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Showing 1 to 20 of 372 for “"School leadership"”.
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School leadership skill development
… what is currently understood about skills for school leadership and the need for a greater understanding of those skills. The importance of developing leadership skills to improve school performance and effectiveness is great. In the field of school leadership, most leaders enter their roles …
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THE ROLE OF VISION IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
The cornerstone of transformational leadership is vision. For our school leaders to act as more than middle managers, they have to foster a school community's vision - cultivate the school community's direction and purpose. This qualitative study uses semi-structured interviews with school leaders …
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Using reflective practice to study school leadership
… were to critically examine my principal leadership and to use reflective practice to improve my leadership practice and create positive change in the practices of teachers in the school. While scrutinizing critical incidents of practice, I utilized four reflective practice cycles to …
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National Board Certification and School Leadership in Louisiana
The challenges of school accountability call for new models of school leadership. Teacher leaders are needed to create, implement, and sustain reform efforts. This study investigated whether a specific model of professional development, National Board Certification (NBC), can create sustained …
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American Muslim School Leadership: Principal and Teacher Perspectives
… research design using a mail survey to explore leadership style in Islamic schools in the United States. The purpose of the study was to describe levels of transformational and transactional leadership of American Muslim principals. Correlational analyses were used to determine the relationship …
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An evaluation of a school leadership development programme
… of Symphonia's Partners for Possibility leadership development programme for school principals in South Africa. Broadly, the goal of the programme is to improve the educational outcomes of under-resourced schools. The primary audience of this evaluation is the Partners for Possibility …
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Culturally responsive school leadership: Examining White male principals’ practices
… principals must enact culturally responsive school leadership to close the opportunity gaps Black students and economically disadvantaged students experience. Critical race theory, the key model, and culturally responsive school leadership theory form the conceptual framework for this …
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The Benefits of a School Leadership Program for Students
… often the first programs to be eliminated during school budget cuts. Studies show that these types of activities, including a leadership class, reduce the risk-taking behaviors of adolescents and promote school connectedness. In addition, researchers have discovered a correlation between school …
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Distributed forms of school leadership: A critical and sociological analysis
Distributed leadership is a free-floating concept that has come to prominence in the education field. Policy-makers, researchers and practitioners alike tout it as the mode of leadership suitable for twenty-first century schools. The quantity of commentary, related typologies, research and …
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International School Leadership: A Phenomenological Study Of Climate And Culture
… and explain the phenomena of international school leadership and school climate and culture. It proposed to identify key leadership strategies and techniques that can be implemented to initiate change which will foster a positive school culture and climate. The theoretical framework that …
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School Leadership: Narratives of Title I Distinguished Middle School Principals
… in 2006 when I entered the world of educational leadership. I found myself struggling as I transitioned from middle school teacher to middle school administrator. I knew other novice administrators must be experiencing the same transition growth pains and that they too must be longing for …
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Clergy Preparation for Catholic School Leadership in a Midwestern Diocese
… parish priest is ultimately responsible for the leadership of a Catholic elementary school. The role of the priest is similar to that of a superintendent in a public-school setting. Priests of the Diocese of Omega are prepared for their responsibilities by the local seminary. The curricular …
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THE GATEKEEPERS: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ON STEM STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
While scholars and school leaders have investigated the diminishing diversity and quantity of the STEM pipeline, there is little empirical research on the relationship between secondary school leadership and STEM student performance. Using data from the National Center for Educational Statistics’ …
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Teachers' Perspectives from within a School Leadership Team: A Phenomenological Study
… qualitative study explored a different type of leadership by investigating leadership among peers in a California School Leadership Team (SLT). Using a phenomenological approach, the researcher asked ten teachers to describe their experience as members and as leaders in a schoolwide change team. …
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School leadership: development of an evaluation instrument and process for administrators
… purposes of changing the formal evaluation for school administrators to one constructed around the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) 2008 standards, inclusive of multifaceted components aimed to increase the active participation of both the evaluator and the individual being …
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An autoethnographic analysis of school leadership in an alternative education environment
… account of the complicated field of educational leadership and analysis of my journey through two very different alternative education environments. I documented my leadership experience for this self study to further understand how my leadership impacted two alternative educational settings. …
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Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership
People are central to the institution of schools. Where there are people, there are emotions. Managing these emotions for wage is the work of school leaders. Recognizing the emotional demand involved in monitoring, managing and understanding this demand is known as emotional labor. The purpose of …
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CAREER PATHWAYS’ IMPACT ON STATE ASSESSMENT, GRADUATION RATES AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
… the CTE program in a large Gulf Coast suburban school district, the statistical differences of students on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) state assessment, and analyzed completion and dropout rates between CTE students in a career pathway and their non-CTE peers. A …
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Cultivating A Nurturing School Culture: School Leadership That Promotes Teacher Retention
… research found that teacher turnover costs school districts approximately seven billion dollars annually across the nation. According to the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) (2014), the national average leaving the teaching profession is 16.5%. The Texas Education …
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