Reaching out

This study of the Superintendent's Office in a group of school districts in British Columbia, Canada, examines the similarities between the activities of superintendents in a group of high‐performing districts, and the contrasts with the activities of superintendents in other districts. The activities are defined inductively in terms of "reach," which consists of the "vision" (norms underlying activities) of the superintendents, and the "range" (focus and intensity) of their activities. An explicit and coherent vision incorporating norms of consensuality and accountability underlies the activities of superintendents in high‐performing districts; the balance between these norms slightly favors the latter. The activities, diverse in topic and location, follow from the norms and seem designed to objectify and model them. The "reach" of the superintendency constitutes a personal professional ethos, which may help to shape district ethos, and hence may be related to district performance in student achievement and cost control

Accountability · Control (management · Economics · Educational leadership · Ethos · Instructional leadership · Management · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

• The Instructional Management Role of the Principal

  Open Access•Steven T Bossert, David C Dwyer et al.•Educational Administration…•1982

  Añadir item

• Interviewing

  Raymond L Gorden•Interviewing•1986

  Añadir item

• Fifteen thousand hours

  Barbara Maugham, Michael Rutter et al.•Fifteen thousand hours•1994

  Añadir item

• Effective Schools

  Susan J Rosenholtz•American Journal of Education•1985

  Añadir item

• The Dynamics of Organizational Change in Education

  Brint, Steven Brint et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1984

  Añadir item

• How Schools Work

  Jodie Levin Epstein, Joyce L Epstein et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1984

  Añadir item

• Allocated Academic Learning Time Revisited, or Beyond Time on Task

  Jane Stallings•Educational Researcher•1980

  Añadir item

• Improving Educational Research Through the Development of Educational Paradigms

  Doug Tuthill, Patricia Ashton et al.•Educational Researcher•1983

  Añadir item

• Research for School Improvement

  Open Access•Donald E Mackenzie•Educational Researcher•1983

  Añadir item

• Norms of Collegiality and Experimentation

  Open Access•Judith Warren Little•American Educational Research…•1982

  Añadir item

• School District Organization and Student Achievement

  Charles E Bidwell, John D Kasarda•American Sociological Review•1975

  Añadir item

• Leadership

  Ned Rosen, James G Hunt et al.•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1979

  Añadir item

• Specification of Models for Organizational Effectiveness

  Michael T Hannan, J H Freeman et al.•American Sociological Review•1976

  Añadir item

• Curriculum Tracking and Educational Stratification

  Karl L Alexander, Martha E Cook et al.•American Sociological Review•1978

  Añadir item

• School District Effects on Academic Achievement

  Karl L Alexander, L J Griffin•American Sociological Review•1976

  Añadir item