Rethinking Instructional Leadership, a Review: What Do We Know About Principal, Teacher, and Coach Instructional Leadership, and Where Should We Go From Here?

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-347

  Neumerski, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; instructional coaching; instructional leadership; leadership practice; teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875409466     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X12456700     Document Type: Article

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