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An Examination of Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Support for Change and Teachers' Collaboration and Communication around Literacy Instruction in Reading First Schools
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Berebitsky, Dan; Goddard, Roger D.; Carlisle, Joanne F. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Little research has directly examined whether principal leadership can increase the degree to which teachers work together regularly in focused ways around content. Prior research has shown that reform efforts seeking to alter the process of teaching can be successful if teachers collaborate to build capacity and improve…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Collaboration, Capacity Building
A Better Way to Teach Math.
Featherstone, Helen – Principal, 1991
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has called for sweeping changes in mathematics instruction, arguing that knowledge should emerge from experience with problems. Deborah Ball's third grade class in East Lansing, Michigan, is a community of youthful mathematicians who argue, concur, and theorize about odd and even numbers. Instituting…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation, Mathematics Instruction
A STUDY OF SELECTED ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIORS AMONG ADMINISTRATORS FROM INNOVATIVE AND NON-INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. FINAL REPORT.
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KLINGENBERG, ALLEN JAY – 1967
DATA FROM 20 REPRESENTATIVE MICHIGAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS (FIVE INNOVATIVE AND FIVE NONINNOVATIVE WITH A HIGH-COST FACTOR AND FIVE INNOVATIVE AND FIVE NONINNOVATIVE WITH A LOW-COST FACTOR) WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL SYSTEM INNOVATIVENESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIOR. QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM 109 OF 116…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Curriculum Development, Educational Change