ERIC Number: EJ809292
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
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Special Topic/The Principal's Priority 1
Johnson, Jean
Educational Leadership, v66 n1 p72-76 Sep 2008
Five Public Agenda surveys--A Mission of the Heart (2008); Lessons Learned (2008); Reality Check 2006; Rolling Up Their Sleeves (2003); and Stand by Me (2003)--provide snapshots of how instructional leadership is working in schools. Most principals see instructional leadership as a key mission. "Transformer" principals are able to focus squarely on instructional leadership in their work, whereas "coper" principals often have a hard time fitting instructional leadership into a busy day. A majority of principals expressed satisfaction with teacher quality in their schools, although principals in mainly minority schools didn't voice the same level of satisfaction. According to Public Agenda's research, the most serious hurdle facing instructional leadership is whether communities and districts are willing to reorganize schools so principals have time for this work. (Contains 1 endnote.)
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Teacher Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Leadership Responsibility
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
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