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Overcoming Isolation: Online Collaboration among Rural Primary School Principals in New Zealand
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Rachel Whalley; Michael Barbour – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2024
This paper examines online collaboration between small rural primary schools in New Zealand, focusing on principals' perspectives. Through semi-structured interviews with eight principals involved in the Virtual Learning Network (VLN) Primary, the study explores the benefits, challenges, and key factors for successful collaboration. The findings…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary Education, Principals, Rural Schools
Mentoring and Coaching Rural School Leaders: What Do They Need?
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Duncan, Heather E.; Stock, Mark J. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2010
This study explores the types of principal mentoring/coaching programs delivered in Wyoming school districts, USA, and the areas of need perceived by principals at different levels of experience. Some formalized district principal mentorship programs existed in larger school districts but these mainly targeted beginning principals. Most of the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Key Issue: Recruiting Teachers for Urban and Rural Schools
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Hayes, Kathleen – National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2009
Teacher shortages are essentially a problem of distribution (Darling-Hammond, 2001; Ingersoll, 2001; National Association of State Boards of Education, 1998; Olson, 2000; Reeves, 2003; Voke, 2002). According to recent studies, hardest to find are teachers who are both qualified and willing to teach in hard-to-staff schools, which included those in…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Qualifications