Paul V. Bredeson

TL;DR: This paper identified four areas where principals have the opportunity to have a substantial impact on teacher learning: 1) the principal as an instructional leader and learner; 2) the creation of a learning environment; 3. direct involvement in the design, delivery and content of professional development; and 4. assessment of teacher professional development outcomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe an emerging architecture for teacher professional development highlighting its underlying design principles, essential components, and expressions in contemporary educational reform in schools, and propose a framework for evaluating the architecture of professional development.

TL;DR: The authors examined how the work of school superintendents has been affected over a ten-year period by education reform initiatives, especially increased demands for accountability, using state-wide survey data from 1993 and 2003.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings of a survey study of superintendents' work in the areas of curriculum development and instructional leadership, focusing on four primary instructional leade...

TL;DR: The educational reform movement has taken centre stage at local, state, and national levels as mentioned in this paper, focusing on such areas as the integrity and quality of school curricula, the preparation and performance of classroom teachers, school governance and control structures, finance and equity issues, and school leadership.