Supporting Principals as Instructional Leaders

Leadership is a test. One very busy principal explains how he learned to pass.

Principal coaches play a critical role in helping principals execute on their most important priorities by bringing in other perspectives.

October 2011 | Volume 69 | Number 2

        Coaching: The New Leadership Skill

    Pages 70-73

District administrators can and should provide professional development for school principals. Here's how coaching can serve as a great tool to deliver PD.

We include below links to various articles dealing with improving student achievement and leading system-wide reform. These articles are written by Targeted Leadership senior executives and consultants.

To develop teachers, principals needing coaching too, says a new study by Vanderbilt University and Mathematica Policy Research.

Instructional leadership is something district and building leaders, as well as instructional coaches and teacher leaders, have to learn about because they need to build credibility in the role in order to have a real impact with teachers and students.

A tool helping educators generate a theory of action that explains the specific changes they intend to make to improve teaching and learning.

Another school year has flown by and I’m reflecting on my practice as a coach. I know that without reflection, we don’t grow. I’m fanatical about reflecting and nudging others to reflect. I’ve written about how coaches can reflect on their practice here and here and here (these articles also suggest ways to help teachers reflect on their practice).