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Foreword: Improving schools requires new thinking about school leadership -- How to use this guide -- Introduction: The need for an expanded role for principals -- Indicators of quality in schools -- Defining instructional leadership: six standards for what principals should know and be able to do and strategies for achieving them -- Standard one: Balance management and leadership roles -- Standard two: Set high expectations and standards -- Standard three: Demand content and instruction that ensure student achievement -- Standard four: Create a culture of adult learning -- Standard five: Use multiple sources of data as diagnostic tools -- Standard six: Actively engage the community -- A call to action: What principals need to improve student achievement -- Methodology: a conversation by, of and for principals.
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