Federal inclusion law requires that school administrators provide an equitable and legally compliant inclusive education for all students. Previous research has shown that successful program delivery is not possible without efficacious school leadership. Prior studies have also revealed that principals' self-efficacy judgments are directly…

The study aimed to investigate the Emotional Intelligence (EI) and its relationship to self-efficacy among school principals. The study was conducted to determine whether school principals develop their EI, and whether EI would increase their levels of self-efficacy. The participants of the study were composed of 50 school principals. The…

A primary goal of school districts' investments in professional development for principals is to enhance their effectiveness. This study examines the connection between administrator professional development and performance in a national sample of schools. We show that not all types of administrator professional development participation correlate…

The two-fold purpose of the study was to determine whether or not the Arkansas Leadership Academy's Master Principal Institute's (MPI) five curriculum content standards were aligned with the literature of effective educational leadership practices, and to ascertain if there were significant relationships among the principals' leadership practices…

The management development program (MDP) at the University of Tulsa provides an opportunity for identification and development of managerial skills among administrators in the elementary and secondary schools of northeastern Oklahoma. The validity of assessment center exercises for predicting performance as a school principal was examined by a…