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Ingersoll, Philip Sirinides, and Patrick Dougherty  \nI  \ntis almost universally recognized that how schools are organized and managed—the realm of school leadership—is crucial for the success of students and school performance.1 Moreover, school officials and reformers have long held that  \nthe key to successful school leadership is to make the core activi-  \nRichard M. Ingersoll is a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Philip Sirinides is a senior researcher at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) atthe University of Pennsylvania. Patrick Dougherty is the associate director of analytics at the New Teacher Center. This article was excerpted from School Leadership, Teachers’ Roles in School Decisionmaking, and Student Achievement, published by CPRE and available at [http://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_workingpapers/15. The research study](http://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_workingpapers/15. The research study)[ ](http://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_workingpapers/15. The research study)[summarized in this article was supported by a grant](summarized in this article was supported by a grant) ([\\#B9060](#B9060)) to the New Teacher Center from the Carnegie Corporation. Special thanks are due to Ann Maddock, senior policy advisorfrom the New Teacher Center, without whom this study would not have been possible.  \nties of teaching and learning the primary focus of those making the decisions and managing schools.2  \nIndeed, what is often called “instructional leadership” has been the equivalent of the Holy Grail in the management and administration of elementary and secondary schools.3 In this view, effective schools almost invariably emphasize key elements of instructional leadership, such as developing a shared purpose and vision among faculty and administrators in schools; fostering an atmosphere of trust, respect, and teamwork in the building; promoting high and consistent academic standards; providing objective, consistent, and useful assessment of the quality of teachers and teaching; using evidence and data to make decisions about the instructional program; and providing support for and recognition of teachers.4  \nAlong with how closely schools focus on teaching and learning, a second concern often arises in relation to school leadership: who or which groups should have a role in the decision making in schools. A long-standing aspiration of many school reformers has been to see that teachers are granted an important role in the leadership and decision making within schools, espe-  \nILLUSTRAT IONS BY PAUL ZWOLAK  \nAMERICAN EDUCATOR | SPRING 2018 13  \ncially beyond the classroom. In recent years, efforts to expand teachers’ roles in schools have increasingly come under the banner of “teacher leadership.”5 These new roles for teachers have taken a number of different forms and have used a variety of mechanisms. For instance, a growing number of states have enacted policies directing that public schools develop schoollevel leadership mechanisms, often called school improvement  \nSchools are less likely to emphasize those elements of instructional leadership that entail recognition of, and support for, teachers and that are aligned with enhancing teacher “voice.”  \nteams or school councils. The objective of these initiatives is to foster collective and shared decision making among key stakeholders in schools, specifically to include faculty. Often, such policies explicitly mandate that school teams and councils wield real authority over key decisions rather than simply serve in an advisory role.  \nA further development in teacher leadership and teacher professionalization is the small but growing number of “teacherpowered” schools*—schools that are collectively designed and led by teachers.6 Such schools are often explicitly modeled after the kind of partn","cbCaio8D6fmU5N68","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio8D6fmU5N68","pdf",278591,"English","# Leadership Matters\n## Teachers’ Roles in School Decision Making and School Performance\n## Teacher Leadership Developments\n## Our Study: The TELL Survey","[{\"question\":\"Why is school leadership important for students and school performance?\",\"answer\":\"The document explains that how schools are organized and managed—school leadership—is crucial for student success and overall school performance.\"},{\"question\":\"What is instructional leadership and what elements does it include?\",\"answer\":\"It describes instructional leadership as focusing on shared purpose, trust and teamwork, high academic standards, consistent assessment, data-driven decisions, and support and recognition for teachers.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study evaluate teacher leadership’s connection to student learning?\",\"answer\":\"It summarizes a study using the TELL Survey, analyzing data from nearly 900,000 teachers in about 25,000 public schools across 16 states collected from 2011 to 2015.\"}]","Leadership Matters - Teachers’ Roles in School Decision Making and School Performance | PDF",1792070032,15]