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McMahon, Kelly; Johnson, Ashley – Journal of School Leadership, 2018
The passage of ESSA in 2015 created a novel mandate for States to develop school accountability systems that use alternative measures of school quality beyond test scores. This created an opportunity for States to be innovative and make new forms of data available that could potentially lead to new strategies for improving schools. This study…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Educational Improvement, School Visitation
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Green, Aimee M.; Muñoz, Marco A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2016
This study addressed the problem of job satisfaction of new teachers in large urban school districts. Understanding what contributes to job satisfaction of new teachers has implications for retention strategies supporting cost-effective human capital management as well as for improving working conditions and performance in the educational…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Beginning Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Characteristics
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Wells, Caryn M.; Klocko, Barbara A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine what stressors face practicing school principals, with an interest in determining whether they perceived that teacher leaders could relieve some of their stress. This descriptive study used quantitative and qualitative measures that revealed differences in the stressors identified by principals.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Role, Stress Management, Stress Variables
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Beard, Karen Stansberry – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
The third pillar of No Child Left Behind emphasizes determining which educational programs and practices have been proven effective through rigorous scientific research. This study addressed Davis, Darling-Hammond, LaPointe, and Meyerson's (2005) call for a "need for additional research to determine the impact and relative importance of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Federal Legislation, Superintendents, Academic Achievement