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Facilitating Elementary Principals' Support for Instructional Teacher Leadership
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Mangin, Melinda M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This exploratory study examines conditions that lead elementary principals to support the work of school-based instructional teacher leaders. The study asks, How do principals' knowledge of teacher leadership and their interaction with teacher leaders contribute to principals' support for teacher leadership? And, How might district…
Descriptors: Interaction, Principals, Teacher Leadership, Elementary Schools
Assessing Teacher Needs in Rural Schools.
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Reed, Daisy F.; Seyfarth, John T. – Rural Educator, 1984
A study in a remote, rural, mid-Atlantic school system assessed how teachers regarded the curriculum and their instructional needs; 226 personnel directly related to instructional services responded to the questionnaire, 42 were interviewed, and 72 were observed in classroom settings. Teachers generally rated themselves much more favorably than…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Focus on the Teacher. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 5.
Osborne, Roger; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education