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Carol A. Mullen; Rebecca B. Hall – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2024
In these challenging times, it is essential that principals serve as equity-oriented, antiracist, culturally competent leaders accountable for students' performance, school improvement, and policy requirements. Many studies focus on professional development (PD) for teachers but not school leaders, thus the value of the present analysis is that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Administrator Role, Equal Education
Stronge, James H.; Xu, Xianxuan – ASCD, 2021
What does it take to be a good school principal? No two principals work exactly the same way, but research shows that effective principals focus on a core set of factors critical to fostering success among all students. In this second edition of "Qualities of Effective Principals," James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu delineate these factors…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Qualities, Administrator Effectiveness, School Administration
Sandra Gail Vecera – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Opportunity gaps for certain student groups are well documented across the United States as well as in the Mid-Atlantic state where this research occurred. According to Miksic (2014), "American public education aspires to provide rich and poor, Black and White, immigrant and native-born, with equal opportunities for success" (para. 1).…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Poverty, Administrator Effectiveness, Beginning Principals
Ozcan, Mehmet – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
This study aims to analyze school principles' supervision practices according to teachers' opinions. The study employs phenomenology design out of qualitative research methods. The data of the study were gathered in 2019-2020 academic year from 16 teachers who had been working in state schools for 16 or more years through face to face interviews…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Administrator Evaluation, Principals, Supervision
Acton, Karen S. – Management in Education, 2021
In the current climate of accountability and calls for school improvement, principals are dealing with unceasing demands to implement new educational reforms. Yet do school leaders feel equipped to implement these mandates? This study investigated the perceptions of experienced elementary principals on whether they felt prepared to be effective…
Descriptors: School Administration, Elementary Schools, Principals, Leadership Role
Westberry, Lee; Hornor, Tara; Murray, Kent – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
This mixed-method study evaluates P-12 principals' and district officials' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic amid the abrupt change to virtual leadership. Professional learning needs are identified in relation to the three domains of leadership as seen in literature: school management, instructional leadership, and program administration.…
Descriptors: Principals, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness
Goldring, Ellen B.; Grissom, Jason A.; Neumerski, Christine M.; Blissett, Richard; Murphy, Joseph F.; Porter, Andrew C. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Research over the past 35 years consistently reveals that principals spend minimal amounts of time on instructional leadership activities. Similarly, we know very little about how principals might be trained to change their time allocation to focus more on instructional leadership tasks. The paper describes the implementation and the time use of…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Time Management
Martinez, James; McAbee, Sydney – Education Leadership Review, 2020
There have been a number of narrative reviews that focus on the relationship of school administrators and the teachers at their school sites. This systematic review evaluates a select group of research articles published between the years 2000 and 2019. The main questions for this review ask: (a) what does recent literature tell us about the…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, School Administration, Administrator Effectiveness, Principals
Pittman, Audra – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Despite the vast research on mentoring, little is known about the effect mentoring has on the leadership capacity of first year administrators. Improving student achievement is imperative to public education, and improving school leadership at individual sites will increase student performance. Schools that are raising student achievement in spite…
Descriptors: Mentors, Administrators, School Administration, Novices
Mendels, Pamela; Mitgang, Lee D. – Educational Leadership, 2013
Principals have a substantial effect on the quality of learning in their schools. Likewise, districts have a substantial effect on the quality of their leaders. A growing number of large school districts are focusing on two objectives to strengthen school leadership: (1) building a pipeline of new principals who are ready to tackle the most…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Beginning Principals
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2015
There is growing awareness among educators and policymakers that effective school leaders are critical to school success and student achievement. Many studies illustrate the important benefits of effective school leadership for teachers, pointing to the significant influence on teacher satisfaction, development, and retention. This case study…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Effectiveness, Public Schools, Leadership Qualities
Marcos, Teri; Witmer, Matt; Foland, Ron; Vouga, Robert; Wise, Donald – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2011
Purposively selected urban California superintendents and assistant superintendents participated in surveys and interviews which examined their views about the impact California university Tier I school leadership preparation programs have on overall preparedness for the position, effectiveness of job performance, longevity, transference of skills…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Job Performance, School Administration, Instructional Leadership
Hickman, Karen S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Principal retention is a national and international challenge (Clark, Martorell, & Rockoff, 2009; Stoelinga, Hart, & Schalliol, 2008; Partlow & Ridenour, 2008; Browne-Ferrigno, & Johnson-Fusarelli, 2005; Thomson & Blackmore, 2006; Weiss, 2005; Whittal, 2002; Walker & Qian, 2006). Fuller and Young (2010) found similar trends…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, School Districts, High Schools
Kreider, Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A principal can have the greatest effect on student achievement by improving the performance of the classroom teacher. School administrators may receive little instruction on how to supervise and manage teachers or improve their instruction in their university training, which can put a new administrator at a disadvantage when defining performance…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, School Administration, Teachers
Gray, Susan Penny; Streshly, William A. – Corwin, 2010
Great leaders are made, not born. Written by the authors of "From Good Schools to Great Schools," this sequel shows how great school leaders can be developed and how leaders can acquire the powerful personal leadership characteristics that the best administrators use to lead their schools to greatness. Based on sound strategies and the work of Jim…
Descriptors: School Culture, Leadership Qualities, Leadership, Principals