Leadership Roles of Administration under the Common Core Reform

Autor/inn/en	Mahfouz, Julia; Barkauskas, Nikolaus J.; Sausner, Erica B.; Kornhaber, Mindy L.
Titel	Leadership Roles of Administration under the Common Core Reform
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 50 (2018) 9, S.793-817 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124517714309
Schlagwörter	Educational Administration; Administrator Role; Leadership Role; Common Core State Standards; Educational Change; Accountability; Program Implementation; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Improvement; Role Perception; Leadership Styles; School Culture; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Common core curriculum; Curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Führungsstil; Schulkultur; Schulleben
Abstract	This qualitative study focuses on school administrators' understandings and actions as leaders of the Common Core reform. In interviews with eight school and district leaders from five diverse districts in Pennsylvania, several aspects of Common Core, or PA Core, implementation were consistent across regardless of student population demographics and urbanicity. The findings show that (a) administrators view themselves as leaders of buildings or districts but not of reform implementations; (b) while it may not require them to make drastic changes, the PA Core is considered an opportunity to address aspects of the district or school that are in need of improvement; and (c) administrators are aware of their school context and their diverse students' needs, but the PA Core is not yet adapted to address these diversity issues. These findings suggest that the Common Core pushes administrators to focus on certain areas of school improvement, such as curricula, assessments, and professional development that attends to the Common Core requirements; yet, the Common Core is similar to previous practice, even if its standards are deemed more rigorous. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01