The Role of Leadership in Reading First Schools and Districts Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003 DE Dept. of Ed.
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The Role of Leadership in Reading First Schools and Districts
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003DE Dept. of Ed.
The improvement of any kind The improvement of any kind of instruction is dependent of instruction is dependent
upon strong leadershipupon strong leadership
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Preventing Difficulties in Young Children
(Snow, Burns, and Griffin, 1998)
• Findings indicate weak reading programs often reflect the leadership of principals who are uninformed and uninvolved.
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Delaware Reading First Delaware Reading First Principals will be expected to Principals will be expected to commit to focused, commit to focused, instructional leadership that instructional leadership that improves teaching and raises improves teaching and raises student achievement.student achievement.
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
The PrincipalThe Principal
Must be Must be transformed from transformed from the 1950’s model the 1950’s model of “school of “school administrator” into administrator” into today’s “leaders of today’s “leaders of learning learning communities”communities”
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Reading First: The principal is Reading First: The principal is the keystone to building the keystone to building
significant improvement in significant improvement in reading instructionreading instruction
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
The Role of District Level The Role of District Level LeadershipLeadership
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Alignment of curriculum, data Alignment of curriculum, data analysis, progress monitoring of analysis, progress monitoring of
student and teacher data.student and teacher data.
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Engage in all Reading Engage in all Reading First Professional First Professional
DevelopmentDevelopment
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
Continuity of leadership Continuity of leadership will be sustainedwill be sustained
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003
T-Chart for principal T-Chart for principal leadership and district leadership and district
level leadership in a level leadership in a Reading First Reading First
School/DistrictSchool/District
Dr. Debbie Zych, 2003DE Dept. of Ed.
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