World-Class Schools: World-Class Principals

Do principals matter to school improvement and student success? The answer is a resounding yes! One of the most reliable factors associated with world-class schools is sustained, insightful, highly capable leadership—in essence, world-class leaders. Highly effective principals and other school leaders are the key that unlocks school improvement and success. Moreover, among school-based factors, the impact of principals is second only to that of teachers in facilitating student learning.

This webinar features some of the latest research-to-practice findings on the qualities of effective principals and how they transform our schools.

James Stronge is president and CEO of Stronge and Associates Educational Consulting, LLC, an educational consulting company that focuses on teacher and leader effectiveness with projects internationally and in many U.S. states. His research interests include policy and practice related to teacher quality and teacher and administrator evaluation.

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Xianxuan Xu currently serves as a Decision Analytics Researcher at the Virginia Department of Education. She worked with international, state and regional education agencies as well as individual school districts as a consultant. Her research interests are teacher effectiveness, professional development, teacher and principal evaluation.

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