The Practice of School Leadership and the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Instruction in Urban Elementary Schools

学校领导力的实践与城市小学数学和科学教学的改进使用分布式领导力的理论模型；该项目旨在生成学校领导力实践的综合模型。该研究计划旨在确定和探索领导力实践与教师努力改善数学和科学教育之间的关系。该提案规定，一所有效的学校的领导层可以来自校长和其他正式指定的员工。然而，通常情况下，领导是教师或其他工作人员。这项研究还试图了解领导者和追随者在动态过程中是如何相互影响的。这项研究还推测，与科学教学相比，领导者与改善数学教学的关系可能存在差异。该项目将对芝加哥地区被认为有效的学校进行一系列案例研究。这项工作将包括密集的实地考察，分析学生在各种措施下的成绩，采访家长、教师、学校行政人员和芝加哥城市系统倡议的工作人员。国际学校计划通过会议向芝加哥学校系统和学校社区传播研究结果，并向适当的专业组织发表出版物和演讲。

ABSTRACTREC 9873583James P. Spillane, Northwestern UniversityThe Practice of School Leadership and the Improvement ofMathematics and Science Instruction in Urban Elementary SchoolsUsing a theoretical model of distributed leadership; the project seeks to generate a comprehensive model of leadership practices in schools. The research program seeks to identify and explore relations between leadership practice and teachersÆ efforts to improve mathematics and science education. The proposal states that leadership in an effective school can be from principals and other formally designated staff. However, it is often the case the leader is a teacher or other staff person. The study also seeks to understand how the leader and the followers affect each other in a dynamic process. The study also theorizes there may be differences in the relationship of leaders to the improvement of mathematics instruction as compared to science instruction. The project will conduct a series of case studies of schools in the Chicago area that are considered effective. The work will consist of intensive site visits, analysis of student achievement on a variety of measures, interviews with parents, teachers, school administrators and staff of the Chicago Urban Systemic Initiative.The PI plans to disseminate findings of the study to the Chicago school system in meetings and to the school community through publications and presentations to appropriate professional organizations.