How Do Principals Really Improve Schools?

Autor/inn/en	DuFour, Rick; Mattos, Mike
Titel	How Do Principals Really Improve Schools?
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 70 (2013) 7, S.34-40 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Principals; Educational Improvement; Effective Schools Research; Student Improvement; Teacher Improvement; Educational Strategies; Communities of Practice; Participative Decision Making; Observation; Teacher Motivation; School Culture; Instructional Leadership; School Administration; Achievement Need + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Principal; Schulleiter; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulforschung; Lehrstrategie; Community; Beobachtung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung
Abstract	Principals are in a paradoxical position. On one hand, they're called on to use research-based strategies to improve student achievement. On the other, they're increasingly required to micromanage teachers by observing in classrooms and engaging in intensive evaluation. The authors point out that these two positions are at odds with each other. In fact, research has shown that teacher evaluations, along with many other mandated practices, have not improved teaching or learning. If principals want to improve student achievement, rather than focus on the individual inspection of teaching, they must focus on the collective analysis of evidence of student learning. The most powerful strategy for improving teaching and learning is creating the collaborative culture and collective responsibility of a professional learning community. The effort to improve schools through tougher supervision and evaluation is doomed to fail, the authors note, because it asks the wrong question. The question isn't, How can I do a better job of monitoring teaching? but, How can we collectively do a better job of monitoring student learning? (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10