Paragraph one sets the context. What topic/problem of practice in educational leadership does your paper explore? How does this concern affect/influence
students, teachers, parents, schools, and/or school districts? To what degree, and in what way, is this topic important to the work of educational leaders?
Create a sense of interest and urgency for your audience.
Paragraph two provides an advanced organizer. What scholarly literature/research do you intend to review? Who are the leading researchers exploring this
topic? Prepare the reader for what is to come.
Paragraph three anticipates future research on this advanced topic. How might further study of this topic advance the educational enterprise? How might
future researchers investigate this topic? Begin to identify the entry point for your own contributio