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Podcast: Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud
Episode: Leading From the Middle: Principals and Teacher Leaders
Description: Both principals and teacher leaders lead from the middle, feeling pressure and demands from a system level and a classroom and community level. Dr. Katie Pekel, the director of Educational Leadership at the University of Minnesota, joins Steve to explore instructional leadership. They examine the need for administrators to guide the evaluation, supervision, mentoring and coaching of teachers. The role of instructional coaches and their work with school leaders is discussed.
Read the article, Rochester Public Schools Aims to Remake Principals From Managers Into ‘Head Teachers’ here.         Â
Email Dr. Katie Pekel: [email protected]
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