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Developing a shared vision in instructional leadership teams
Sep 26, 2018 | Instructional Leadership Teams
How can a principal keep from feeling overwhelmed trying to improve teaching and learning? Form an instructional leadership team of teacher leaders to identify teaching and learning challenges in the building. Such a team builds its own instructional leadership...
Is student-centered the latest catchphrase? Not if we can help it.
Sep 25, 2018 | The Throughline
Lately, I have been getting very excited as I hear more and more leaders and organizations talk about “student-centered initiatives.” Often I hear this phrase about putting students in the center only to later feel disappointed when the follow-up conversations are...
3 Things All Principals Need From Their Central Office To Be Successful
Jan 28, 2016 | District Leadership, Instructional leadership, Principal Supervisors, Principal Support
A quick scan of education news headlines shows: the role of school principal is less satisfying and attractive than it has ever been. Whether you look at principal job satisfaction surveys or the data on principal tenure, education leaders need to wake up and figure...
How to Help Teachers Find an Area of Focus
Apr 30, 2015 | Classroom Coaching, Principal Support
Teachers have always set goals for their students and for their teaching. But what used to be a fairly open-ended conversation in the principal's office or staff room has now become a critical component of a teacher's professional development. Driven by student and...
4 Steps of Inquiry That Help Principals Improve Instruction
Apr 1, 2015 | Inquiry Cycle, Principal Supervisors, Principal Support
When I ask principals what prevents them from focusing on instructional quality in their school, the number one answer I get is: time. It’s true, time is always a concern for principals, but it is not the only one. I have found that even when principals carve out the...