Annotated Reference List

Mary Kent
Grand Canyon University EAD 523
1/21/17

Annotated Bibliography
Childress, M. (2014). Building teacher capacity. Principal, 93 (5), 8-12.
This article reports on the importance of a principals influence on effective
instruction with regards to increasing teacher capacity. Conducting substantive
teacher evaluations and feedback, providing professional development and
coaching based on the identified needs of staff, utilizing technology for
efficient communicative use amongst staff, and affirming and celebrating work
and efforts are all noted as essentials for building capacity. Principals can use
this information as a tool to inform their professional practice by taking a
proactive approach with aligning professional development needs of staff to the
schools vision and mission to ensure a learning environment committed
towards continuous improvement.
Fullan, M. (2013). The new pedagogy: Students and teachers as learning partners.
Learning Landscapes, 6 (2), 23-29.
The findings of this article involve how principals need to respond to the digital
age and how this affects instructional practices by emphasizing the push-pull
phenomenon of this alluring digital world. The article highlights the following
factors that are vital for implementing this new pedagogy: engagement of staff
and students, efficient and easy to use, accessible twenty-four hours per
day/seven days a week, and rooted in real-life problem solving. The
implications of this study that can be used by principals to inform their
professional practice is by incorporating rigorous learning goals referred to as
the 6Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, character education,

collaboration, communication, citizenship, and creative thinking and

imagination) as shared beliefs and instructional practices with staff.
Lunenburg, F.C. (2010). The principal as instructional leader. National Forum of
Educational and Supervision Journal, 27 (4), 1-7.
The article expounds on the findings that one of the most critical
responsibilities of an administrator is to promote the learning and success of all
students. Additionally, action steps are provided as reference for this vision to
be realized. Focusing on learning, encouraging collaboration, analyzing results,
providing support, and aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessments are all
mentioned as ways in which principals can inform their professional practices.