District Contributions to School Leaders' Sense of Efficacy: A Qualitative Analysis

This study, based on interviews with 31 principals, was undertaken in response to quantitative evidence from a larger mixed-methods project that found school leaders' collective efficacy to be a crucial link joining district leadership and conditions to school conditions and student learning. R...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of school leadership 2007-11, Vol.17 (6), p.735-770
Hauptverfasser: Leithwood, Kenneth, Strauss, Tiiu, Anderson, Stephen E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study, based on interviews with 31 principals, was undertaken in response to quantitative evidence from a larger mixed-methods project that found school leaders' collective efficacy to be a crucial link joining district leadership and conditions to school conditions and student learning. Results of this study suggest that districts contribute to building-level leaders' sense of efficacy by establishing clear, widely shared purposes; awarding priority to the improvement of instruction; and ensuring that teachers and administrators have access to appropriate amounts of meaningful professional development aimed at developing the capacities needed to achieve the shared purposes. (Contains 1 table.)
ISSN:1052-6846
DOI:10.1177/105268460701700603