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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"principals' work"”.
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School Principals' Work in Grenada
This dissertation explores school principals’ work in Grenada, a former British colony in the Caribbean. The dearth of perspectives of school leadership in/on the Global South, broader tensions in the field around standards, frameworks, and expectations around the principalship, and, particularly …
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How Georgia Suburban Middle School Principals Work with Teachers to Enhance Student Achievement in this Era of Standardized Testing
… study was to examine how Georgia middle school principals work with teachers to enhance student achievement in this era of standardized testing. This study became the focus of the researcher's attention because of the increased level of accountability for school systems, schools, and …
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Judging What They Do: Formal, Informal, and Self Appraisal of New Zealand (Rural) Primary School Principals
… changed significantly the complexity of school principals’ work. Leadership frameworks and professional standards have ‘captured’ this complexity and support appraisal of principals. Neoliberal/neoconservative thinking has also influenced educational leadership research by focusing on individual …
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An Investigation of Perceived Principal Stress and Its Impact on Principals in Southwest Georgia
… to determine to what extent southwest Georgia principals perceive they are stressed, identify principal stressors and how the stressors impact the principals’ work. Principals are leaders of school building who are experiencing increased stress. Therefore; it is important to understand what …
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Best Practices of National Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) Distinguished Principals
… leadership practices of six former and current principals who have led National ESEA Distinguished Schools (formerly National Title I Distinguished Schools) in the United States. These principals work with diverse student populations that typically struggle to make academic gains and meet state …
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Millennial School Leaders: Why They Come, Why They Stay, and Why They Leave
… lived experiences of fifteen millennial school principals, with 1-5 years in the role. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to identify what prompts some aspiring millennial leaders to pursue and accept the role of school leadership, what motivates them to remain in that role, and …
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Making the grade : behaviors of elementary principals leading high poverty "A" rated schools
… to evaluations and data-driven conversations, principals work in complex environments in the 21st century. Schools serving great proportions of students in poverty have challenges including academic, less formal parental support, meeting emotional, physical, and basic needs, all the while …
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Classroom Placement of Twins Triplets and Other Multiples in Grades Kindergarten Through Eight in East Tennessee Schools: East Tennessee Principals Perceptions.
… to learn from kindergarten- through 8th-grade principals in East Tennessee (a) what policies guide their decisions regarding classroom placement for multiple-birth children; (b) what postsecondary training they have; (c) what sources guide their decisions; (d) what knowledge they have of the …
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The Role of the Elementary School Principal: Navigating the Tension Between Instructional and Social Leadership
… case study explored how five elementary school principals in one large urban school district perceived the tension between the instructional leadership and social leadership expectations of their role as they focused on meeting students' academic and non-academic needs. The research question: …
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The task-performance behavior of the high school principal in a large suburban school system: a multiple-case study
… behavior of suburban high school principals in their natural setting to answer the following questions: 1. How do suburban high school principals spend their time? 2. What accounts for the variation between principals in how they spend their time? This study combined normative …
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Key events in the lives of successful middle school principals in Virginia
… 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 utilized …
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Hiring for Success: The Hiring Practices of Site-Based Principals in One District in Virginia
… study was to examine the hiring practices of principals to discover what practices they found to be successful. Through the framework of a basic qualitative study, several principals were interviewed regarding their hiring practices. Through the study, the lessons that they learned from their …
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Time-Management Practices of School Principals in the United States
Do school principals use basic time-management practices as recommended in the literature, that are designed to help them focus on important tasks? Or do they allow the unrelenting pace of the job to dictate how they use their time? A systematic random sample of 400 United States principals …
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Site-Based Management – Principal Perceptions and Behaviors after 19 Years of Implementation
… an SBM survey to a population of all 86 principals in the school district. Of those, 78 completed at least part of the survey, for a return rate of 91%. The study focused on the perceptions of principals under SBM and their implementation of SBM as defined by the functions of the School …
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The evaluation criteria and procedures employed to assess the performance of secondary public school principals in Virginia
… the formal evaluation of secondary public school principals' performance in Virginia, and how important are these to the process? Further inquiries were made to determine the purposes of evaluating secondary public school principals. Procedures A four-point scale was employed in the questionnaire …
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Teaching principals : Educational restructuring and transformational leadership
… restructuring has significantly changed the work of primary school principals. They have become responsible for the transformation of schools from a bureaucratic form of organisation to ones that are characterised by school based decision-making and management. The new form of organisation is …
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Teacher Participation in School Decision-Making and Job Satisfaction as Correlates of Organizational Commitment in Senior Schools in Botswana
… the board. I recommend that teachers and school principals work together to develop creative ways to get teachers more involved as a way to potentially improve their satisfaction and commitment. Further research is needed to explain the link between Botswana teachers’ commitment and student …