Download or read book Exploring the Leadership Practices of Principals of Blue Ribbon Schools written by Scotty Allen Van Worth and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore how the leadership behaviors and characteristics of principals contributed to the achievement of the Blue Ribbon Award in schools in Oklahoma during the 2012-2013 school year. The theoretical foundation and conceptual model of this study is comprised of servant leadership and Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning0́9s (McREL) Balanced Leadership Model. Robert Greenleaf coined the term to describe the style employed by leaders who focus on developing others instead of satisfying their own need for power. Six research questions guided this study with the goal of understanding the perceptions of five highly effective Blue Ribbon Principals regarding servant leadership, the influence of accountability requirements on leading, instruction, and learning, the principal0́9s role contributing to the success of his Blue Ribbon school, their roles in advancing the mission, program, and positive school climate, and their collaborative shared leadership practices to earning the Blue Ribbon designation. Sources of data included interviews with five principals, the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) survey taken by 27 teachers, and the Blue Ribbon Applications for each school. Through these sources, the researcher discovered that all the Blue Ribbon principals included in this study believed they were servant leaders and displayed three servant leadership characteristics; listening, committing to the growth of teachers, and building community. The practical implications of this research are that other school leaders can learn and possibly benefit from the experience of these highly successful principals.
Download or read book Comparison of the Leadership Practices of Principals of Blue Ribbon Schools with Principals of Randomly Selected Schools written by David Kellum Knab and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teacher Leadership Practice in High Performing Schools written by Jeremy D. Visone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares key lessons from National Blue Ribbon Schools and explores the roles teachers, administrators, and educators have in leading schools and collaborating across positions. This resource helps leadership teams and individual educators determine concrete next steps to increase the impact of teacher leadership in their schools.
Download or read book Personalized Principal Leadership Practices written by Dionne V. McLaughlin and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, McLaughlin examines the eight strategies expert principals utilize to lead equitable, high achieving schools. Each chapter will include strategies, case studies, reflective questions and a chapter summary.
Download or read book The Influence of Integrated Leadership in United States Title I National Blue Ribbon Elementary Schools in 2012 written by Virginia L. Neely and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the gap between affluent and disadvantaged schools continues to widen, students throughout the United States experience unequal school settings. Leadership can be used to develop education as the greatest equalizer. School accountability pressure and increased demands require qualified and succinct leadership. The analysis of characteristics of successful schools staffs can be used to develop a model of practice for school leaders to utilize for organizational improvement. The majority of previous school leadership studies show the examination of a single type of leadership. One leadership style that integrates two main forms of leadership would better serve our school principals and allow school leaders to develop an environment that efficiently meets the needs of school children, leaders, and teachers. The research questions were centered on the examination of characteristics from the following leadership styles: transformational, instructional, and integrated. For this study, integrated leadership is the combination of transformational and instructional leadership. The purpose of this study was to understand the integrated leadership characteristics of the 2012 Title I Elementary National Blue Ribbon Schools. Qualitative document analysis was used in the exploration of the applications from the schools. The applications were coded for themes based on the theoretical framework of this study. The results of this study show that integrated leadership is implemented through a variety of ways specific to the site-based needs of each campus. The majority of schools in this study use integrated leadership. Implications for practice and further recommendations are presented for school leaders. The schools in this study can be used to understand how schools in any socio-economic setting can create an environment and school culture to find success for students, leaders and teachers.
Download or read book Exploring Principal Development and Teacher Outcomes written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines innovative ways of preparing, supervising, and evaluating principals and explores factors that promote effective leadership practices. Chapter authors consider how principals' leadership practices affect teachers' instruction, satisfaction, commitment, retention, and effectiveness, and present evidence that principals can influence key student outcomes as well. Covering topics such as school leaders' use of time, their efforts to reduce implicit bias, how leadership practices are associated with teachers' workplace attitudes, leadership and student achievement, and how school leaders can best be supported under new federal legislation, this volume is a "must read" for educational leadership and policy faculty, school and district administrators, and researchers committed to promoting effective principal leadership.
Download or read book Best Ideas From America s Blue Ribbon Schools written by n/a NAESP and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1995-03-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an impressive collection of the latest ideas submitted by the principals of the award-winning `Blue Ribbon Schools' in the United States.
Download or read book Introduction to the Principalship written by Leslie S. Kaplan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest leadership textbook from respected author team Kaplan and Owings explores how principals can effectively build a culture around student achievement. Introduction to the Principalship helps aspiring principals understand how to develop a vision for improvement, make decisions and manage conflict, build teachers’ capacity, communicate, monitor the organization’s performance, and create a school climate of mutual respect. This important book provides readers with various leadership concepts to inform their practice, as well as the cognitive and practical tools to evaluate and prioritize what leadership actions to take. Each chapter offers opportunities for readers to create personal meaning and explore new ways of doing leadership to advance a positive, person-focused environment. Providing both the theoretical framework and skills for effective practice, Introduction to the Principalship addresses the issues most urgent and relevant for educational leadership graduate students learning how to build a school culture that promotes every student’s success. Special Features: • Learning Objectives—chapter openers introduce the topic and initiate student thinking. • Reflections and Relevance —interactive exercises, role plays, class activities, and assignments help readers think about content in personally meaningful ways, facilitate understanding of chapter content, and help transfer leadership thinking to action in their own schools. • ISLLC Standards—each chapter is aligned to the 2015 Interstate School Leadership Licensure Standards. • Companion Website—includes links to supplemental material, additional readings, and PowerPoints for instructors.
