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The Efficacy Actions Of Priority School Leaders During The Dynamic Change Of School Reform, Micole D. Dyson
The Efficacy Actions Of Priority School Leaders During The Dynamic Change Of School Reform, Micole D. Dyson
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There are increasing demands and challenges from the state and federal government for continual academic improvement for all schools. Each year, the Michigan Department of Education creates a “Top to Bottom” list of schools, with the lowest-performing schools designated as priority schools. This priority designation invariably creates the need for principals to examine their own self-efficacy beliefs as they work with teachers to improve these schools.
The purpose of this basic qualitative study is to identify and describe principals’ beliefs in their abilities to organize and execute complex actions to achieve changes within priority schools. Identifying and naming a leader’s …