Thursday, March 29, 2018

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/30/2018

    • “We have not found a single case of a school improving its student achievement record in the absence of talented leadership.”
    • students’ mind-sets were twice as powerful in predicting scores as home environment and demographics were.
    • Principals set the culture by their very behavior — the message is the person.
    • Research suggests that it takes five to seven years for a principal to have full impact on a school, but most principals burn out and leave in four years or less. Chicago has one of the highest principal retention rates of any large urban system, 85 percent. Principals are given support, training and independence.
    • successful principals made 20 to 60 spontaneous classroom visits and observations per week.
    • In other words, they are high-energy types constantly circulating through the building, offering feedback, setting standards, applying social glue.
    • successful schools are truly collaborative.
    • When you learn about successful principals, you keep coming back to the character traits they embody and spread: energy, trustworthiness, honesty, optimism, determination.

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