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Role Identity and Sensemaking as Institutional Mechanisms for Policy Translation: The Case of School Principals and Education Reforms in Israel
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Mizrahi-Shtelman, Ravit – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
Education policies are rarely implemented as they have been written or planned. Instead, school principals interpret and apply these policies according to their professional role identity and sensemaking. This study highlights the importance of the micro-institutional context. Specifically, it addresses the professional role identity and…
Descriptors: Role Perception, Professional Identity, Educational Policy, Principals
Superintendents' Perception of Their Role and Their Professional Development in an Era of Changing Organizational Environment
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Arar, Khalid; Avidov-Ungar, Orit – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
Purpose: In times of reform and consequential changes, school superintendents act as mediators between government policies and those who implement them in the field. This article explores the perceptions of school superintendents in Israel concerning their professional development (PD) process, especially during the implementation of Israeli…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Role, Role Perception, Professional Development
'There Should Be More Cooperation in Setting the Policy': Israeli Stakeholders' Perceptions of Their Appropriate Role in Implementing a New Educational Reform
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Reingold, Roni; Avidov-Ungar, Orit – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
Effective implementation of educational reforms requires collaboration between stakeholders. The current paper describes and analyzes the findings of a qualitative research, which examined the perceptions of the three hierarchic levels of stakeholders, assigned by the Israeli Ministry of Education in 2010 to introduce and implement a new policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Stakeholders
Making Sense While Steering through the Fog: Principals' Metaphors within a National Reform Implementation
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Ganon-Shilon, Sherry; Schechter, Chen – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Principals' implementation of national reforms in the educational arena resembles a wild ride on a roller coaster as they face with contradicting demands, ongoing confusion and ambiguity. As critical change agents, principals interpret and translate reform demands into local practices through a process of sense-making. This current qualitative…
Descriptors: Principals, High Schools, Transformational Leadership, Figurative Language