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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"principal training"”.
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High School Teacher Perceptions of Empowerment
As the responsibilities of principals become more complex and as accountability becomes more evident in K-12 cultures, it becomes increasingly important that high school principals be trained to empower teachers. This paper examined the research concerning the conditions of the empowerment of …
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Use of the SREB Leadership Development Framework in Preservice Principal Preparation Programs: A Qualitative Investigation.
<p>Although nearly everyone agrees that principals need formal training to prepare for their positions, few agree on what the nature of this training should be. Advanced university education may teach examples of leadership behaviors, but is it likely to transmit the practical knowledge and …
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Educational Leadership Program Emergent Design as Experienced by the Greene-King Cohort at East Tennessee State University
… effort designed to improve the quality of principal training throughout the state of Tennessee. This research was designed to document the Greene-King cohort member experience of redesigning leadership program expectations and outcomes. Moreover, the descriptive case study was an attempt to …
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THE ROLE OF VISION IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
… with their teachers to understand better how principals develop and instantiate their vision and how this vision is perceived to have manifested by the school community. This study was designed to answer the questions of (1) do principals have a clearly defined personal vision for the schools …
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The Sarasota County, Florida School District Leadership Training Program - a Descriptive Case Study
… new role. Researchers have found that university training programs need to be supplemented and reinforced with field-administered programs that emphasize practical knowledge and skills. Their research shows that leadership training programs can significantly facilitate a first-year administrator's …
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Iowa Public Secondary School Principals' Perceptions of Importance and Expertise Required to Manage Identified Tasks
… was conducted to examine Iowa secondary school principals' perceptions of administrative tasks as to the importance of the task and the expertise needed to manage the task. Procedure. A questionnaire was sent to randomly selected Iowa secondary school principals to obtain their perceptions. The …
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Attitudes of Principals toward Written Composition Research and Instructional Leadership Practices Associated with Effective Writing Programs
… of this study was to assess the attitudes of principals toward recent research findings concerning the teaching of writing. The second purpose of this study was to assess attitudes of principals toward the instructional leadership practices which would be essential to the management of an …
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Factors Impacting Principals' Career Decision Making
… demands call for replacement of the principal when adequate gains in student achievement are not met, yet research indicates that it takes at least five years to affect change (Fullan, 2006). Why then would any principal <em>remain </em>in an<em> </em>appointment as principal in a …
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The Common, the Contradictory and the Idiosyncratic: Signposts from a Qualitative Exploration into the Structural Factors Influencing Scientific Work in Tsukuba, Japan [1997-2002]
… Also, the use of tacit knowledge as a principal training tool was universally observed across institutes. Contradictory attributes include scientists' attitudes toward their work versus the city they live in, government policy versus actual laboratory work, and publishing versus …
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An Analysis of Principal Preparation Programs at Pennsylvania State Schools
… most import tools in creating effective schools. Principal preparation programs have an ever-demanding job of producing high-quality principals capable of effective school leadership, as the failure or success of a school can be directly attributed to the training and preparation of the school …
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Third-year Evaluation of the University of North Texas/ Dallas Independent School District/ Southern Regional Education Board Leadership Development Program
… No Child Left Behind legislation of 2002, school principals shoulder the burden of school success determined by test scores of students. Challenges principals face demand school leaders possess greater knowledge and skills than administrators of the past. The need for well-trained, skilled school …
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A Study of Online Professional Development for Principals as the Course for Statewide Change
… protocol for public school administrators. Principals participated in a rigorous, online, professional development training program. The focus of the training program was to build principal self-efficacy and to indirectly impact the learning environment. This study assesses the effectiveness …