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Marquita A. McCullum – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Principal retention is essential for maintaining school stability, fostering positive cultures, and improving student achievement. This qualitative phenomenological study examines the factors influencing principals in Texas public schools to remain in their roles for more than three years and explores the consequences of principal turnover. Ten…
Descriptors: Principals, Persistence, Labor Turnover, School Culture
John deForest – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This multi-case study analyzed the formal and informal development of adaptive capacity in fire service leaders within the context of increasingly complex situations driven by urbanization and climate change. Triangulating interviews, observations, and documentation review, this study included two urban fire service cases impacted by past complex…
Descriptors: Fire Protection, Urbanization, Climate, Urban Areas
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2020
Talented leaders are essential to building and sustaining successful organizations. This is especially true for schools, where principal leadership plays a major role in fostering student success. Research shows that principals are a significant school-level factor affecting student achievement, second only to classroom teachers. Like other types…
Descriptors: Principals, Talent Development, Work Environment, Recruitment
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Anthony, Anika Ball; Gimbert, Belinda G.; Luke, Jeremy B.; Hurt, Marie Hoffman – Journal of School Leadership, 2019
Research has affirmed the importance of principals and mentors in supporting novice teachers; however, little is known about how teacher leaders contribute to this work. We employed a mixed methods design to examine teacher leaders' contributions to induction by surveying principals, teachers, and other staff (n = 246) and interviewing teacher…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Role
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Lancaster, Amy; McDonald, Denise M.; Browning, Sandra – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Public schools have been under great scrutiny. National and international tests have exposed deficiencies of students' knowledge prompting federal and state legislation to focus on improving schools' effectiveness. The pressure induced by recent legislation have school districts scrambling to increase student achievement. One area of reform…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Labor Turnover, Public Schools, Professional Development
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Levin, Stephanie; Scott, Caitlin; Yang, Man; Leung, Melanie; Bradley, Kathryn – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Strong and stable school leadership is critical for success in schools across the nation. The duties of the principal are many and varied. Principals, for example, can oversee instruction, purchase curricular materials and supplies, and provide professional learning and supports for teachers. Carrying out these duties effectively makes a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Persistence
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Huang, Denise; Cho, Jamie – Afterschool Matters, 2010
The data and research findings for this paper were derived from two studies. The first was commissioned to the National Afterschool Partnership (NAP) by the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate effective practices at the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLCs). The purpose of this study was to develop resources and professional…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Professional Development
Huang, Denise; Cho, Jamie; Nam, Hannah H.; La Torre, Deborah; Oh, Christine; Harven, Aletha; Huber, Lindsay Perez; Rudo, Zena; Caverly, Sarah – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2010
This study describes how staff qualifications, decisions on staffing procedures, and professional development opportunities support the recruitment and retention of quality staff members. Four high-functioning programs were identified. Qualitative procedures and instruments were designed to capture staff and parents' academic perspectives about…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Educational Opportunities, Faculty Development, Professional Development
Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Shapley, Kelly S.; Cordeau, Molly – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2006
This study supports efforts by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to foster greater state accountability and establish data-driven planning and self-assessment processes that help states and schools to address provisions of the recently enacted Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Personnel Selection
Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Shapley, Kelly S.; Cordeau, Molly – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2006
This study supports efforts by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to foster greater state accountability and establish data-driven planning and self-assessment processes that help states and schools to address provisions of the recently enacted Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Special Education Teachers