Zoom: The Changing Nature of Middle School Shared Instructional Leadership on the Way to the Common Core

摘要: The complexities, diversity, and nuances of schools today require the shared leadership best brightest that education has to offer. All across country, school districts are embarking on challenging journey toward higher better standards performance found in adoption Common Core State Standards. This dissertation describes early CCSS implementation efforts middle a Midwest suburban district. In particular, it examines instructional was among administrators literacy coaches who led new research conducted during their first year plan based year-long series interviews with district level administrators, building three all responsibility for developing executing plan. author study coach at time positive negative impact being participant-researcher. findings support extant illustrates complexities leadership: while participants had good understanding own responsibilities, enactment these carried out varying degrees due culture district, confidence subject matter, as well were able commit learning required by