Ambitious Leadership : How Principals Lead Schools to College and Career Readiness. Executive Summary.
"We were a high-performing school. Now we're not." These words--spoken in 2015 by the head of a respected network of "no excuses" charter schools--could have come from any number of school leaders across the country, as they adjusted to the "skyrocketing" demands o...
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| Summary: | "We were a high-performing school. Now we're not." These words--spoken in 2015 by the head of a respected network of "no excuses" charter schools--could have come from any number of school leaders across the country, as they adjusted to the "skyrocketing" demands of new college- and career-ready (CCR) standards. The standards--and their respective assessments--have revealed a yawning gap between what our students need to know and be able to do to succeed in college and beyond, and how we are currently preparing them. In the face of such challenges, strong school leadership is essential. As the primary culture builders, talent managers, and instructional leaders at their schools, principals are the lynchpins to successful implementation of any school-level improvement initiative. In "Ambitious Leadership: How Principals Lead Schools to College and Career Readiness," the authors share findings from a study of principals at 10 schools that have made progress in helping students meet CCR standards. It was found that principals successfully making this shift were executing instructional leadership practices at exceptionally high levels of intensity, quality, and intentionality. The authors call this new generation of learning-focused leadership "ambitious instructional leadership." This executive summary highlights the findings from the full report, discuss the stages of instructional improvement, and recommendations for principals. [For the full report, see ED584804.] |
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