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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 18
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A Case Study of a New High School Principal: Instructional Challenges and Administrative Interventions Relating to Immigrant Students and Teacher Apathy on the U.S./Mexico Border
Cortez, Maria Teresa; Sorenson, Richard D.; Coronado, Dino
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, v15 n1 p7-24 Mar 2012
This case study provides a contemporary look at a first year rural high school principal who is on the frontlines of the U.S./Mexico border struggles. Having taken over an underperforming school, this principal--in one year--moved the school accountability rating to Recognized status and is now focusing on the highest or Exemplary status for the forthcoming school year.
Descriptors: High Schools, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Immigrants, Principals, Case Studies, Rural Schools, Low Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, School Administration, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Teacher Attitudes, School Restructuring, Administrator Education, Teacher Motivation, English Language Learners, Vignettes, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Hispanic Americans
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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