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In education, school divisions are always striving to increase school achievement and as such hold school leaders accountable for this growth. Leaders require explicit leadership skills. This article shares a proposal in which school leaders participate in direct literacy leadership instruction required tobe effective literacy leaders.  \nEach school day, students walk into classrooms with the intention of acquiring the education they need to be successful in life, trusting that the adults in charge will provide the best education possible. Marzano and Waters (2005) shared with us that “whether a school operates effectively or not increases or decreases a student’s chances of academic success” (p. 3) . The data they shared (see Table 1) shows a sizeable difference in students’ expected test results in what Marzano and Waters deemed effective versus ineffective schools.  \nTable 1  \nPercentage of Students Expected to Pass or Fail a Test in Effective versus Ineffective Schools  \nEffective School Ineffective School  \nExpected Passing Rate: 72%  \nExpected Failing Rate: 28%  \nExpected Passing Rate: 28%  \nEffective Failing Rate: 50%  \nThe conclusion that Marzano and Waters (2005) offered “stands in sharp contrast to other research that suggests that school leadership has no direct effect on student achievement” (p. 7) . Marzano and Waters examined 69 studies that had been conducted over a span of 35 years, involving 2,802 schools, 1.4 million students, and 14,000 teachers to identify a correlation between leadership behaviours of principals in the school and the average academic achievement rate. In their work, they could compute a correlation of 0.25. These findings strongly support that highly effective school leaders can and do influence academic achievement of students (Marzano & Waters, p. 10) . With this in mind, the question arises – what do principals need to be leaders in literacy and bring about the positive changes needed to see achievement levels improve?  \nThe heart and soul of any successful organization is outstanding leadership (Routman, 2014) . It makes sense that effective principal leadership is essential to school success. It would also seem appropriate to think that strong literacy leadership is essential for excellent schoolwide reading and writing practices, for healthy school culture, and for building and maintaining literacy achievement (Routman, 2014, p. 181) . With an ever-growing demand to improve literacy achievement levels, it is more important than ever to ensure principals have what it takes to be effective literacy leaders. Routman (2014) shared from her research that not one solitary case of a school improving its student achievement record was done in the absence of talented leadership. She also spoke to the number-one influence on student achievement being effective classroom teaching, and therefore argued that effectiveness in literacy teaching and leading are inseparable and equally significant when talking about whole-school achievement.  \nPrincipals are essential in school improvement and student literacy achievement when they  \nhave the knowledge and understanding of the complexity involved in the process of teaching reading and writing, have a leadership style that lends itself to increased literacy achievement, and qualities identified by literacy research known to foster engagement and ownership of literacy improvement goals. This leadership does not come naturally. Effective literacy leaders require professional training and a leadership style that promotes a school culture that works collaboratively with all stakeholders to increase literacy achievement for all students.  \nLiterature Review  \nDistributed Literacy Leadership  \nThere is an assumption that even when highly trained, principals are not abl","cbCaiq46kdFI7oxz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq46kdFI7oxz","pdf",154132,"English","# Abstract\n# Leading in Literacy\n## Literacy Leadership and Principal Influence\n# Literature Review\n## Distributed Literacy Leadership","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article emphasize leadership for school success?\",\"answer\":\"The article states that outstanding leadership is the heart of successful organizations and that effective principal leadership is essential to improve school outcomes. 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