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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Effective school leadership"”.
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EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS WITH POSITIVE CLIMATES IN THE AGE OF HIGH-STAKES TEACHER EVALUATIONS
… of this research project was to understand the leadership practices and characteristics of school leaders within schools identified as having a positive school climate. In this qualitative study, three focus groups of teachers were interviewed and asked a series of questions about their …
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UNDERSTANDING LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN READING AS A PREDICTOR OF AYP REPORTING STATUS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
… percentage (36%) of LEP students tested. For schools and districts with large LEP populations, understanding their unique needs is essential for progress towards federal expectations for Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP). This study reviewed LEP students’ (ESL and Bilingual) academic …
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The heart of the head: the emotional dimension of leadership: an examination and analysis of the role emotional intelligence plays in successful secondary school and academy leadership.
… in the midst of a serious crisis in terms of leadership sustainability, retention, recruitment and succession. There are those who would cite the constant barrage of educational change and reform, along with the over-emphasis on accountability for outcomes, as the major reasons for making the …
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Micropolitics and the Principalship: A Qualitative Examination of How Principals Develop This Critical Attribute of School Leadership
<p>Schools, like most contemporary organizations, are complex places, and there is an extensive body of evidence that outlines the skills that school leaders must possess to effectively operate schools. Effective school leadership is essential, and not only for the safe and orderly operations of …
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Phenomenological Study of Urban Elementary Principals: Reading-Proficient Students with Learning Disabilities
… shifts in the roles and responsibilities of school principals. Meeting the needs of students with disabilities is among the critical challenges that administrators face today. The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of elementary school principals where students with …
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How does neoliberal performance management affect teachers’ perceived motivations to ‘improve’?
… they are motivated by influences such as the school inspection system, performance-related pay and numeric targets. The fraught concept of ‘improvement’ is discussed, including the potentially conflicting notions of ‘performance management’ and ‘professional development’. The emphasis of this …
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The perceptions of Heads, middle leaders and classroom teachers about the effects of distributed leadership on teaching and learning: A study in selected schools in the West Midlands of England
… significant increase in interest in distributed leadership among policy-makers, practitioners and researchers in educational leadership over the past decade. Most of the literature has focused on distributed leadership as a leadership approach and has paid little attention to its effects on …
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Prediction of Student Achievement in Georgia High Schools Based on Principal Competency as Defined by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards
… of student achievement in Georgia high schools based on principal competencies as defined by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders to determine to what extent principal competency, as determined by the ISLLC standards, predict student …
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Professional development for contemporary roles of high school principals by an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
… development for contemporary roles of high school principals of an EMDC in the Western Cape. The advent of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994 inevitably resulted in initiatives for transformation in education. School principals are under enormous pressure to transform their …
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An Analysis of Principal Preparation Programs at Pennsylvania State Schools
<p>In this era of data-driven accountability for school success and high student achievement, successful school leadership has been hailed as one of the most import tools in creating effective schools. Principal preparation programs have an ever-demanding job of producing high-quality principals …
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Key events in the lives of successful middle school principals in Virginia
… study was to determine from successful middle school principals what significant or key life events seem to have made a difference in the manner in which the principals work and lead their schools. A similar study of executives in business, conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership, was …
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Local Authority Support for Creativity in Scottish Primary Headteachers: Emergence of Social Intrapreneurialism in a Complex Pseudo-Democratic System?
Government-funded schools in Scotland are required to navigate the policy initiatives driven by the Scottish Government. Through initiating and sustaining positive change for the needs of the school community within the realms of these policies, effective school leadership is viewed as a key …
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An Analysis of the Administrative Behavior of Three Female High School Principals
For many decades, school leadership has been conceptualized in a variety of ways attempting to identify the critical elements necessary for effective school leadership. The expertise required for today's schools appears to be different from that required in the past, particularly as school leaders …
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An Investigation of the Principal's Communication in the Comer School Development Model
… demands that are forcing changes in school practices. In the age of school reform, the principal of the twenty-first century must provide the structure; resources and support that schools need to succeed. Research indicated that successful school leadership makes important …
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The contribution of instructional leadership to learner performance
… decades. The emergence of this concept in the leadership field and the rigorous research attention that it has received is a result of mounting pressure faced by principals as a result of the year-on-year poor performance of learners in the matriculation examinations. Parents, politicians and …
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Work/life balance: personal and organisational strategies of school leaders
… of this research is to identify strategies that school leaders might use to achieve better balance in their lives. This topic is examined in the context of the influences on, and outcomes of, the lack of balance between work and personal life, as well as the impact on school leaders’ performance …