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Dawn M. Rhodes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research addresses the management problem identified as a lack of knowledge amongst many higher education leaders on how to properly embed core values into organizational culture. Internal and external stakeholders learn what an institution stands for from the core values, and core values are the foundation on which the mission, strategic…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Best Practices, College Administration, Values
Niki Burkey – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As schools struggle with student achievement outcomes and school designations, the school improvement process has become a central aspect of leadership and planning for school principals as they work to ensure that every child has an opportunity to succeed. Previous researchers have indicated that culture influences everything that occurs in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Administrator Attitudes
Newton, Leigh Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This applied research study seeks to improve principal capacity as instructional leaders. The need for principals to increase their instructional leadership capacity became evident with the ever-changing requirements of state accountability and student achievement. Using four elements in this study, cohort-based professional development for…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Management Development, Principals, School Districts
Mary Francis Benzo – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Research on principal leadership is extensive; however, studies suggest such research cannot be generalized across all contexts, as educational leaders' needs are a result of the specific context in which they work. Since there is limited research on principal leadership in the Dominican Republic (DR), the country can benefit from current and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Curry, Danielle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Administrators need an easily accessible training resource for improving their underperforming schools that includes professional development and progressing monitoring tools for teachers, research-based interventions for students, and strategies to help their faculty and staff cope with the challenges of the school turnaround process. This…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Development
Jenkins, Stephen R.; Peffer, Randall D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Lewis Carroll famously noted that "if you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". This capstone project joins the dialogue of the importance of adapting the principal preparation programs at colleges and universities to adequately provide aspiring principals the skills needed to lead the work in low-performing…
Descriptors: Principals, Management Development, Skill Development, Disadvantaged Schools
Pinder, Glen T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In today's world of accountability, the preparation of school leaders has never been more critical. Many states are now developing policies and processes that seek to enhance school leadership preparation programs. Enhancing school leadership preparation programs is particularly important in the area of instructional leadership because research…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Principals, Management Development, Leadership Training
Mohammad, Esam Sohail – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the second decade of the new century, America's public higher education institutions (PHEIs) face several key challenges: rising demands of accountability, a steady drop in public funding, and competition from virtual and for-profit entities. Limited research had been conducted on the applicability of social enterprise theory to these…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Questionnaires, Entrepreneurship
Tutt, Dana V. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of the principal has changed over the years from manager to instructional leader. School principal's responsibilities have increased and are often required to lead educational programs under a growing number of local and federal accountability structures and mandates (Wallace, 2012). With the recent change in the state and local school…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Alignment (Education)
Benetto, Kimberly S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The role of the principal, as an instructional leader is one of the most important roles in education today. The demands of high accountability that are placed on school principals have caused legislators and educational reformers to require more rigorous training for school leaders. Many states now have mandated state mentoring programs for entry…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mentors, Principals, School Administration
Flaniken, Forrest W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although there is substantial literature on the use of performance appraisal in the for-profit world, there is little literature available concerning the appraisal of staff positions in higher education. More knowledge is needed in this area since there is considerable research indicating that performance appraisal creates benefits to an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personnel Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Church Related Colleges
Parrigin, Roberta – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This two-stage, quantitative study with purposive sampling and random assignment measured whether managerial participants perceived a sense of accountability for goal setting and participating in professional development as a result of data received from a 360-degree feedback appraisal. There were no significant correlations among the demographic…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Accountability, Professional Development, Predictor Variables