Meta-Analysis Sample

It is exciting taking over my first principal job at Scott Larry Middle School. Principals do not seem to last at this school, and I am hoping to change that. It is a large school of approximately 1200 students and located in an urban setting. My student body is very diverse with about 35% of my students being Hispanic, 30% African-American, and 10% Asian. Few things concern me in my new position and are at the top of my list to change. First of all, I am quite concerned about the staff turnover rate each year. Secondly, the PTO is practically nonexistent at my school, and that has an effect on the learning environment. The last issue at the top of my list is how my school is losing white students. Parents are electing to send their kids to

The principal understands the educational needs of the community and has structured the school around that concept. According to the article, Preparing and Supporting Diverse, Culturally Competent Leaders, “Educational leaders who are not culturally competent cannot be fully effective”

Three topics of interest in education are school culture, school curriculum, instruction and assessment and data collection and analysis to improve instructional outcome. Firstly I strongly believe that school culture plays a huge role in shaping the quality of education students receive. In a productive learning environment, students strive and I have personally seen that happen. Within the past few years, I have seen a drastic reduction of positive school culture in my previous school. Every program was affected from attendance to academics. Strong teachers, however, had a classroom with huge growth while others not so much. This brought me to the conclusion that school culture is shaped by the collective efforts of all staff.

Since 1983, American public schools have undergone an unprecedented amount of reform that has placed an enormous burden on the public school system. Today’s principals are living in a world of rapid changes and expectations to improve student

The principal’s job comes with lots of responsibilities and issues that seem to never end. However depending on location, a school leader could be faced with more challenges or obstacles that they must overcome. The geomorphic area can have an effect on the overall school functions. These include student’s social economic, poverty level, and population. The three main geographical areas are suburban, urban and rural. Each of which have their own pros and cons. Whether it’s the support of the community or state funding, principals are faced with challenges regardless of the demographics. While all three have similarities and differences, the main contributing factor to an effective school is having a good principal.

As a school administrator, it is important that all needs of students, parents, and caregivers are being taken care of. By doing so will allow students to be successful in education, all parents to become actively involved in the student-learning process, and allow all stakeholders to become involved in the decision-making process. The first step that I would take as a school leader, in developing a plan of action when addressing these needs would be to identify the issue that needs to be addressed. By doing so will allow me to consider what is going on at the school, and to identify the desired goals I hope to achieve as the leader. Secondly, I would identify the controlling principles I will apply as principles to the decision making process

A strong vision is set and modeled by all to follow, teachers are respected, and students/families working as one to share the school vision. A principal sets the vision of the school that all must follow. I believe that all teachers, students, and families should be working together to achieve that vision. Teachers should feel they have the respect from their colleagues as well as administration, students and families. Family involvement is an important component in a child's journey to success. The open communication from school to home is essential.

Cultures in newly opened schools, however, are clean slates without this cultural history. With a strategic plan, school principals have the unique opportunity to facilitate a framework for a successful, collaborative and productive school culture. Principals play the primary role in

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The high school has a plethora of parties in leadership roles. The principal, four assistant principals, director of curriculum,

Principals have been and will continue to be the primary leaders in K-12 schools throughout the 21st century. Their thoughts, behaviors, actions, and decisions significantly impact how school culture is shaped, staff and student achievement, and overall school success. Much of a principal’s tenets stem from the particular leadership style he or she promotes, be it transformational, transactional, democratic, autocratic, laissez-faire or situational. What complicates a potentially linear relationship between one particular leadership style and student achievement is that principals often combine two or more styles depending on the needs of their environment. However, despite the increased difficulty for analysis, combining leadership styles can lead to increased efficiency and effectiveness of the faculty and staff, students, and the school as a whole (Van, Coleman, & Simpson, 2014).

The school principal should be thoughtful and should have an ethical leadership that can lead to collaboration and create a good climate within the school. If all school members in the school know that authority will be shared and not abused, that they’ll be dealt with respectfully and straightforwardly, that they’ll have the power to do their jobs, and everyone will function ethically in the school community to work

The team should include specific elements in the plan that will address the complex nature of teacher evaluations in an objective manner, yet be able to dig deeper into the process so that real teaching can be measured. Multiple observations, self evaluations, multiple data sources, and pre and post conferences should be included in the plan. Multiple observations and self evaluations will give a broader view of the teacher's performance. We need to include these items in the plan to avoid a narrow snapshot view of teaching so that an accurate evaluation can be obtained. A pre conference gives the administrator the opportunity to establish a positive relationship with the teacher. This is the time to put the teacher at ease and allow the teacher to explain any activities the principal will observe during the evaluation process. The best approach to being able to rate an activity that is generally seen as subjective is to use a rubric. The evaluator should make the teacher aware of the rubric that will be used for the rating the evaluation during this conference. The rubric should have multiple levels

The school community counts on the principal to “walk the talk.” Even though it might take a while for the group members to trust the new leader, when proceeding consistently with the school’s mission and vision, the group’s trust develops. It is vital that the leader does not break that trust, as it will be challenging to recover it. No change or achievement can occur if

Every student deserves to learn and grow in an environment that encourages them to explore themselves, others, and the world around them. Every student deserves to be guided by well-trained educators that are committed to helping them to succeed. Knowing this, schools should strive to ensure that no matter how much pressure is placed on them to reach academic proficiency, they do not lose sight of individual student achievement. Change does not occur when staff members do not agree upon their school vision. This is why it is important for staff members to develop a vision that is shared between everyone. Once a vision is finalized, staff members must work together to see the vision. When staff members aim to work together to make productive change in their school, students benefit greatly.