Download or read book Leveraging the Power of Servant Leadership written by James Laub and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a consistent model to understand leadership as a dynamic combination of vision, action, mobilization, and change. It puts servant leadership into a historical and theoretical context while providing a research-based approach and conceptual model that deepens our understanding of the topic. Further, it provides ways to implement this approach to leadership in real organizational settings. The goal is to bridge the gap between scholarly research and the practical realities of leadership within organizations, communities, and society at large. The author presents the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) and model with research support which will guide students and leaders in evaluating organizational health and effectiveness.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Instructional Leadership Role of Principals in Selected Chicago Suburban blue Ribbon High Schools written by Debra Leigh Stacey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of Blue Ribbon Elementary Schools and the Participating Teachers and Principals Perceptions of the Principals Leadership Proficiencies written by Patricia Carney-Dalton and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Behaviors of Principals of the 1990 1995 National Blue Ribbon Elementary Schools in Cuyahoga County who Embrace Transformational Leadership Style written by Rosemary Weltman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leverage Leadership written by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Managing Director of Uncommon Schools) shows leaders how they can raise their schools to greatness by following a core set of principles. These seven principles, or "levers," allow for consistent, transformational, and replicable growth. With intentional focus on these areas, leaders will leverage much more learning from the same amount of time investment. Fundamentally, each of these seven levers answers the core questions of school leadership: What should an effective leader do, and how and when should they do it. Aimed at all levels of school leadership, the book is for any principal, superintendent, or educator who wants to be a transformational leader. The book includes 30 video clips of top-tier leaders in action. These videos bring great schools to you, and support a deeper understanding of both the components of success and how it looks as a whole. There are also many helpful rubrics, extensive professional development tools, calendars, and templates. Explores the core principles of effective leadership Author's charter school, North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey, received the highest possible award given by the U.S. Department of Education; the National Blue Ribbon Print version includes an instructive DVD with 30 video clips to show how it looks in real life. E-book customers: please note that details on how to access the content from the DVD may be found in the e-book Table of Contents. Please see the section: "How to Access DVD Contents" Bambrick-Santoyo has trained more than 1,800 school leaders nationwide in his work at Uncommon Schools and is a recognized expert on transforming schools to achieve extraordinary results.
Download or read book Preparing Principals for a Changing World written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders. Written by acclaimed author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond and experts Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe, and Margaret Terry Orr, this important book examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs and offers concrete recommendations to improve programs nationwide. In a study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and the team examined eight exemplary principal development programs, as well as state policies and principals' experiences across the country. Using the data from the study, they reveal how successful programs are structured, the skills and knowledge participants gain, and what they are able to do in practice as school leaders as a result. What do these exemplary programs have in common? Aggressive recruitment; close ties with schools in the community; on-the-ground training under the wing of expert principals, and a strong emphasis on the cutting-edge theories of instructional and transformational leadership. In addition to highlighting the programs' similarities, the study also explains the differences among the programs and sheds light on the effectiveness of approaches and models from different states and contexts?East, West, North, and South; urban and rural; pre-service and in-service. The authors analyze program outcomes for principals and their schools, including illustrative case studies and educators' voices on the influence of programs' strategies for recruitment, internships, mentoring, and coursework. The ideas and suggestions outlined in Preparing Principals for a Changing World are presented with the goal of increasing the number of highly qualified, thoughtful, and innovative educational leaders.
Download or read book Perceptions of Leadership and School Climate Through Eyes of Principals and Teachers of Appalachian No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools NCLBBRS written by Suzanne H. R. Goodall and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Exploration of Connections Between a Principal s Leadership Style and the Academic Achievement Gap written by Khalid Almasnaah and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study explored possible connections between school principals' leadership styles and behaviors and closing the student achievement gap at three schools serving high poverty student populations. Two of the three schools were high schools designated as Priority Schools in 2012 as a result of student achievement that ranked in the bottom 5% of all Michigan schools. The two schools managed to exit the Priority designation in 2017 after implementing school culture and instruction reforms that improved student achievement. The third school was a K-8, which was not designated as a Priority School. It had the same student demographics as the Priority Schools, and it is located in the same district as one of them. It was added to the study to reinforce the data. The researcher conducted 17 interviews. A bottom-up inductive coding approach was adopted for the qualitative data analysis. The researcher assigned emerging themes specific and meaningful codes relevant to the topic and purpose of the study. Based on the data from the three schools, a possible connection between school leadership and closing the student achievement gap was found. The three principals adopted practices and behaviors relevant to multiple leadership styles. They did not limit themselves to only one leadership style or a set of behaviors. The two Priority School principals had to undo the negative impact of the former toxic culture. The three principals instituted a positive school culture based on trust, respect, collaboration, and accountability. They indirectly impacted student achievement by improving the schools' culture and climate and enhancing the curriculum, instruction, assessment, and data-driven interventions. They worked with all the stakeholders to align and streamline all the efforts and programs into well-coordinated plans and established common language and practices regarding teaching and learning. They involved all the teachers in the decision making about teaching and learning.
Download or read book Instructional Leadership Characteristics of Secondary Blue Ribbon School Principals written by Dennis Copeland and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
