The responsibilities of principals as leaders of their schools and as lead ers of curriculum are inseparable. Both functions are subsets of the broader responsibility to be an educa tional leader.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Acheson, Keith A., and Smith, Stuart C.It Is Time for Principals To Share the Responsibility for Instructional Leadership with Others. Eugene, Oreg.: University of Oregon, February 1986. ( ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 267510.)
2.
Batsis, Thomas M. "Characteristics of Excellent Principals." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Catholic Education Association , New Orleans, La. April 1987. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 285 265).
3.
Connelly, F. Michael, and Clandenin, D. Jean.Teachers as Curriculum Planners: Narratives of Experience. New York: Teachers College Press, 1988.
4.
Doll, Ronald C.Curriculum Improvement, 8th ed. Boston, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon, 1992.
5.
Dwyer, David C., and Smith, Louis M. "The Principal as Explanation of School Change: An Incomplete Story ." In Instructional Leadership: Concepts, Issues, and Controversies , edited by William Greenfield.Newton, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon, 1987.
6.
Eberts, Randall W., and Stone, Joe A.Principal Effectiveness: Using Non-experimental Data To Assess the Findings of Case Studies. Final Report. Eugene, Oreg.: University of Oregon, Center for Educational Policy and Management , May 1985. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 256036).
7.
Finn, Chester E., Jr. "A Principal's Leadership in Developing the Characteristics of Excellent Schools." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Catholic Education Association, Washington, D.C., April 1983. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 233 446).
8.
Jackson, Shirley A.; Logsdon, David M.; and Taylor, Nancy E. "Instructional Leadership Behaviors: Differentiating Effective from Ineffective Low-Income Urban Schools." Urban Education, April 1983.
9.
Manasse, A. Lorri. "Improving Conditions for Principal Effectiveness: Policy Implications ." Elementary School Journal, January 1985 .
10.
McAfee, A. Lewis. "The Importance of Twelve Dimensions of Supervisory Practice Derived from Educational Literature as Perceived by Selected Principals." Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia, Athens, 1990.
11.
Oliva, Peter F.Supervision for Today's Schools, 3d ed. New York: Longman, 1989.
12.
Shulman, Lee. "Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform." Harvard Educational Review, February 1987.
13.
—. "An End to Substance Abuse: Reclaiming the Content for Teacher Education and Supervision." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1989.
14.
Siskin, Leslie S. "Departments as Different Worlds: Subject Subcultures in Secondary Schools." Educational
15.
Administration Quarterly, May 1991. Tanner, Daniel, and Tanner, Laurel. Supervision in Education: Problems and Practices. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
