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Description:: The school principal's role has been expanding since the onset of the standards movement. No Child Left Behind, enacted in 2002, requires principals to be not only managers of the building and staff but also instructional leaders responsible for increasing student achievement. Therefore, the task...
Author:: Terrell, Hope Price
Keyword:: student achievement, leadership, instructional leadership, and distributed leadership
GW Unit:: Education and Human Development
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Lemasters, Linda K
Committee Member(s):: Choi, Jaewha and Harris, Christine
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Research shows minority teachers positively impact minority student achievement, yet these teachers (especially Blacks and Latina/os) account for the highest percentage of pre-retirement teacher attrition rates. The primary reasons for their premature departures are a lack of autonomy relating to...
Author:: Richardson, Tamilah
Keyword:: teacher retention, organizational culture, teacher leadership development, instructional leadership, distributed leadership, and school improvement
GW Unit:: Educational Administration & Policy Studies
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Clayton, Jennifer K.
Committee Member(s):: Nganga, Christine and Shirrell, Matthew
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: With and For All: Middle School Principal Instructional LeadershipLawmakers have created federal policies that position and provide funding for the development of principals as instructional leaders and the creation of evaluation systems that measure principal effectiveness based on the results...
Author:: Florio, Angela Rupa
Keyword:: qualitative, conceptualization, middle school, principal, instructional leadership, and distributed leadership
GW Unit:: Educational Administration & Policy Studies
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Sherrill Linkous, Kelly
Committee Member(s):: Trimmer, Leslie and Clayton, Jennifer
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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