This study aims to evaluate the leadership practices of a sample of secondary school principals in the Madrid region. An attempt will be made to provide some insights into their professional profile, their performance of leadership tasks, and the different elements that define their leadership model. An online questionnaire was used to collect…

Critical Race Theory is the theoretical framework used to structure the discussion of data and results. The purpose of this descriptive multi-embedded case study was to investigate the perspective of effective elementary school principals in a large, diverse suburban school district in the Metro area who narrowed the race-based academic…

Research indicates that principals play a significant role in schools influencing student achievement and teacher effectiveness. This is particularly true in times of educational reform. Qatar has been engaging in a significant educational reform since 2004. This study examines the knowledge and skills needed for effective principals from the…

Aiming to describe the leadership potential (LP) of school principals, this study was carried out using the triangulation design of the mixed method. The study was carried out among 15 school administrators who were recruited using the purposive sampling method. Data were collected using an analytic graded measurement tool through a case-based,…

The principals' leadership is the most important factor in determining the development of schools. In order to improve education quality, the principals' leadership competences should be improved. The aim of this study is to test the effect of self-evaluation as the technique of the self-development of the principals' transformational leadership…

A vast literature has investigated the efficacy of school leadership. Most of the extant research has been based on teacher perceptions of school leadership, rather than on more direct measures of student performance. A detailed review of the literature on principals through the mid-1990s is provided by Hallinger and Heck (1998). Within the last…

As the federal role expands to support increased state investments in school-based prekindergarten programs, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has released an updated, principal competency guide: "Leading Pre-K-3 Learning Communities: Competencies for Effective Principal Practice." Developed by a panel of…

The purpose of the study was to examine the business environment of charter schools in Washington, D.C. and determine whether or not there is a relationship between leadership training and the practices of executive leaders. Leadership training and executive practice is a long-standing inquiry in business research (Combs, 2007; Finkelstein,…

This article presents a mixed-method study utilizing teacher ratings of principal mindfulness from 149 public schools in Texas and follow-up qualitative data analysis through semi-structured interviews conducted with the top 10 percent of princeipals identified as mindful. This research is based on the theoretical framework of mindfulness as…

This paper reports on a study that investigated the frequency with which principals practice behaviors believed to positively or negatively affect the supervisory climate that exists in a school. The secondary purpose of the research was to look at demographic factors, such as gender and grade level, that might influence a principal's supervisory…

This book contains the views of a school principal and educator on leadership and the principal's role, and tries to answer the question: What does a principal do? Using time studies, journals, and conversations with staff, this book explores these questions drawing from the experience of the author as principal at an 800-student public high…

Findings of a dissertation study that examined the effect of multitrack year-round education on elementary principals' instructional-leadership performances and perceptions are presented in this paper. Data were obtained from indepth interviews with 11 elementary principals--5 from schools with traditional calendars and 6 from multitrack…

This study assessed patterns of instructional leadership sources. The instrument, Sources of Instructional Leadership (SOIL), was based on instructional leadership and effective schools literature. It dealt with the management of instructional resources, and related to one of six leadership functions: organizing, coordinating, developing,…

A study examined the relationship between the degree of a principal's instructional leadership and student achievement. Methodology involved regression analysis of the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) scores of over 7,400 eighth-graders in 104 schools in Mississippi. Questionnaires were also mailed to 104 principals, yielding a response rate…

This paper explores ways in which education programs can improve their screening of master's degree candidates. It examines information obtained from principals and assistant principals in El Paso, Texas for the purpose of understanding what effective campus administrators should know and be able to do. The Delphi process was used in this study to…