The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine to what extent principal instructional leadership practice (PIL) and collective teacher efficacy (CTE) combined or individually significantly predict teacher affective (ACS), continuance (CCS), and normative commitment (NCS) in Maryland school districts. This study was based on…

Over the past decade, teacher autonomy has become increasingly significant due to its positive impact on educational outcomes. The study explores the mediating role of teachers' academic optimism in the relationship between school principals' empowering leadership and teacher autonomy. In this study, we proposed teachers' academic optimism as a…

This study aims to examine the relationships between school principals' entrepreneurial competencies, sustainable management behaviours and generative leadership according to the perceptions of teachers working in state-owned schools. The causal screening model was used in the study, the data of the relevant variables were obtained by the scales…

Background: Teachers' team innovativeness--the collective capacity of teaching teams to generate, adopt, and implement new ideas and practices--is increasingly recognized for its role in enhancing instructional methods and fostering school innovation. However, empirical research identifying its predictors remains limited, particularly within…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the influence tactics used by school principals and their effect on teachers' readiness for change and their intention to leave their positions. The research explored how different types of influence tactics affect teachers' stability and adaptability within educational settings. Design/methodology/approach:…

Many teachers have become dissatisfied with their jobs, leaving their school district or the field of education to purse other careers outside of education. Recently, teacher attrition has been a problem for schools in Tennessee. The shortage of teachers in Tennessee led to the elimination of the Teacher Performance Assessment by the Tennessee…

The purpose of this quantitative predictive correlation research is to determine if and to what extent perceived principal leadership styles predict teacher job satisfaction for K-12 educators in an education association in a northeastern rural school district in North Carolina. Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs…

This non-experimental study examines the relationship between teachers' perceptions of their principals' use of transformational leadership styles and teachers' commitments and turnover intentions. The convenience sample consisted of participants from elementary teachers in Texas public school districts, as well as teachers from the researcher's…

Inequities in exclusionary discipline result from a complex process involving students, families, and school personnel. However, little research has explored the topic from parent perspectives. This study used parent survey data from New York City to investigate the link between school-family relationships and students experiencing exclusionary…

Background: The World Health Organization recommends a whole-of-school approach to promoting youth physical activity (PA) and there are several examples of this approach internationally. In the United States, the comprehensive school PA program (CSPAP) model serves as the national framework for school-based physical education (PE) and PA. Part of…

This study investigates the role of school principals' instructional leadership as a predictor of teachers' professional development. The research sample comprised 304 secondary school teachers and 19 principals in Awka South, Anambra State, Nigeria. The study adopts Hallinger and Murphy's (1985) Instructional Leadership Model. Data were collected…

Districts across the country are experiencing churn and uncertainty related to school staffing. In 2021, sixteen percent of teachers left their schools (National Center for Education Statistics 2022), and districts have struggled to fill the vacancies. In North Carolina, a survey of school districts identified over 11,000 vacancies that were…

Purpose: The current study seeks first to examine the prediction of school functioning in crises during the COVID-19 pandemic by school principals' self-efficacy; second, to explore the differences in all dimensions of self-efficacy and school functioning during crises in Arab and Jewish schools in Israel and third, to determine which of school…

While principals play critical roles in mediating inequitable teaching and learning conditions in their schools, scholars have long argued that some remain unprepared for this responsibility. However, these arguments are often supported by qualitative studies of school leaders, years after their pre-service preparation. Using survey data on two…

Little is known about the relations between principals' effectiveness in specific leadership tasks and student achievement. The purpose of this study is to explore principal task effectiveness, as perceived by principals themselves and their senior management teams (SMTs), and to explore the associations between perceived principal task…