03441nam 2200649Ia 450 991022012570332120200520144314.00-8330-4917-8(CKB)2670000000014541(EBL)510396(OCoLC)498417577(SSID)ssj0000338953(PQKBManifestationID)12080306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338953(PQKBWorkID)10299333(PQKB)10501333(MiAaPQ)EBC510396(EXLCZ)99267000000001454120091029d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImproving school leadership the promise of cohesive leadership systems /Catherine H. Augustine ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RANDc20091 online resource (179 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-4891-0 Includes bibliographical references.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 - RecommendationsAPPENDIX 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; ReferencesThis 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 systems improve school leadership. Such efforts appear to be a promising approach to developing school principals engaged in improving instruction.Educational leadershipUnited StatesSchool management and organizationUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesSchool principalsUnited StatesPublic schoolsUnited StatesEducation and stateUnited StatesEducational leadershipSchool management and organizationEducational changeSchool principalsPublic schoolsEducation and state371.200973Augustine Catherine H.1968-891506Rand Education (Institute)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220125703321Improving school leadership2876268UNINA$32.4804/18/2015Educ