Leading With Inquiry and Action: How Principals Improve Teaching and Learning

Enhance learning with a collaborative, inquiry-based system of leadership!

This practical guide presents a systematic, ongoing process for collecting information, making decisions, and taking action in order to improve instruction and raise student achievement. The authors illustrate a collaborative inquiry-action cycle within a real-world context and offer questions and exercises to guide individual reflection and group discussion. Thoroughly grounded in research, this book helps administrators:

• Identify areas for instructional improvement
• Determine community-supported solutions and build stakeholder commitment
• Articulate an action plan based on multiple data sources
• Take steps that support teacher development
• Systematically evaluate program results