Background: Developing a school as a learning community is a complex process necessitating active engagement from the entire school community. This paper reports on a study from Finland that focused on exploring learning community development grounded in a shared vision. Purpose: We sought to investigate the development of a school community with…

Teacher attrition is a significant issue in charter schools, particularly among Early Career Elementary Charter School Teachers. The high attrition rate intensifies issues, including increased burdens on remaining staff and a potential decline in the quality of instruction. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the influence of…

Under the direction of (Dr. Melissa Rasberry, Dr. Michelle Belle, and Dr. Christie McMullen) This study addressed the lack of understanding surrounding psychological safety in coaching dynamics between principals and coaches, specifically its impact on leadership practices in K-12 schools. Focusing on coaching relationships as a vehicle for…

This qualitative study investigates the skills, practices and dispositions that 18 experienced superintendents perceive as impactful to their longevity and success. In addition, superintendents were asked about what decisions, if any, they had made regarding the academic performance of students of color in their district. Superintendents described…

LEARN Network researchers set out to understand more about the landscape of educational decision-making as it relates to product procurement. The team, led by SRI, surveyed a nationally representative sample of school and district leaders and interviewed a broad array of education leaders and other members of the education community. In this…

The main purpose of this study is to ascertain the opinions of the school principals on their assignment as enquirers. It adopted multiple case-holistic design of the qualitative research methods. The sampling was created through criterion sampling technique of the purposive sampling methods. The study group consisted of 10 school principals…

The focus of this small-scale self-evaluation is the implementation of a new middle-management role in a post-92 UK university. A realist appreciative inquiry was undertaken with five women who had been promoted to a middle-management role 18 months prior to the inquiry. This evaluation for knowledge offered an opportunity to reflect on…

This study explores school heads' construction and understanding of instructional leadership for inclusive secondary schools. It seeks to provide answers to the central research question: How do school heads construct and understand instructional leadership for inclusive secondary schools? The paper forms part of a larger qualitative,…

Teacher leadership has been defined by researchers as the catalyst for change, and the impetus for school improvement. In this study, the researcher investigated the experiences of teachers and administrators who participated in a nationwide teacher leadership pilot, the Teacher Leadership Initiative (TLI), and the effects that this yearlong event…

Perhaps no relationship is as crucial for practicing superintendents as the relationship with their school board presidents. This study examined which leadership traits of superintendents were most important according to superintendents and school board presidents in a rural state in the Midwest. A researcher-developed survey studied how important…

This study assessed the effectiveness of training leaders in behaviors that satisfy meeting attendees' psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Three managers who regularly lead meetings with their workgroups participated in the study. The study used a research design of multiple baselines across groups and began with…

Principal evaluations can be important tools for improving leadership practice, but evaluations have often described by principals and researchers as unsystematic and lacking timely and actionable feedback. This study examines principal perceptions of the Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System (T-PESS). Survey data and interviews of…

Research on giftedness and gifted education has a rich history. Researchers have consistently pointed to the educational leadership perspectives on giftedness, and inequitable identification of policies and practices in gifted education. Research suggests there is a widening gap in the level of comprehensive knowledge in gifted education that is…

The paper proposes to study side effects of accountability in education within the theoretical framework of enactment research. The potential value of this approach for the study of side effects is shown by using the example of the side effect "Dependency on Expert Judgements." Therefore, findings from the research project…

This article focuses on Swedish preschool managers' views of their tasks and daily work: activities, conditions, challenges and ideas on leadership. Five preschool managers were asked to write diary notes during a couple of weeks at work. Through the analysis process, we were inspired by Yukl's hierarchical behaviour taxonomy. The taxonomy divides…