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EFFECTIVE INDUCTION AND MENTORING PRACTICES: PERCEPTIONS OF FEMALE AND MALE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR IN A NEW STATE
(2011)
The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the perceptions of six seasoned superintendents, new to the state being studied on the effectiveness of induction and mentoring programs. The purpose is also to gain an ...
How Do Superintendents Use ISLLC Standards to Evaluate Principals? Or Do They?
(2011)
In 1996 the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, (ISLLC) a committee formed by the Council of Chief School Officers (CSSO) released a set of standards to guide the training of candidates for public school ...
Leadership of Response to Intervention; Perceptions and Reflections
(2011)
This study seeks to describe how elementary principals in a large Washington school
district perceived the district office administration's implementation of Response to Intervention
over a four-year period. RTI is a widely ...
Washington State Superintendents: Experiences With and Perspectives on the Collective Bargaining Process
(2012)
The purpose of this study is to understand the perspectives of Washington school superintendents faced with 2011 legislation affecting school funding, teacher evaluations, and teacher salaries. Most immediate, a mandated ...
THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR IN BUILDING RELATIONAL TRUST WITH NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS IN SMALL RURAL WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTS
(2013)
Trust and trusting relationships appear to be critical resources for schools helping superintendents and their school board members build teamwork within their district's vision,mission, and goals. This study examined and ...
The Role of Small School Superintendents as Instructional Leaders
(2011)
A learning leader in a school district is the agent of change who can influence improvement in instruction or assessment delivery by the classroom teacher. A phenomenological approach was utilized in this qualitative study ...
On the Move - Student Mobility and the School Community
(2011)
A growing problem for urban schools is the students who move numerous times throughout the year from school to school whether in the same district or a neighboring district. Little is known about the mobile students' ...
Improving a Professional Learning Community at One Elementary School: An Action Research Study
(2011)
The purpose of this action research study was to improve the functioning of one professional learning community (PLC) at Monument Elementary School in the Quincy School District in Washington State. The study was structured ...
Response to Intervention (RTI): A Phenomenological Study of Elementary School Principals' Attitudes Toward A Complex Innovation
(2012)
Response to Intervention (RTI) models used to identify specific learning disabilities are rapidly emerging in the schools (Reynolds & Shaywitz, 2009). RTI implementation has altered the process of service delivery to both ...
Teachers Leading in Formal Roles: Positions, Responsibilities and Training
(2012)
Scholars of educational leadership have long argued that in order for building and district leaders to meet the challenge of improving schools, the leadership capacity within these schools must be increased. Teachers, ...