Principals' Approaches to Cultivating Teacher Effectiveness: Constraints and Opportunities in Hiring, Assigning, Evaluating, and Developing Teachers

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 838-882

  Donaldson, Morgaen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

principals; professional development; teacher assignment; teacher effectiveness; teacher evaluation; teacher hiring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886523378     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X13485961     Document Type: Article

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