Articulating the Importance of Ensuring that All Children Succeed

1. School leaders assert and regularly reinforce the importance of ensuring that all students achieve at high levels.

One of the primary roles of educational leaders is to give voice to shared values. Repeated articulation of these values, backed up by relevant action, can increase consensus and motivate others to act accordingly.

Jeannie Oakes discusses the role that principals play in shaping a school culture that is responsive to student diversity.

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James Scheurich argues that principals have a responsibility to enhance the professional growth of the teachers in their schools in supportive and collaborative ways.

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Joyce Epstein states that unless principals support and participate in programs to engage all parents in the education of their children, teachers will not take family involvement seriously.

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Read a study by leading scholars on school leadership that summarizes the basics of effective leadership, including working with staff to set a clear vision of priorities and ways of reaching those core goals.