Evolving Ties Within a District Leadership Team: Common Core, Leader Beliefs, and Organizational Learning

• In Event: Dimensions of Communication: School and District Culture, Climate, and Efficacy

Abstract

This study addresses the importance of professional interaction between/among educational leaders regarding the implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and further investigates such interaction over three time points using hierarchical linear modeling in one large school district serving diverse student population. Findings suggest over time increased trajectories in leaders’ sending and providing advice behaviors regarding the CCSS implementation and relationships between leaders’ advice ties and their self-reported beliefs about CCSS and organizational learning. This work contributes to the convention theme that highlights the interplay of research and social factors in leadership during reform processes.

Authors

• Yi-Hwa Liou, National Taipei University of Education

• Yun-Jia Lo, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Alan J. Daly, University of California - San Diego