A Handbook for Elementary and Middle School Principals



The Principals of Education Reform: Supporting Mathematics and Science Teaching in Your School

Principals, we believe, are critical to the success of any effort that seeks to improve the quality of instruction that is taking place in the classroom. Principals set the tone, provide the incentives, and create the shared expectations that shape what gets taught and how it gets taught. —from the Introduction

Prepared by Inverness Research Associates, this monograph can help guide principals through a process of improving the quality of math and science teaching. The advice and lessons presented in the report come from principals' firsthand experiences in changing practices in their schools. The examples are drawn primarily from schools involved in the New York State Systemic Initiative from 1994-1998.

The monograph can be read online or downloaded from the Inverness Research Associates web site, www.inverness-research.org/reports.html

Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1999

In this issue:

Fostering Leadership

Defining the Role of the Teacher Leader

Leadership Teams and Collaborative Inquiry

A Yardstick for Measuring the Growth of a Team

A Handbook for Elementary and Middle School Principals

Teachers Leading Change

Making Schools Work for All Students

Equity Book Club

Harvard Elementary Science Curriculum Survey

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