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Direct linkTurnbull, Brenda J. – State Education Standard, 2015
The work principals do has always mattered, but as the demands of the job increase, it matters even more. Perhaps once they could maintain safety and order and call it a day, but no longer. Successful principals today must also lead instruction and nurture a productive learning community for students, teachers, and staff. They set the tone for the…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Effectiveness, Standards
Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2017
School district officials have faced the urgent task in recent years of ensuring that all schools, not just a lucky few, benefit from sure-footed leadership by professionals who know how to focus on instruction and improve it. The question boils down to this: How can districts develop a pipeline of great school principals? Research about a Wallace…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Qualifications, School Districts, Administrator Characteristics
Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2016
School district officials have faced the urgent task in recent years of ensuring that all schools, not just a lucky few, benefit from sure-footed leadership by professionals who know how to focus on instruction and improve it. The question boils down to this: How can districts develop a pipeline of great school principals? Research about a Wallace…
Descriptors: Principals, Urban Schools, School Districts, Administrator Characteristics
Download full textTurnbull, Brenda J.; Riley, Derek L.; MacFarlane, Jaclyn R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2015
The third in a series of reports evaluating a multi-year Wallace initiative documents ways in which six districts are working to improve school leadership districtwide. It describes several new measures districts are implementing, including systematic support for assistant principals; the use of performance standards to hire and evaluate…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Administrator Education
Turnbull, Brenda J.; Riley, Derek L.; Arcaira, Erikson R.; Anderson, Leslie M.; MacFarlane, Jaclyn R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2013
This first report of an ongoing evaluation of "The Wallace Foundation's Principal Pipeline Initiative" describes the six participating school districts' plans and activities during the first year of their grants. The evaluation, conducted by "Policy Studies Associates" and the "RAND Corporation," is intended to inform…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Standards
Mendels, Pamela – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
A diverse school district hugging the eastern border of Washington, D.C., Prince George's County, has introduced rigorous hiring methods and other practices to boost the quality of leadership in its 198 schools. In so doing, the district has also earned a spot among the pioneers in efforts nationally to ensure that public schools are led by the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Effectiveness
