Principals' instructional leadership within a teacher performance appraisal system: Enhancing students' academic success

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 85-110

  Ovando, Martha N ^a   Ramirez Jr , Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional leadership; Principal leadership; Principals' leadership actions; Teacher appraisal systems; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749114651     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-007-9048-1     Document Type: Article

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