Monday 28 August 2017
Start Date
28-8-2017 2:15 PM
End Date
28-8-2017 3:30 PM
Subjects
Principals, Literacy education, School leaders, Student engagement, Reading interests, Reading achievement, Leadership qualities, Reading teaching, Distributed leadership, Case studies
Abstract
By the end of 2017, approximately 1500 school leaders from all states and territories in Australia will have undertaken the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) program. This program was first funded in 2010 for 60 primary principals of disadvantaged schools by a Commonwealth Government grant under the Closing the Gap strategy. Since that time, additional cohorts of school leaders have been funded by state departments of education, professional associations and individual schools. Many of the programs were associated with research looking at various outcomes of the learning gained from the PALL program. To date, there have been six published studies, (including one that considered PALL for principals working in Indigenous communities, numerous conference papers, chapters and journal articles and a forthcoming book. In 2016, further data were collected from case study schools that were the subject of case study research in 2014. This presentation provides an overview of PALL and the previous research. It focuses on the most recent data collection, which was designed to look at the sustainability of the learning from PALL over time and its impact on leadership strategies, teaching practice and student engagement, learning and achievement in reading.
Recommended Citation
Townsend, T. (2017, August 28). Principals as Literacy Leaders: A strategy for improving reading engagement and achievement in Australian schools [Paper presentation]. Research Conference 2017 - Leadership for Improving Learning - Insights from Research. https://research.acer.edu.au/research_conference/RC2017/28august/8
Copyright Statement
Copyright Australian Council for Educational Research 2017
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Vic
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ISBN
9781742864808
Principals as Literacy Leaders: A strategy for improving reading engagement and achievement in Australian schools
By the end of 2017, approximately 1500 school leaders from all states and territories in Australia will have undertaken the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) program. This program was first funded in 2010 for 60 primary principals of disadvantaged schools by a Commonwealth Government grant under the Closing the Gap strategy. Since that time, additional cohorts of school leaders have been funded by state departments of education, professional associations and individual schools. Many of the programs were associated with research looking at various outcomes of the learning gained from the PALL program. To date, there have been six published studies, (including one that considered PALL for principals working in Indigenous communities, numerous conference papers, chapters and journal articles and a forthcoming book. In 2016, further data were collected from case study schools that were the subject of case study research in 2014. This presentation provides an overview of PALL and the previous research. It focuses on the most recent data collection, which was designed to look at the sustainability of the learning from PALL over time and its impact on leadership strategies, teaching practice and student engagement, learning and achievement in reading.
Comments
Concurrent session 2B