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Closing the Achievement Gap in Minnesota: Making a Difference through Leadership
April 24, 2013
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Learning from Leadership:Research FindingsKaren Seashore LouisKyla WahlstromCEHD Policy Breakfast, April 24, 2013
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Our Core Questions• Do leaders influence
student learning?• What patterns of
leadership, from teachers, principals, and district office staff, influence the quality of instruction and student learning?
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Source of Ideas about Integrative Leadership in Education
School Leadership
Student Learning
Teachers
School Conditions
Classroom Conditions
Student/ Family Background
Other Stakeholders
State Leadership, Policies and
Practices
District Leadership, Policies and
Practices
Professional Development Experiences
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We Began with What is Known
Leadership effects on students are indirect.
Leadership matters most when and where it is most needed.
Now, on to our findings…
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A WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS
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Leadership for Professional Community
• Leadership is most effective when it strengthens “professional community”—which is teachers working together to improve their practice and improve student learning.
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The Power of Professional Community (PC)
PC
Effective Instruction
Improved Climate
Student Learning
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PC (Professional Community)Is Not (Necessarily) PLCs
• PLCs = structural vehicle to provide opportunity
• PC = actual level of teacher collaboration
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Leadership for Instructional Improvement
• ….affects working relationships and, indirectly, student achievement. (Instructional Leadership)
• ….is shared, fostering stronger teacher working relationships. (Shared Leadership)
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A Revised View of Professional Community
TEACHERProfession
al Community
PRINCIPALLeadership
Shared Responsibility for Instruction
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Leadership Effects Vary by Building Level
• Principal leadership that “matters” occurs more often in elementary schools
• Secondary schools have lower professional communities among teachers, and less instructional leadership overall.
• Effective secondary school leaders create strong networks of instructional support, with teacher leaders having real responsibility for improvements.
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Leadership and Student Achievement in Elementary Schools
InstructionalLeadership
SharedLeadership
ProfessionalCommunity
MathAchievement
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Expectations and Accountability
1. Standards and targets2. Appraisals aligned with
standards3. Meaningful feedback
loops4. Minimizing one-shot,
high stakes procedures5. Clear results/fair
outcomesSIMPLE APPROACHES CAN HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS
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IndividualPrincipal Efficacy
District Use of
Targets & Data
Collective PrincipalEfficacy
Achievement
District PD for
Principals
Bold lines indicate a statistically significant relationship. Solid lines indicate a positive relationship. Dotted lines indicate a negative relationship.
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Districts Affect Achievement
Using data and setting targets has negative effects on instructional leadership and achievement when principal confidence is low.
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Professional Development for Leaders is Often Insufficient
• Few districts have a coherent professional development system for principals.
• Over 50% of the principals reported that they met once a month or less frequently with a regular contact in the district office.
• Only 52% of principals agree that the district leaders assist them to be better instructional leaders in their schools.
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District Networks for Learning
Leadernetworks
Targets & data
Prof.Community
QualityTeaching
School poverty
Building level
Student Achievement
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Districts, Leadership PD, and Student Learning
Leaders in higher-performing districts… 1. Communicated explicit expectations for principal
leadership
2. Provided learning experiences in line with these expectations.
3. Monitored principal follow-through
4. Provided further support where needed, including– discussions about school performance and improvement plans– informal advising and coaching interventions.
5. Modeled effective data use
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The Problem of Turnover….
• The typical school has a new principal every 3.2 years
• Principal turnover is negatively related to student achievement
• Districts approached the issue of principal quality as a “hiring problem”
• Districts did not have strategies for managing turnover
• Schools with higher teacher PC managed turnover better
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Teachers
Principals
Parents and Community
District Office
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Community Engagement Starts with the District
District policies that promoted engagement increased participation from diverse stakeholders.
Where it is not a superintendent priority, principals generally avoid it.
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Does More Broadly Distributed Leadership Affect Students?
Trust in Principal
InstructionalLeadership
Shared Leadership
ProfessionalCommunity
QualityInstruction Achievement
Gordon & Louis, 2009
ParentInvolvement
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State Leadership
…Varies between states based on deep political culture
• District responses are affected by size and state political culture
• School responses to states are affected by district responses
• NCLB resulted in adjustments rather than major changes to state policy directions
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Project PublicationsFinal Report/Executive Summary:
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/CAREI/
http://www.wallacefoundation.org/Pages/default.aspx
Additional analysis included in:Leithwood, K. & Louis, K.S. (2011) Linking
leadership to student learning. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Over 40 published papers (available on request)
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Panel Discussion• Bernadeia Johnson, Superintendent, Minneapolis
Public Schools • Douglas Revsbeck, Principal, Saint Paul Harding High
School• Carol McFarlane, former member of the Minnesota
House of Representatives• Laura Bloomberg, Director, Center for Integrative
Leadership, Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota