Improving school leadership : : the promise of cohesive leadership systems / / Catherine H. Augustine ... [et al.].

This study documents actions of Wallace Foundation grantees to create more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional leadership in schools; describes how states and districts have worked together to forge such policies and initiatives; and examines the hypothesis that cohesive syste...

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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (179 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Data Sources and Analytic Approach; CHAPTER THREE - Policies and Initiatives Taken to Improve Leadership; CHAPTER FOUR - Variations in State and District Roles in Improving School Leadership; CHAPTER FIVE - Building Cohesion Across Policies and Initiatives; CHAPTER SIX - Effective Strategies for System-Building; CHAPTER SEVEN - Prospects for Sustainability; CHAPTER EIGHT - Support for the CLS Hypothesis; CHAPTER NINE - Recommendations
  • APPENDIX A - Background Information on Study States and DistrictsAPPENDIX B - Indicators of Leadership Policy Initiatives, Factors of Cohesion, Conditions, and Effective Leadership Practices; APPENDIX C - Principal Survey Technical Notes; APPENDIX D - Principal End-of-Day-Log Technical Notes; APPENDIX E - Index Construction for the Analyses in Chapter Eight; APPENDIX F - Methodology and Elaborated Results for Analyses inChapter Eight; References