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Kim, Taeyeon – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
In this study, I explore how school principals experience transformative learning in relation to leadership development and how these experiences influence their leadership practices and perceptions. Transformative learning is critical for school leaders because it can lead to meaningful learning that qualitatively changes their leadership…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Effectiveness, Transformative Learning, Public Schools
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Connery, Lori A.; Frick, William C. – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2021
The purpose of this research was to investigate a formal principal mentoring program and report on perceived learning benefits and the well-being of the participants. The study highlights aspects of the mentoring relationship evidenced in the explicit and intentional development of school leaders. The empirical investigation used…
Descriptors: Mentors, Novices, Program Effectiveness, School Administration
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Fahey, Kevin – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Being a principal was the most demanding job the author ever had. He worked hard, mostly in isolation. Like most principals, he struggled to manage the position's political and bureaucratic necessities in order to concentrate on what he thought was the fundamental work of schools: teaching and learning. He struggled to continue to learn and grow…
Descriptors: Principals, Work Environment, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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Woods, Philip A.; Woods, Glenys J.; Cowie, Michael – School Leadership & Management, 2009
This article reports and interprets the findings of a study of headteachers' views and perceptions of continuing professional development (CPD) provision and their ongoing CPD needs and priorities, carried out in 2007 in Scotland, involving headteachers from the primary and secondary sectors. Topic areas in which headteachers generally were most…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Ethics
Byer, John L. – Online Submission, 2008
This article dealt with methods for making substitute teaching more effective. The purpose was to articulate a sequential method for maximizing the effectiveness of substitute teaching while providing substitutes with a comprehensive method for diligently and flexibly earning respect and using reflection to continually improve substitute teaching.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Substitute Teachers, Management Development, Teaching Methods