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National Institute of School Leadership's (NISL's) Executive Development Program: Improving Teaching and Learning for All Students by Developing Principals as Strategic Thinkers, Instructional Leaders, and Creators of a Just, Fair, and Caring Culture

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Intervention Details

Subjects

English Language Arts, Math

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

N/A

Grades

N/A

Personnel

Administrator

Intervention Summary

The National Institute of School Leadership's (NISL's) Executive Development Program is a program that targets school leaders' ability to improve teaching and learning for all students in their schools. The program emphasizes the role of principals as strategic thinkers, instructional leaders, and creators of a just, fair, and caring culture in which all students meet high standards. The curriculum, designed by experts on leadership training across a number of fields, reflects an $11 million investment and five years of research and piloting. Four courses teach World-Class Schooling (Principal as a Strategic Thinker and School Designer, Standards-Based Instruction); Teaching and Learning; Developing Capacity and Commitment; and Driving for Results. Designed to be highly interactive, training sessions use simulations and assignment of 'pre-work' and applications ('homework') to participants.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on math scores

No effect on English Language Arts scores

Source

Elizabeth, H., John A., N., Shana, P., Shanan, C. & Steven M., R. (2011). The Impact of the NISL Executive Development Program on School Performance in Massachusetts: Cohort 2 Results (ED531042). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED531042.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.

The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.