ABSTRACT

This article discusses the impact of a professional learning activity called the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) program on the capacity of school leaders to engage, involve, and support teachers and their school communities to develop a shared moral purpose for making their school more effective in assisting students to become more able readers. It uses data collected from participants in the PALL program together with case study data collected from five Tasmanian schools to analyse the actions by school leaders to develop a shared moral purpose related to facilitating higher levels of student learning in reading. The study shows that school leaders felt more capable in their ability to lead their schools after completing the program and that the development of a shared moral purpose led to improved teaching practices and higher levels of student engagement, students’ ability to talk about their learning, and better achievement in reading.

摘要

本文讨论了一项名为“校长作为扫盲领导者 (PALL)”计划的专业学习活动对学校领导者参与、参与和支持教师及其学校社区制定共同道德目标以提高学校效率的能力的影响帮助学生成为更有能力的读者。它使用从 PALL 计划参与者收集的数据以及从塔斯马尼亚五所学校收集的案例研究数据来分析学校领导的行动，以制定与促进更高水平的学生阅读学习相关的共同道德目标。