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Patricia Sullivan-Kowalski – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the United States (U.S.), the heart of public education lies in the commitment to providing every child with the necessary resources for their learning and development. Today, in 2024, principals are responsible for ensuring all students have equitable access to education by integrating technological advancements, maintaining a rigorous…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Professional Development
Amy R. LaDue – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The role of principal as instructional leader is one that is not only vital to student outcomes but requires support from district level leaders to develop. This study investigated how practicing administrators understand the meaning of being an instructional leader focused on learning and how district leaders can support principals to develop…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, School Role
Byers, Ernest Jasper James – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The research aim is to contribute to scholarly inquiry on best practices for institutional leaders in health care organizations who are leading improvement work. The goal is to investigate how a specific sustainable continuous improvement methodology--lean management (LM)--is experienced by leaders charged with implementing it to improve health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Best Practices, Adult Learning, Administrator Attitudes
Herrera, Tony Isaac – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study was designed to explore whether and how a sample of domestic and international managers use two key adult education concepts--critical reflection and experiential learning--to influence changes in individual employees whom they coach. The study is based on the primary assumption that although managers do not…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies, Adult Education
Horsfall, Chris, Ed. – 2001
This document contains five papers examining the meaning and operation of leadership as a variable affecting student achievement in further education colleges in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Chris Horsfall) discusses school effectiveness studies' findings regarding the relationship between leadership and effective schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role
2001
This document contains three papers on managerial performance issues. "Managerial Skill Requirements: Evidence from the Scottish Visitor Attraction Industry" (Sandra Watson, Martin McCracken) presents the findings from an exploratory study of those skills that managers in the Scottish visitor attraction sector considered most important…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education