Research Question: What, if any, is the relationship between a superintendent’s instructional leadership practices, as operationalized by Marzano and Waters five district level leadership responsibilities, and a district’s effectiveness as measured by student achievement, graduation rates, and dropout rates? Hypothesis 1: There is a statistically significant relationship between a superintendent’s instructional leadership practices and a district’s student achievement as measured by a district’s CRT
Data Analysis The data analysis will consist of multiple steps following the method promoted by Corbin and Strauss (1990). “Coding is the fundamental analytic process used by the researcher. In grounded theory research, there are three basic types of coding: open, axial, and selective” (p.12). LaRossa (2005) strongly advocates for the use of all three stating that “GTM (Grounded Theory Methods) are most productive when all three phases of coding are employed” (p. 840). The information gleaned from
focus on the instructional leadership actions of the superintendent and how they impact or influence student achievement, graduation rates, and dropout rates. In other words, how does the superintendent design and create a system that improves student achievement and success? What processes, procedures, and framework does a superintendent implement that positively contributes to student achievement and success? Assumptions This study is based on the assumption that district level leadership has an impact
Ford Road Elementary School's healthy culture includes shared values, common beliefs, written and unwritten rules and behavior expectations of all stakeholders. Within the school community, all stakeholders utilize school's social norms and create opportunities for everyone to be successful. A healthy school culture creates an environment in which the school community, at all levels, is actively engaged, feels empowered to effect positive change, enjoys congenial relationships and is supported and
essential to good citizenship and that education is important to life because it enables people to play a part to their community and their country. Leadership is at the predecessor of education since it is a search for comprehending the thoughts and actions of leaders. Looking at the leaders who labour with teachers provides a vision on leadership and the link to teacher efficiency and what role they play in student attainment and achievement. As stated in the Philippine Constitution, Article XIV
depressed students. General orientation and decision making variables accounted for twenty nine percent of the variance in depression among the college students. Hancock, Bray & Nason, (2002), in a study investigated the effects of professors’ instructional methods and university students’ conceptual levels of achievement and motivation in a course designed to teach computer technologies. The study concluded that matching high-conceptual-level learners with student-centered instruction and low-conceptual-level
As he word goes that discourse out of mouth and bolt out of bow can never be returned back, so it is profoundly critical that we pick words before any verbal communication is made. Be I formal or casual, individual ought to be well proficient and twofold unmistakable about passing on considerations effectively and getting connected with other people. It is likewise to be remembered the mode by which message is passed on, whether socially among companions or in a get-together or on phone. Body Language
institution, its community of teachers and students" (¶ 54). Therefore, the new leaders in distance education can prove to be valuable assets to their scholarly communities of learning by becoming funnels of knowledge, maintenance through transformational leadership, having
identify necessary adjustment that need to be made in order to ensure students are able to master what has been taught. Since assessment is considered pivotal in the teaching and learning process, teachers are required to base their decisions (instructional, grading, and reporting) on some knowledge of student attainment of and progress towards desired learning outcomes (Cheng, Rogers, & Hu
1. UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP 1.1 Explain the linkbetween strategic leadership and management. Strategy management can be characterized as the precise investigation of the elements connected with clients and contenders (the outside environment) and the association itself (the inner environment) to give the premise to keeping up ideal administration rehearses. The goal of vital administration is to accomplish better arrangement of corporate strategies