After widespread concern following the tragic death of a headteacher, the appointment of a new chief inspector for Ofsted and the prospect of a Labour government offer an opportunity for a radical appraisal of the current inspection regime. This article discusses some basic concepts and principles which might contribute to a system that is…

The position of the career and technical education (CTE) administrator is generally well-known but the multitude of tasks (e.g., management/leadership) are not widely understood by those outside CTE. The purpose of this study was to operationalize and establish a set of knowledge and skill core competencies (KSCC) nested in specific focus areas…

Race and gender continue to be contributing factors to the disparity and lack of representation that exists among higher-education leaders. This study examines the lived experience of women of color to identify the strategies they utilized to attain administrative leadership roles at a Higher Education Institution (HEI). Participants included…

Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the perceptions of academic administrators of the characteristics and strategies of a boundary-spanner leader. Design/methodology/approach: For this purpose, the authors adopted a qualitative approach and a descriptive phenomenology method. The participants of the study consisted of academic…

Large-scale changes in the social and economic spheres of Russian society revealed the demands for managers with non-standard thinking and a high cultural level. Specific and ambiguous processes in politic, economic and social spheres in different parts of the world have general trends reflecting the evolution of global civilization. In this…

This mixed methods research was applied and divided into two phases. In phase one, was conducted with two main objectives: 1) to study the spiritual leadership of school administrators according to the perspectives of teachers in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA); and 2) to compare the spiritual leadership of school administrators…

Artificial intelligence technologies are used in many fields and have become a part of our lives. The field of artificial intelligence, which has an important place, especially in the field of education and digital leadership, is constantly developing and is expected to create even greater impacts in the future. The main purpose of this research…

Education is the most basic institution in the development process in each country. In other words, if education is dynamic, active, and vibrant in a country, the country will naturally be a growing and developed country. Professional and effective training of professional and effective managers is one of the basic problems, whose successful and…

Factors that influence a school leader's disciplinary determination for student discretionary decisions are many times difficult to measure. The purpose of this study was to investigate leadership style factors that may be linked to contributable factors for African American male disciplinary incidents. The following leadership factors were…

Using a cross-sectional survey, we collected data from program coordinators at UCEA-member institutions to understand the various roles, time investments, and cost commitments associated with program coordination, including incentives institutions provide (or do not provide) for assuming such responsibilities. We seek to improve our understanding…

There is wide variability in settings where students with intellectual disability are taught and a dearth of research related to district special education administrators, their roles and responsibilities, and their perceptions of barriers to and policies and practices that promote access to general education environments for these students. This…

The contents of this study provide an in-depth look into servant leadership. The research indicated the nature of religious principles and how they are applied to one's life; regardless of the religion, religious values frame a person's judgment, which, in their view, benefits themselves and those around them. However, even though religion plays a…

Purpose: This paper aims to highlight how a group of novice principals in Connecticut and New York used relational, dispositional and situational factors to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The study aims to support new principals and educational leaders. Design/methodology/approach: Using Mutch's (2015) dispositional, relational and…

Informal mentoring had been previously identified as a vital component to leadership development and succession planning. Through a phenomenological approach, we sought to capture the lived experiences of aspiring school leaders pertaining to informal mentoring. Using open-ended questions and reflective activities, eight aspiring school leaders…

This Reflection Guide summarizes the findings of a Carnegie Foundation project to understand how executive leaders in education transform their organizations to be capable of producing new levels of system performance through the use of improvement science principles. Described here are the key dispositions, core practices, and levers of…