District Central Office Leadership as Teaching: How Central Office Administrators Support Principals' Development as Instructional Leaders

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 733-774

  Honig, Meredith I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

district central office; instructional leadership; principals; teaching and learning improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866017788     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X12443258     Document Type: Article

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