One Instructional Leadership Team’s Journey through a Professional Learning Cycle

<p>Schools often set a large number of goals, making it difficult to plan, support, monitor, and match strategic levers in a systematic way. This study narrates the actions and findings of one instructional leadership team as they implement an eight week cycle of professional learning around a single focus. Scripted observations of teachers and students, achievement data, student work samples, as well as exit slips with action items recount the team members’ perspectives and experiences. The team chronicled its journey, which proved to be one of inquiry, trial and error, reflection and retooling. The study closes with highlighting the changes in both teachers’ instructional practices and school-wide improvement systems, the challenges and benefits, and the researcher’s interpretations and implications for school staffs.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• England, Elizabeth A

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Terry J Smith
• Dr. Gerry Spinella
• Dr. Jack Denny

• professional learning
• cycle
• instructional
• leadership team
• Educational Administration and Supervision

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/141

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1144