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Gaudioso, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Perceptions of School Principals on Participation in Professional Learning Communities as Job-Embedded Learning Jennifer Gaudioso Principal Professional Learning Communities (PPLCs) have emerged as a vehicle for professional development of principals, but there is little research on how principals experience PPLCs or how districts can support…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Participation, Communities of Practice
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Budden, Michael C.; Budden, Connie B.; Lopez, Tará Burnthorne – Journal of International Education Research, 2017
The importance of effective communication skills in the workplace is widely documented and recognized as a success factor in many fields of endeavor. As the workplace becomes more diverse and more global in nature, the ability to communicate across cultures is gaining in importance. A class exercise in which Panamanian educators and US students…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Marketing, Teaching Methods, Interviews
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Delgado, Manuel Lopez – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2015
This study explored the Mexican system to appoint school leaders from a perspective that could consider its positive aspects and as well as its shortcomings. This research was framed as an exploratory case study. Three types of participants were interviewed: five aspiring heads, twelve incumbent heads, and four administrators of the promotion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Educational Administration, Personnel Selection
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Mullen, Carol A.; Jones, Rahim J. – Teacher Development, 2008
Using a qualitative case study approach, the authors explore social justice implications of inservice principals' practices that affect attitudes and empower teachers. If a primary educational goal of progressive schooling is to create and sustain more democratic schools by enabling the growth of teachers as leaders who are responsible for their…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Focus Groups, Teacher Leadership, Principals
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Brundrett, Mark; Rhodes, Christopher; Gkolia, Chrysanthi – Education 3-13, 2006
This article reports on a study that was funded by the National College for School Leadership in order to explore practices, drivers and barriers to leadership talent identification, leadership development, leadership succession planning and leadership retention within a group of contextually different schools. The article offers two narratives…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Change Strategies