ERIC Number: ED559933
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Feb
Pages: 37
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"Districts Matter": Cultivating the Principals Urban Schools Need. Perspective
Mitgang, Lee
Wallace Foundation
An effective school requires an effective leader, but great principals rarely just happen. They are cultivated. This Wallace Perspective draws on a decade of foundation research and work in school leadership to show how urban school districts can play a major role in ensuring they have principals who can boost teaching and learning in troubled schools. Key actions include establishing selective hiring procedures and providing mentoring to novice leaders.
Descriptors: Principals, Urban Schools, Administrator Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles, School Districts, Board of Education Role, School Effectiveness, Effective Schools Research, Administrator Evaluation, Instructional Leadership, Board Administrator Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Accountability, Professional Autonomy, Interviews, Administrator Attitudes, Best Practices, Management Development, Occupational Information, Administrator Education, Personnel Selection, Incentives, Professional Continuing Education, Mentors, Management Information Systems, Time Factors (Learning), Expertise, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Administrative Change, Success, Participative Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Wallace Foundation
Identifiers - Location: Colorado; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Massachusetts; New York; North Carolina; Oregon; Rhode Island; Tennessee
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