Principals are understood to be critical actors in improving teaching and learning conditions
in schools; however, relatively little is known about the leadership strategies to which …

The presented paper aims to examine the influence of principal leadership on teaching
practices in order to reveal direct and indirect effects of instructional and distributed …

Assessments of instructional quality based on classroom observations and artifacts have the
potential to measure and improve mathematics instruction and learning. This article …

Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between principal leadership and variation
in teachers' participation in a new literacy coaching program: Content-Focused …

In a longitudinal group-randomized trial, we explore the key role of the quality of classroom
text discussions in mediating the effects of Content-Focused Coaching (CFC) on student …

The evidence is clear-school leaders make a difference to the learning of the pupils they
serve. And yet, not all leaders have the same degree of impact. What are the factors that …

In this paper, we present a review of the field of professional development for school
leaders. The paper sets out a framework for defining what professional development is …

The objective of the present study was to determine whether teacher collaboration is a
mediator of the strategic leadership and teaching quality in schools. This study involved 300 …

In the present exploratory qualitative study we examine the contextual factors that influenced
the implementation of a multi-year comprehensive literacy-coaching program (Content …

In this article, we provide information to assist mathematics teacher educators in selecting
classroom observation tools. We review three classroom observation tools:(1) the Reform …