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Kimball, Steven M.; Arrigoni, Jessica; Clifford, Matthew; Yoder, Maureen; Milanowski, Anthony – Teacher Incentive Fund, US Department of Education, 2015
Research demonstrating principals' impact on student learning outcomes has fueled the shift from principals as facilities managers to an emphasis on instructional leadership (Hallinger & Heck, 1996; Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004; Marzano, Waters, & McNulty, 2005). Principals are under increasing pressure to carry out…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership
Varrati, Anita – Principal Leadership, 2008
Preservice teachers want to interact with principals during clinical experiences and principals recognize the importance of fulfilling that wish. The problem is that both teacher and leadership preparation programs lack clear expectations regarding the principal's role with preservice teachers. In this article, the author suggests that teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Clinical Experience
Hatch, J. Amos; Freeman, Evelyn B. – 1987
Ethnographic interviews with 36 teachers, principals, and supervisors of kindergarten programs in 12 Ohio school districts were conducted for the purpose of investigating the philosophies and practices of kindergarten programs in Ohio public schools. Broad research questions which formed the structure of the interviews focused on (1) informants'…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Ethnography
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Hatch, J. Amos; Freeman, Evelyn B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1988
Reports findings from an ethnographic interview study which examined kindergarten philosophies and practices from the perspectives of teachers, principals, and supervisors. Analyses indicate that kindergartens are increasingly academic and skill oriented, and individuals implementing kindergarten programs may not believe that their kindergartens…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Conflict of Interest, Educational Philosophy
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1989
The extent to which principals (n=313), supervisors (n=273), and teachers (n=313) agreed in their assessments of classroom teachers' testing proficiencies was studied in the Ohio public schools. There were 122 elementary and 191 secondary school teachers in the teacher sample. The validity of these perceptions was determined by a direct assessment…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1989
This paper presents staff development implications for elementary and secondary school teachers which were gleaned from assessments of classroom teachers' testing needs, resources, practices, and proficiencies made by 586 supervisors and principals and 326 teachers in an Ohio study. These assessments included direct analyses of teacher-made tests…
Descriptors: Administrators, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers