The report also cites research showing effective principals can have a significant impact on student outcomes, potentially raising learning gains by more than two months in a school year. However, principals report being slim on time as they undertake instructional leadership, despite spending as much as 17% of their job on actions related to teaching and learning. Principals also report not knowing what to look for when observing and giving feedback to teachers, and have expressed a desire for professional learning themselves, which they sometimes do not have access to.

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Source: K-12 Dive, April 20, 2021.