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School Context, School Leaders' Data-Informed Decision Making, and Student Achievement: Evidence from Florida
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Changhee Lee; Eric M. Camburn; James Sebastian – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2025
This study examines what forms of data school leaders use, how they matter for students' learning, and which school contexts matter for such leadership practices to succeed. Utilizing hierarchical linear modeling, we analyzed survey responses from 1,381 school leaders and administrative data from 269 Florida schools. We find that although school…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
How Do School-Based Leaders' Perceptions of Their Own Leadership Styles Impact Their Approach to Managing and Improving Student Discipline Outcomes?
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Erika D. Cooke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There has been extensive research done on varying leadership styles as well as how school leaders employ these styles in order to improve students' academic achievement. However, little literature exists that discusses how leadership style affects a principal or assistant principal's approach to managing student discipline. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, Principals
Describing the Technology Leadership Competencies Present in Elementary and Middle School Leaders
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Alicia Monee Powell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It is not known how school leaders describe their own technology leadership competencies at the upper elementary and middle school levels. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to describe what technology leadership competencies are present in assistant principals and principals of grades 4-8 in the state of Pennsylvania. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Leadership
Provision of Equitable Careers Education in Australia: The Case for Middle Years Outreach Programmes
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D'Angelo, Belinda; Dollinger, Mollie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
Disparity in educational and career outcomes between rural, regional and remote (RRR) students and their metropolitan counterparts persists despite successive federal and state government initiatives. In this paper, we will present a study that highlights one important, yet overlooked, avenue to improve outcomes for RRR students: early-stage…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries, Career Choice
Relationship between Leadership Styles of High School Teachers, Principals, and Assistant Principals and Their Attitudes toward School Wide Positive Behavior and Support Implementation
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Lampton-Holmes, Geneva Cosweler – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if seventh through twelfth grade educators' attitudes towards School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) are affected based on their gender, years of experience, school discipline policy, leadership style, and knowledge of SWPBS. Through an online survey, an analysis of the leadership style and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Making the Grade: Do Nebraska Teachers and Administrators Working in Public Schools in 7th-12th Grade Settings Agree about What Constitutes Sound Grading Practice?
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Olson, Mark E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this study, the researcher sought to determine whether Nebraska teachers and administrators agreed about what constitutes sound grading practice. The results of this study indicated that Nebraska teachers and administrators working in public schools in 7th-12th grade settings did not always agree about what constituted sound grading practice.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Grading, Public Schools