Encouraging Collaboration
A key task for principals is to create a collective expectation among teachers concerning student performance. That is, principals need to raise the collective sense of teachers about student learning (DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, Karhanek, 2010). Then principals must work to ensure that teacher expectations are aligned with the school’s instructional goals. Furthermore, principals need to eliminate teacher isolation so that discussions about student learning become a collective mission of the school