Case Study about Creating an Effective Rural School District
Abstract: This case study discusses one school district’s efforts in becoming more effective. The collection of data, which spanned three years, provides a picture of how school teachers and administrators can work together to bring about better student discipline, higher teacher morale, increased test scores, and a climate of attainment. The study provides an understanding of the importance of collaborative relationships as developed by administrators who are instructional leaders.
Introduction: School reform in the 1980′s was an important agenda item for teachers, administrators, boards of education, and American citizenry as a whole. In the past, reform in American education has been predicated on the assumption that the problem lies with teachers and their ability or inability to teach. However, the research on effective schools has challenged that conventional attitude and has identified a number of characteristics which distinguish the most successful schools from their least effective counterparts. The differences, in most cases, have been revealed to be in the attitudes and actions of the administrators and teachers, not in the district’s wealth or family background. Keep reading…
