Leadership in America’s Best Urban Schools

Johnson, Joseph F.; Uline, Cynthia L.; Perez, Lynne G.

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“…Teaching practices from America’s best urban schools: A guide for school and classroom leaders. Routledge; and Johnson, J. F., Uline, C. L., & Perez, L. G. (2017). Leadership in America’s best urban schools .…”

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One Size Does Not Fit All: How Leadership Strategies Affect Teacher Satisfaction and Retention

Baker¹,

Hill

Portwood³

et al. 2022

Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership

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Teacher retention rates continue to plummet at schools across the nation. A principal at Sunnyside Elementary watches firsthand as the revolving door of teachers increases significantly in her brief 3 years of leadership at this school. Once well-known and highly regarded at an award-winning school in the northeast, the principal struggles to delegate, communicate, and acclimate to a high-needs school in the southeastern United States. Yet the practices that worked so well in the northeast sends many of her teachers to search for greener pastures year after year. This case study examines leadership for retention, including communication, organizational climate, and relationship development.

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One Size Does Not Fit All: How Leadership Strategies Affect Teacher Satisfaction and Retention

Baker¹,

Hill

Portwood³

et al. 2022

Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership

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“…In addition, when new to a school, principals believed they needed to build relationships with faculty before expecting them to change. We named this gear "rebuild and repair culture" because leaders believedand much research supportsthat getting into first gear was necessary to stabilize their schools and for staff to engage in change (Duke et al, 2007;Johnson et al, 2017;Redding and Corbett, 2018).…”

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Turnaround leaders’ shifting gears in chronos and kairos time

Yoon

Barton

2019

JEA

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Purpose In empirical research and practitioner guides, turnaround processes tend to be described in terms of discrete stages and strategies. Though necessary, this characterization belies the twists and turns of turnaround leadership. The purpose of this paper is to expand the assumptions of how turnaround proceeds in linear chronos time with the sensibilities of kairos time or the “right” time for turnaround leadership moves. Design/methodology/approach This study is an exploratory qualitative multi-case study with principals and their key supports (assistant principals, district leaders, teacher leaders) in four public turnaround schools. The grounded theory analysis conceptualizes the experiences of turnaround principals in flexible, complex ways. Findings The findings begin with a metaphor and definition of “shifting gears” at chronos and kairos times that emphasizes how turnaround principals make adaptive, agentic adjustments when moving forward through changing terrain. The second half of findings describes each principal’s experiences and reflections on their discernment of the right times for change within a chronological trajectory of turnaround. In addition, the leaders described shifting gears as strategic and responsive to contexts, sometimes taking a psychological toll. Originality/value Expanding notions of time in turnaround re-centers turnaround leaders as engaging in intellectually and emotionally demanding work. Such recognition challenges future research to address experiences and emotions in dynamic contexts. Hence, with this study, preparation programs and state and local systems may adjust holistic supports and leadership pipelines to sustain turnaround leaders.

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Expectations, Relevance, and Relationships: Striving toward Ideals for Adolescent Literacy Instruction in an Urban Secondary School

Francois

2021

Reading & Writing Quarterly

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Leadership in America’s Best Urban Schools

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One Size Does Not Fit All: How Leadership Strategies Affect Teacher Satisfaction and Retention

One Size Does Not Fit All: How Leadership Strategies Affect Teacher Satisfaction and Retention

Turnaround leaders’ shifting gears in chronos and kairos time

Expectations, Relevance, and Relationships: Striving toward Ideals for Adolescent Literacy Instruction in an Urban Secondary School

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