, because no Maryland counties were able to comply with the 100 percent highly qualified designation by July 1,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, School Districts, Counties
Crippen, Kent J.; Archambault, Leanna; Ford, Marilyn Sue; Levitt, Gregory A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
This paper describes a unique collaboration between the College of Education (COE) and the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach (CAEO) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Here we describe our efforts to improve student science performance in traditionally underachieving urban middle schools by embracing our state's highly qualified…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Academic Achievement, Middle Schools
