A staff development team composed of four teacher leaders was chosen at a public high school to plan and facilitate two staff meetings. The purpose of this study is to determine how the use of a staff development team influences teacher voice within the school, the overall direction of staff meetings, and the culture and climate of the school. 21…

The study mainly examined the school heads' supervisory competence of school heads and teachers' performance. It determined the level of school heads' supervisory competence in terms of instructional supervision, professional and motivational competence; the managerial behavior in advocating competence of school heads; particularly in planning,…

The challenge of teacher retention is something that all school and district leaders face. The demand for highly qualified teachers outnumbers the current teacher candidate pool. Because of this, the need for schools and districts to attract and retain the best teachers has never been greater. While there is substantial research focusing on the…

This article draws on a teacher survey (n = 789) to examine the relationship between teacher vitality and two conversational approaches--transformative leadership conversation and controlling conversation. The analyses use latent structural equation modelling. The sample is restricted to teachers in schools with an accountability rating of…

Principals' influence on teachers is an important route through which principals may affect student outcomes. The advent of teacher evaluation systems allows estimations of principal contributions to teacher effectiveness. Employing data from the District of Columbia Public Schools, this paper examines how principals vary in their contributions to…

Little is known about how middle leaders address concerns with teaching performance. This study used a problem-based methodology and critical incident interviewing to elicit eight middle leaders' theories-in-use for 14 cases of concern. Our systematic analysis examined the beliefs constraining their actions, their actions as well as the resulting…

This study investigates the impact of principals' instructional leadership practices on secondary school teachers' effectiveness in the North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. To answer the research question of the study, the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) and the Virgilio Teacher Behaviour Inventory (VTBI) were…

For decades, there has been growing advocacy and policy reform to provide an inclusive education for students with disabilities which has since been specified as their human right under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Teachers play an essential role in implementing inclusive education, yet they describe inadequate…

Nations throughout the world have been engaged in efforts to redefine the role of principals to include instructional leadership. This is based upon research that has verified a positive indirect relationship between principal instructional leadership and student learning. This study tested a moderated mediation model of how the power distance…

This research presents the results of studies designed to observe the effects of school leadership and school culture as mechanisms of change in the context of a large-scale educational reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A mixed-methods approach was employed to illuminate how institutional context either activates or deactivates leadership and…

The improvement of teaching quality within secondary schooling has been a core focus within Rwandan educational reforms. Despite this emphasis, efforts towards defining this construct have been minimal, particularly amongst head teachers and government officials who often hold responsibilities in monitoring, evaluating and guiding teaching…

This study explored if and how principal practices from diverse leadership models could be integrated to predict burned out, ineffective, overextended, or engaged teachers. This unique approach produced an actionable blend of practices and the frequency explaining teacher outcomes. A sample of 240 teachers rated frequency of 58 principal practices…

This study explores the prevalence and characteristics of "counseling out" as a human resource management tool used by principals to address teacher quality. Recognizing that teachers significantly impact student achievement, the effective management of teacher quality is a critical responsibility for principals. However, formal…

This study aims to explore teacher performance based on the roles of family sociology, managerial support and work conditions, as well as the involvement of teacher motivation and professional development among vocational teachers. Data were collected from 381 vocational teachers, and structural equation modeling was used to test the research…

Purpose: Teacher well-being has been a concern, but there has been a lack of research on how teacher leadership can contribute to teacher well-being in a high-accountability context and a hierarchical education system such as that of China, particularly through the meditating roles of trust in the leader and teacher efficacy. Therefore, the…