Distributed leadership with monitoring routines in elementary schools¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A school-level organizational pattern in which principals delegate leadership functions to staff (coaches, counselors, teachers) while maintaining regular instructional monitoring routines such as progress-report reviews, assignment feedback, and team data meetings. Both case schools distribute work among staff: at Foxglove the principal's philosophy is "putting the right people in the right place", and at Ivy the principal empowers staff to set goals. The cases suggest distribution works best paired with coordination and shared monitoring structures.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Staff members with capacity to own delegated functions, as at Ivy where the principal cites a strong staff

Constraints¶

Foxglove's distributed model operated with few mechanisms to coordinate work within and across groups, and teachers reported limited scheduled collaboration time

Target Learners¶

Elementary school students

Learning Goals¶

School-wide academic achievement, growth targets, and student support

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Elaine Allensworth. (2019). Elementary School Case Studies. University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/how-do-principals-influence-student-achievement

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`title`	`Distributed leadership with monitoring routines in elementary schools`
`description`	`A school-level organizational pattern in which principals delegate leadership functions to staff (coaches, counselors, teachers) while maintaining regular instructional monitoring routines such as progress-report revi...`
`status`	`review`
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`sources`	1 — `elaine-allensworth-2019`

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