This research commentary illuminates teachers' insights that help examine the nuanced relationship between spaces and situations that describe the impact of fostering belongingness and elevating their voices. Data includes results from a qualitative survey, which was a convenience sample across the southern region of the United States. The…

This qualitative, phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of former K-12 principals who left their leadership positions in favor of non-administrative roles in K-12 education or jobs outside of K-12 education. Principals leaving their roles in K-12 education is a problem because of the significant impact principals have on student…

Unfilled teaching positions are rising in South Carolina, increasing year over year. To combat this problem of practice, I conducted an improvement science study to understand factors that impact teacher satisfaction levels aimed to raise teacher retention rates. The study aimed to allow teachers to identify areas that school administrators can…

School environments impact student performance, teacher motivation, and teacher retention. As such, exploring the role of principals in shaping a school environment can be useful for understanding the reasons for poor outcomes of persistently low-performing schools, low teacher motivation, and high teacher attrition. Additionally, through this…

This research addresses internal conflicts and challenges through a responsive and adaptive situational leadership approach. The study employs a qualitative descriptive research design, using observations, interviews, and documentation to gather data. The findings focus on the principal's leadership practices, examining whether they are…

Institutions, including universities, adapt to the environment in which they operate. By expanding overseas to support study abroad participation, the globalized university is required to adapt to new international environments. This instrumental case study explores the use of international institutional study away sites owned and operated by New…

The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine how mentoring support systems, race and gender intersectional challenges shape the pathway for five African-American women principals in a South Texas urban school district. The researcher used a semi-structured interview question protocol, audio-recorded, and professionally transcribed…

This phenomenological research study was based on elementary school teachers who felt unsupported by their principals, due to lack of frequent reviews and pertinent evaluations. In previous research studies, researchers stated that many elementary teachers were frustrated, changed schools frequently, retired early, or left the teaching profession…

This case study explored the consideration, inclusion, and significance of market forces in the development of strategic planning at higher education institutions. The design examined methods, procedures, behaviors, and attitudes that Presidents in higher education applied to designing strategic planning processes. Guiding this examination was the…

This article explores genres as recurrent acts of positioning that contribute to associating particular positions with the genre users as social actors. As an illustration, the study investigates the positioning of Chinese university presidents in their published opening convocation speeches. By combining rhetorical move analysis with the…

This research study documents public school principals' perceptions of their roles as leaders in reducing racialized educational inequities within their school communities, then examines the alignment between those perceptions and empirical evidence on racialized educational inequities in public schools. Additionally, this study analyzes the…

My study asks whether the intent of teachers in independent schools to stay at or leave their school is related to the servant leadership characteristics of their head of school. There are few studies on servant leadership, particularly its influence on teacher retention in independent schools. The servant leadership model has much appeal on face…

This qualitative study examines elementary educators' perceptions of their school principals' impact on school culture and elementary educator retention. A constructivist grounded-theory approach was used to interview 10 volunteers from a purposive sample of elementary educators from Midwest school districts. Participants were asked to describe…

Research has shown that students of color continue to lag behind their White peers on standardized test scores and rates of college graduation (Gardner-Neblett et al., 2023) and that exclusionary discipline practices have contributed to this disparity and create negative outcomes for students (Bottiani et al., 2023; Cruz et al., 2021). Subjective…

One of the challenges to Catholic identity is that Catholic schools are faced with the challenges of meeting the needs of students from low socio-economic backgrounds. The analysis of the qualitative phenomenological study underscores the invaluable role of principals of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Ondo. Using social justice and Ubuntu, the…