Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) represent a concept that is growing in many parts of the United States. They are an attempt to create an environment in which teachers feel comfortable working together, sharing, ...

This study examines the changing role of the school principal from a managerial position to one now focused on instructional leadership. Specifically, the investigation will examine principals evaluating teachers and ...

The purpose of this study is to identify elements of the school environment that foster resilience and positively influence African American male students’ state of college readiness. A qualitative approach was used to ...

As state and federal accountability standards demand that schools show adequate progress for school improvement, principals have found it more difficult to find the time and resources needed to adequately focus on school ...

This study evaluated the implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) in a Texas school district. It established the reliability and validity of a PLC instrument, measuring the perceived degree of implementation ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the achievement of twenty-five campuses as measured by their reading and math performance and state accountability ratings, to the outcomes the schools achieved from the administration ...

It is well documented that school leadership is second only to classroom instruction as an influence on student learning and achievement (Leithwood & Reihl, 2003; Wahlstrom et al., 2010, Ediger, 2014; Waters et al., 2003). ...

With increasing demands for schools to meet standardized test expectations, decrease drop-out rates, prepare a globally competitive workforce, and develop students who are college-ready, many schools are faced with the ...

This phenomenology study explored the lived experiences of leadership within the first cohort-based doctorate in health sciences education launched by the College of Education at the University of Houston in August 2013. ...

Other than the superintendent and the district’s athletic director, there is no position more visible than the high school principal. Although there is a significant amount of research and information regarding the roles ...