ELP 677SEM - Leading Curriculum and Instructional Improvement

Current educational movements for curriculum reform have heightened the pressure to improve learning for all students. Research suggests that schools with evidence of high student achievement are led by administrators who empower teachers, have clarity of purpose, focus on results, monitor learning in a timely manner, and pursue a common guiding principle to do whatever it takes to ensure all students will learn. Ylimaki (2010) argues, however, that while educational administration studies have inform educators how to influence teaching and learning, we rarely discuss what content should be influenced. Nevertheless, the principal must play an active role in its development, implementation, and assessment, in spite of challenges raised in today’s schools by issues such as high-stakes accountability and changing social contexts.

Credits: 3