America Achieves’ latest multimedia report in its Spotlight on Promising Practices series is entitled “Great Principals: Developing Every Teacher.” As the title indicates, these stories showcase effective school leadership and its impact on teaching and learning.
Watch how at Merrill Middle School in Denver, school leaders have implemented an incredibly thoughtful practice in which educators observe each other’s lessons in “Learning Labs” and then offer up direct and meaningful feedback. Everyone involved says the effort has done much to improve instruction at Merrill and has built a tremendous culture of strong relationships there.
See how talented leaders at the other featured schools help their teachers excel through goal setting, coaching, mentoring, and more. Of particular note are the thoughtful and supportive approaches at work in these schools, where the focus is always on improvement for students and teachers alike. For an in-depth look at how these great principals develop teachers and drive teacher quality, check out the rich, multimedia case studies that accompany the Spotlight videos.
These promising practices have implications for policy. Take a moment to check out the useful policy guide that New Leaders has put together to help states and districts recruit, support, and retain great school leaders who in turn can help develop highly effective teachers.
In addition, America Achieves has made available a guest blog post by education leader Jarvis Sanford, who manages public school turnarounds in Chicago. Read about his experience helping Chicago teachers and students improve and his views on what we can all learn from the educators featured in the videos.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.americaachieves.org/issues/great-principals-developing-every-teacher
