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March 2019 | Volume 76 | Number 6

The Power of Instructional Leadership


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Feature Articles

Reader's Guide / Lessons in Leadership

Anthony Rebora

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The Instructional Leader's Most Difficult Job

Pete Hall

Effective administrators don't dance around teacher performance issues.

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If You Want Them to Get It, Get Them to See It

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

By highlighting models of stellar teaching, leaders can help teachers see where their practice can go.

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Embracing the Power of Less

Mike Schmoker

Is your school trying to do too much?

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Creating Powerful Principal and Coach Partnerships

Diane Sweeney and Ann Mausbach

How principals can partner with coaches to improve student achievement.

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Is Time on Your Side?

Craig Hochbein

Stop thinking of administrative tasks as burdens. Start thinking of them as opportunities.

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Lean on Me

Jennifer Gill

To help principals become better instructional leaders, districts are boosting on-the-job supports such as mentoring and coaching.

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Instructional Leadership for Disciplinary Literacy

Jacy Ippolito and Douglas Fisher

Principals don't have to be experts in every subject area to lead disciplinary literacy efforts.

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Reversing Course: Equity-Focused Leadership in Action

Charles Sampson, Jeff Moore and Rachel Roegman

How one district brought hidden academic inequities to light.

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Becoming a Warm Demander

Shane Safir

Adopting an equity-centered coaching model for school leaders.

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The Instructional Leader's Journey

Jamel Adkins-Sharif

How one principal honed his role as a classroom-focused leader and learner.

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Instructional Leaders, Teach Again!

Jeffrey Benson

Returning to the classroom part-time can be an enlightening—and humbling—experience.

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Columns / Departments

Research Matters / The Myth of the Superhero Leader

Bryan Goodwin

They can't fly, but they can leap tall obstacles—if they stay balanced.

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Show & Tell: A Video Column / Leading PD That Works

Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

Professional learning cycles can get teacher learning to stick. Watch the video.

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Leading Together / Toward Shared Instructional Leadership

Jill Harrison Berg

Are we ready to debunk the myth of the lone instructional leader?

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Confronting Inequity / Teacher Leadership for Equity

Adam Alvarez

Small groups of committed teachers can drive change.

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One to Grow On / Leading from "Why"

Carol Ann Tomlinson

Effective leaders focus on purpose.

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Tell Me About

Readers share about leadership mistakes that turned into learning or growth opportunities.

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ASCD Community in Action

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Readers React

Reader responses to recent issues of EL

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EL Takeaways / Six Views of Good Leadership

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Index to Advertisers

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Advisory: Trends and Ideas

Turn & Talk / Robyn R. Jackson on Making Every Teacher a Master Teacher

An interview with the former high school teacher and middle school administrator and founder of professional development firm Mindsteps.

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Research Alert / Talent Managers

Findings from the Vanderbilt University study "Strategic Retention: Principal and Teacher Turnover in Multiple-Measure Teacher Evaluation Systems."

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Relevant Read / Prove It!

Baruti Kafele's new book, Is My School a Better School Because I Lead It?, encourages self-reflection to improve principals' performance.

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School Tools / The Resourceful Leader

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Snapshot / Solving a Stormy Problem

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Numbers of Note / Where the Buck Stops

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Seen on the Screen / Instructional Leadership with a View

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

The Forgotten Element of Instructional Leadership: Grading

Thomas R. Guskey and Laura J. Link

Getting the school team coordinated on grading and reporting policies—and the purpose of grading—is too often overlooked in instructional leadership.

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Data-Driven Instructional Leadership

Anne Vilen

How an urban elementary school uses data to help teachers drive their own improvement.

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Video / Leadership Development

Susan Kessler, high school principal and author of The Principal's Survival Guide, shares tips for becoming a more effective instructional leader. Watch the video.

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