NationalStudyofLeadershipinMiddleLevelSchools.pptVIP

Principal Leadership in Highly Successful Middle Grades Schools NMSA Annual Convention Philadelphia, PA November 4, 2005 Jerry Valentine Professor, University of Missouri Director, Middle Level Leadership Center #8 London Hall ValentineJ@ (573) 882-0944 www.MLLC.org ? ?? ;Overview and Common Themes;Context: ML Education in 3 Minutes;Context: Today We Face Unprecedented Challenges in ML Education;Pertinent Middle Level Issues: Now and into the future….;Effective Principal Leadership at All Levels: Major Syntheses of the Research;Hallinger and Heck 1998;Kathleen Cotton, 2003;Leithwood, Louis, Anderson and Wahlstrom (2004);Marzano, Waters, McNulty (2005);Marzano, Waters, McNulty (2005);Marzano, Waters, McNulty (2005);National Study of Leadership in ML Schools (NSLMLS);National Study of Leadership in Highly Successful ML Schools;ML Decade Studies;NSLMLS School Selection Process;Principals of Highly Successful ML Schools Professional Characteristics vs Norms;Collaborative Leadership was a Critical Variable Throughout NSLMLS Study;Quantitative Data from NSLMLS: Leader and School Variables;In Highly Successful ML Schools Collaborative Leadership Correlates directly with the following Student Variables;In Highly Successful ML Schools Collaborative Leadership Correlates directly with the following Intervening Variables (that then correlate with Student Variables);In Highly Successful ML Schools Intervening Variables Correlate directly with the following Student Variables;In Highly Successful ML Schools Intervening Variables Correlate directly with the following Student Variables (NSLMLS);Six Highly Successful Schools: A Very Close Look at Leadership Excellence ;Site-Visit Schools’ Demographics;Commitment to Academic Excellence through Collaboration;Commitment to Academic Excellence through Use of Best Practice;Commitment to Academic Excellence through Modeling Beliefs and Convictions;Commitment to Academic Excellence;Develop People Relationships;Develop People Rela