LAUNCH elementary principals reported spending about twice as much time on professional development as veteran principals and more time on staff development than other principals¶
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q2 i? LAUNCH elementary school principals reported more time on their own professional development (4.1 hours weekly) and on planning and conducting staff development (5.5 hours) than other new and veteran principals. → Penny Bender Sebring 2004
Evidence¶
Penny Bender Sebring 2004¶
Penny Bender Sebring, Susan Sporte, Stephen Ponisciak, Elaine Allensworth. (2004). Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Early Evidence on Two Initiatives. Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/principal-and-teacher-leadership-chicago-early-evidence-two-initiatives
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Self-reported weekly hours from the CCSR 2003 principal survey (Tables 7 and 8): LAUNCH principals averaged 4.1 hours on their own professional development versus 2.3 (new) and 1.9 (veteran), and 5.5 hours on staff development versus 3.8 and 3.3.
"Yes, the LAUNCH elementary school principals report spending twice as much time as veteran principals and almost twice as much time as other new principals on professional development."
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Related Claims¶
- CPS principals work about 60 hours per week and shifted time toward instructional activities from 1997 to 2007 — related
- Professional development is associated with larger mathematics gains for students of early-career principals than for students of mid-career and veteran principals — related
- Elementary school principals spend more than one-third of their workweek providing instructional support to teachers, split fairly evenly between direct and indirect support — related
- Elementary LAUNCH principals report significantly more data-driven decision making than comparable or veteran principals — related
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LAUNCH elementary principals reported spending about twice as much time on professional development as veteran principals and more time on staff development than other principals |
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LAUNCH elementary principals reported spending about twice as much time on professional development as veteran principals and more time on staff development than other principals |
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