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Pechota, Damion; Scott, Deven – Education Commission of the States, 2020
School leadership is a key component of successful school environments and academic performance strategies. Among school-related factors, school leadership is second to teaching in its impact on student learning. In addition, research shows that strong leaders contribute significantly to successful school turnaround. To ensure that school leaders…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, School Turnaround, State Policy
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Burch, Gerald F.; Batchelor, John H.; Burch, Jana J.; Gibson, Shanan; Kimball, Bob – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
College campus life is changing based on pressures to create safe environments for students to learn. Much of this change has been outlined in an article by Lukianoff and Haidt entitled "The Coddling of the American Mind." The authors of the present article asked 188 students from two universities if microaggressions, trigger warnings,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior
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Syed, Sarosh – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
Denver Public Schools, one of 14 districts that receive funding from The Wallace Foundation to improve principal effectiveness, is also one of a number of districts around the country emphasizing the development of principals' managers in the central office. The principal's job has changed over the last decade, going from a role that revolved…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Financial Support, Principals
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) are strategies designed to improve how teachers teach and students learn. The designs encourage teacher collaboration and creativity and offer flexible frameworks for building lessons in all disciplines. Their purpose is to engage students to read challenging…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement, Instructional Design
Kaplun, Irina – Online Submission, 2011
This work focuses on the importance of teacher leadership in the virtual environment and the role of managers in the workforce. It depicts student expectations of the virtual classroom, specifically the professor's role in this environment. The study on teachers in the virtual environment is compared and contrasted with generational differences in…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Virtual Classrooms, Administrator Role, Work Environment
Rice, Jennifer King – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2010
While the importance of principals has long been recognized by educators and researchers, empirical studies on the effectiveness and distribution of principals have been undermined by the lack of data to study principals, their complex work, and their impact on school outcomes. In fact, "little systematic evidence exists about the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Researchers, Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Watba, Utem; Farmer, Edgar I. – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
Community college deans and other senior administrators are faced with a variety of issues and challenges that include, but are not limited to, the ever-changing nature of technology, changes in diverse populations, industry training, and job placements. At this level, the frequently identified emergence of leadership and supervision issues have…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Leadership, Delphi Technique, Deans