In another study of four successful high-poverty districts, Snipes, Doolittle, and Herlihy (2002) found that these districts in comparison with other districts
- Focused on achievement, standards, and instructional practice
- Created concrete accountability systems in relation to results
- Focused on lowest-performing schools
- Adopted districtwide professional development and support for consistent implementation
- Drove reform into the classrooms by defining the role for central offices of guiding, supporting, and improving instruction at the building level
- Committed themselves to data-driven decision making and instruction
- Started the reform at the elementary level
- Provided intensive instruction in reading and math to middle and high schools students
From: Leadership & Sustainability by Michael Fullan
Published by: Corwin Press & OPC (Ontario Principals' Council)
I really liked the words: focus, commitment, and data-driven. These really resonate for me even though I am not leading at a system level.
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