A VIVID ILLUSTRATION OF LEADERSHIP: PRINCIPAL'S ACTIONS PROPEL STRUGGLING SCHOOL'S TURNAROUND

摘要

Not just any type of principal leadership will suffice for schools striving to build the instructional capacity necessary for student achievement. Leadership that simultaneously leads a school forward while distributing power throughout the faculty is considered the path to creating not only a successful school as measured by achievement but also a learning organization. At a high-needs, high-poverty school that made remarkable improvements in student achievement, the relationship between leadership, classroom teaching, and learning is illustrated in vivid color when a first-year principal turns the school into an organization that values learning and embraces change.