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Burrows-McCabe, Amy – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
This article describes a comprehensive strategy for developing a larger corps of effective principals, "The Principal Pipeline Initiative," launched by the Wallace Foundation in 2011. Its purpose is working to strengthen school leadership by documenting and evaluating leadership development in six urban districts (Charlotte-Mecklenburg…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education, Novices
Hall, Bill – Journal of Staff Development, 2008
A school improvement process that relies on professionals learning in concert with each other also holds the key to developing the leadership capacity and sustainability that schools and systems so desperately need. Professional learning communities thrive when districts experience consistent leadership across the district, so succession planning…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Change, Leadership, Administration
Clark, Lynn V. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Finding out what instructional leadership looks like is at the center of a new trend in leadership development: videos of practice. These range from minimally edited videos of a leader's own practice to highly edited clips that focus on successful leadership actions in authentic school settings. While videos of practice are widely used in teacher…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Video Technology, Models
Syed, Sarosh – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
This article describes a novel effort in New York City, the Learning Partners Program, which matches veteran principals with two or more newer ones. In 2014-15, the first full year of the effort, the city's Department of Education put 73 of the city's more than 1,800 schools into 23 groups of threes and one group of four. Every group comprised one…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Coaching (Performance), Mentors, Partnerships in Education
Hirsh, Stephanie – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
Time and collaborative learning experiences are key to successful implementation of literacy standards. Leadership is just as important. What do system and school leaders do that teachers value most and identify as most helpful in their efforts to ensure high-quality literacy and standards-based instruction for all students? According survey…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Best Practices, Instructional Leadership, Governance
Van Soelen, Thomas M.; Harden, Debra – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
No longer is the central office a place for educators' careers to meet a dead end. Nor can it be where ineffective leaders are transferred to lessen impact. It cannot be "the blob," as coined by William Bennett (Walker, 1987). The Wallace Foundation notes that the central office has never been more important for system and individual…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Central Office Administrators, Superintendents, Leadership Effectiveness
Psencik, Kay; Brown, Frederick; Cain, Laura; Coleman, Ramona; Cummings, C. Todd – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
Fort Wayne Community Schools continue to increase student learning and meet state and national standards and expectations annually based on several factors that have made a difference for educators within the system: district and principal leadership, learning teams, effective learning designs, and deep commitment to a culture of learning. Fort…
Descriptors: School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement
Unger, Jennifer – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
This article seeks to answer the following questions: (1) What is keeping educators from moving districts and schools to high-performing data cultures? and (2) What vital role does leadership play? Three years ago, as a senior designer and facilitator, Jennifer Unger developed a data leadership academy to address challenges for leaders, whether…
Descriptors: Data, Best Practices, Cooperation, Teacher Collaboration
Mayer, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
This article describes a program instituted by the Northern Valley Schools (New Jersey, USA) Curriculum Consortium's Coaching Academy. This program was born in mid-2012 with the goal of building a cadre of instructional coaches who could provide increased classroom support for teachers to navigate 21st-century educational demands. Planning began…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Teacher Leadership, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Role
Lindsey, Delores B.; MacDonell, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
Linda MacDonell is the assistant superintendent of the Instructional Services Division of the Orange County (California) Department of Education and over the years, Delores Lindsey served as MacDonell's leadership coach. In this article, they talk about their experiences as external/internal partners building internal capacity for culturally…
Descriptors: Counties, Superintendents, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Role
Carver, Cynthia L. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
Recent state legislation in Michigan mandates that all graduating seniors successfully pass algebra I and II. Numerous initiatives have been enacted to help mathematics teachers meet this challenge, yet school principals have had little preparation for the necessary curricular and instructional changes. To address this unmet need, university-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, State Legislation, Mathematics Teachers
Psencik, Kay; Baldwin, Rhonda – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
In 2010, district leaders of Douglas County Public Schools, Douglasville, Georgia, launched an ambitious initiative to ensure that teachers set goals that focus on increasing their effectiveness and show student growth. To achieve this goal, the district leadership team focused on common district assessments to establish common learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, School Districts, Public Schools, Student Evaluation
What's Best for Our Students? Outcomes Are the Driving Force at One High-Achieving Elementary School
Kinzer, Cathy; Taft, Laura – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Monte Vista Elementary School is one of 24 K-5 elementary schools in Las Cruces Public Schools, an urban district in southern New Mexico. The school's 450 students reflect the diversity of its Southwestern community: 75% Hispanic, 17% English language learners, and 68% free or reduced lunch, thus qualifying Monte Vista as a Title I school. Monte…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, High Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Foltos, Les – Journal of Staff Development, 2014
A common question raised by new coaches is: When can I share my experience and expertise with teachers I am coaching to help them improve? It is a logical question. Many coaches know that they were chosen for the role in part because their peers respect them as a teacher. They know the instructional strategies they have used give them credibility…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Inquiry, Expertise, Capacity Building
Bissaker, Kerry; Davies, Jim; Heath, Jayne – Journal of Staff Development, 2011
Professor John Rice, a pioneer of the Australian Science and Mathematics School (ASMS), recognized that schools' curricula were at odds with the kind of science and mathematics driving the new economy. In addition to curriculum that lacked relevance to contemporary life, negative student attitudes and a shortage of qualified science and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Science Course Improvement Projects