Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2024
Abstract
Unlike most EPS components, Instructional Leadership Support does not correspond closely to an entire functional category or subcategory of expenditure data. The model comparison for instructional leadership support instead relies on identifying relevant accounting codes—in this case, several kinds of stipend expenditures. In the EPS school model developed in the early 2000s, Instructional Leadership is expected to be provided by paying extra stipends to educational leaders. Thus, only SAUs who fulfilled their instructional leadership function by providing stipends were considered in this analysis. School districts that provide instructional leadership support through a different model, such as by hiring dedicated salaried staff rather than fulfilling a leadership role on top of a classroom teaching position, are not captured by this definition and therefore not included in the analyses. This issue has been raised in prior reviews and remains a concern; it is unknown whether the increasing number of SAUs that hire, for example, dedicated Instructional Coaches are able to do so within their EPS model allocation. Salaries for such staff are not able to be isolated from other types of professional positions in expenditure data, and therefore the analysis that would inform this question has been outside of MEPRI’s scope of work. We further discuss this issue in our conclusions.
Recommended Citation
Sloan, James E.; Johnson, Amy F. PhD; and Gerrish, Sharon, "EPS Component Report of Findings: Instructional Leadership Support" (2024). Instructional Leadership. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/eps_inlead/1
