Miami-Dade County Public School (M-DCPS)


Publications


Title Year Published Research Areas Type
Principal Time Management Skills: Explaining Patterns in Principals' Time Use, Job Stress, and Perceived Effectiveness 2015 Journal Articles
Using student test scores to measure principal performance 2015 Journal Articles
Strategic Involuntary Teacher Transfers and Teacher Performance: Examining Equity and Efficiency 2014 Journal Articles
Different teachers, different peers: The magnitude of student sorting within schools 2013 Journal Articles
Effective Instructional Time Use for School Leaders: Longitudinal Evidence from Observations of Principals 2013 Journal Articles
What do we know about the use of value-added measures for principal evaluation? 2013 Reports
Systematic sorting: Teacher characteristics and class assignments 2013 Journal Articles
Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes 2012 Journal Articles
Effective schools: Teacher hiring, assignment, development, and retention 2012 Journal Articles
Tapping the principal pipeline: Identifying talent for future school leadership in the absence of formal succession management programs 2011 Journal Articles
Triangulating principal effectiveness: How perspectives of parents, teachers, and assistant principals identify the central importance of managerial skills 2011 Journal Articles
New thinking about instructional leadership 2010 Journal Articles
Principal’s time use and school effectiveness 2010 Journal Articles
Principal preferences and the uneven distribution of principals across schools 2010 Journal Articles

Primary Data Collection


The SLR study has engaged in research activities in M-DCPS since 2008. Since that time, surveys have been administered to teacher, principals, and assistant principals four times, and schools leaders have been shadowed and interviewed on three separate years. In addition, interviews were conducted with the M-DCPS regional office staff members once.
Year District What Instrument
2012-2013 M-DCPS Surveys: Assistant Principals
2012-2013 M-DCPS Surveys: Principals
2012-2013 M-DCPS Interview Note-taking/Facilities Rating form
2012-2013 M-DCPS Interviews: Principals
2012-2013 M-DCPS Observations: Principals
2011-2012 M-DCPS Interviews: Principals
2011-2012 M-DCPS Survey: Teachers
2011-2012 M-DCPS Interviews: Instructional Coaches
2011-2012 M-DCPS Observations: Instructional Coaches
2011-2012 M-DCPS Observations: Principals
2011-2012 M-DCPS Survey: Assistant Principals
2011-2012 M-DCPS Survey: Principals
2010-2011 M-DCPS Interviews: Assistant Principals
2010-2011 M-DCPS Survey: Teachers
2010-2011 M-DCPS Survey: Principals
2010-2011 M-DCPS Survey: Assistant Principals
2010-2011 M-DCPS Observations: Principals and Assistant Principals
2010-2011 M-DCPS Interviews: Regional Office
2010-2011 M-DCPS Interviews: Principals
2009-2010 M-DCPS Survey: Assistant Principals
2009-2010 M-DCPS Survey: Principals
2009-2010 M-DCPS Survey: Teachers
2007-2008 M-DCPS Interviews: Principals
2007-2008 M-DCPS Observations: Principals
2007-2008 M-DCPS Survey: Assistant Principals
2007-2008 M-DCPS Survey: Principals
2007-2008 M-DCPS Survey: Teachers