School leaders are the highest paid employees on the school campus. They are given the most responsibility and often have the power to make decisions to improve student achievement. The purpose of this paper to review current literature about aspects of the school leader’s impact. This analysis is followed by an overview of what specific leadership behaviors have been linked to this achievement. One aspect of leadership that is focused on is the evaluation as a tool for leadership development and improvement. Research about the role and current state of such evaluations are presented as well.
In total, there is no doubt that school leaders can have a profound impact on the schools they serve and having a firm understanding of what behaviors …show more content…
With the significant changes such as racial integration, the principal remained at the center of school operation while the scope the role of school broadened to a large extent due to social changes. Another significant change took place in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet Sputnik, the first satellite. This development led to the passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958. This law provided federal funding for science and technology. This was followed by the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965 which provided further federal funding to improve the education at public schools. Following this Supreme Court made a few rulings between 1968 and 1975 which acknowledged the diverse populations needed to be serviced in the public school system such as the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Rousmaniere, …show more content…
Indeed, the history of school principals epitomizes the many conflict and contradictions, highs and lows, of American public schools. How are the community and national values about education translated into the day to day activities in schools?” (Rousmaniere, 2013). Davis, Kearney, Sanders, Thomas, and Leon note in their 2011 paper that we now find ourselves at a point where “a principal’s job security rests squarely upon his or her success in promoting and sustaining acceptable levels of student achievement”(David et all,
In total, there is no doubt that school leaders can have a profound impact on the schools they serve and having a firm understanding of what behaviors …show more content…
With the significant changes such as racial integration, the principal remained at the center of school operation while the scope the role of school broadened to a large extent due to social changes. Another significant change took place in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet Sputnik, the first satellite. This development led to the passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958. This law provided federal funding for science and technology. This was followed by the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965 which provided further federal funding to improve the education at public schools. Following this Supreme Court made a few rulings between 1968 and 1975 which acknowledged the diverse populations needed to be serviced in the public school system such as the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Rousmaniere, …show more content…
Indeed, the history of school principals epitomizes the many conflict and contradictions, highs and lows, of American public schools. How are the community and national values about education translated into the day to day activities in schools?” (Rousmaniere, 2013). Davis, Kearney, Sanders, Thomas, and Leon note in their 2011 paper that we now find ourselves at a point where “a principal’s job security rests squarely upon his or her success in promoting and sustaining acceptable levels of student achievement”(David et all,