Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project: Developing Principal Leaders and Leadership Teams to Create High-Performing Middle-Grades Schools
Intervention Details
Subjects
English Language Arts, MathAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
Three yearsGrades
6, 7, 8Personnel
Administrator, Coach, Principal
Intervention Summary
Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project is a program that aims to develop principal leaders and leadership teams who create high-performing middle-grades schools. The program targets the development of principal and leadership team skills and behaviors to create high-performing, middle-grades schools and improve climate and culture for learning. The MLD Project uses an extensive set of school improvement supports, including a Schools to Watch (STW) leadership coach, principal mentor, STW mentor schools, focused professional development, and networking opportunities. Through these supports and activities, schools create a powerful vision for high performance using the STW criteria, engage in an assessment and planning process to develop and implement a formal action plan, and use intervention supports and services to develop leadership capacity and sustainability in professional learning communities.
Grades
6, 7, 8Personnel
Administrator, Coach, PrincipalStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on principal effectiveness
Positive effect on teacher efficacy and collective responsibility
Positive effect on middle-grades classroom instructional practices
No effect on student achievement in ELA/reading
No effect on student achievement in math
Source
Dawn M. H., C., Nancy, F. & Shahana, B. (2018). Middle-Grades Leadership Development (MLD) Project: A U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) Development Grant Final Evaluation Report (ED589571). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED589571.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
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