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The Use of Leadership Standards in the Hiring Practices of Effective Principals
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Kracht, Ritchie E.; Hensley, Melissa A.; Strange, Martha A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This is a problem based learning project focusing on superintendent use of ISSLC standards in hiring practices for human resource management. Research notes student achievement is affected by effective leadership of principals. School district superintendents charged with hiring effective principals must determine the best candidate for that…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Personnel Selection, Leadership
A Plan of Action: Interactive School Improvement Constructs
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Zornes, Alicia; Moore, Thomas; O'Connor, Benjamin; Wittmer, John – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The following document represents a Problem Based Learning Project (PBL) around the central theme of school improvement, the components of school improvement, and the importance of the presence and interaction of five central components of school improvement. Five central components, or constructs, identified and selected from a breadth of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Problem Based Learning, Leadership, Data
A Plan of Action: Interactive School Improvement Constructs
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O'Connor, Benjamin; Moore, Thomas; Wittmer, John; Zornes, Alicia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The following document represents a Problem Based Learning Project (PBL) around the central theme of school improvement, the components of school improvement, and the importance of the presence and interaction of five central components of school improvement. Five central components, or constructs, identified and selected from a breadth of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Problem Based Learning, Educational Planning, Leadership
Enhancing Administrators' Capacity for Leadership by Improving Evaluation Practices and Processes Project
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Mathes, Staci M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This problem-based learning project focused on the need to enhance the capacity for leadership of building administrators in order to effectively evaluate teachers. Federal and state guidelines mandate highly qualified teachers in every classroom, and teacher evaluation is an important component to ensure qualified teachers are in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evaluators, Teacher Evaluation, Problem Based Learning
A Problem Based Learning Project Investigating the Underlying Dimensions of Professional Learning Communities in Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the State of Missouri
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Hickman, Philip; Schrimpf, Michael; Wedlock, Dave – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The professional learning community (PLC) model for enacting school improvement through ameliorated educator leadership efficacy and instructional proficiencies has become one of the most popular methods for encouraging higher student achievement in public schools across the State of Missouri. By reviewing the current educational research on the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Research, Problem Based Learning, Educational Change