This article reports the findings of a study investigating the influence of Islamic values and beliefs upon the practices of school principals in Kuwait. The findings are part of a large-scale project to develop an Islamic-Oriented Educational Leadership (IOEL) model for Muslim school leaders. This article undertakes an exploratory investigation…

The knowledge about principals' digital transformational leadership in schools is scarce. This lacuna is problematic because recently many countries switched to remote schooling and online learning models during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new situation changed the principal's role to one of distant digital leadership, working with teachers and…

The success of chancellery diversity leads is dependent upon how their roles are designed and resourced. This article will provide insights into the design and support of an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) role within the university's chancellery. 66 interviews were conducted with key stakeholders, including chancellery members, EDI…

This article explores Cambodia's Professional Standards for School Principals (PSSP), focusing on functions and content in fulfilling principals' roles and responsibilities during the ongoing educational reforms. The official PSSP, along with relevant supporting documents from the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS) of Cambodia, were…

This paper examined leadership practices which supported the diffusion of an innovation in a cluster of schools in Singapore, through the lenses of complexity leadership theory (CLT) and ecological leadership. The approach is a qualitative case study, with the unit of analysis bounded by the innovation and a cluster of schools involved in the…

How learning-centered leadership influences learning schools, and the effect of teacher performance on building learning schools is an area that remains unclear. The study aims to investigate the effect of learning-centered leadership on learning schools from teachers' perspectives. In the cross-sectional study, survey data were collected from 284…

This study investigated principals' perceptions of their responsibilities in managing technology infrastructure in under-resourced public secondary schools within the Tshwane West district, using a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. 2017,the Telkom Foundation initiated the 'Connected Schools Project' 2017, which introduced advanced…

Student engagement is critical to academic success, particularly in the interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering (BME). However, engaging and motivating students in class have become increasingly challenging, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating this difficulty. This Perspectives paper synthesizes the insights from three faculty…

Background: Leadership is crucial for frontline managers leading direct support staff in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services because it impacts both the staff and service users. Method: A systematic review using CADIMA software, guided by the 2020 PRISMA statement, analysed 32 articles from Scopus, WOS, PsycINFO and EBSCO…

In "From Tinkering to Transformation," Meredith Honig and Lydia Rainey call on superintendents and other district leaders to rethink the very premises that underlie the long-standing ways of working in their central offices. Based on the results of nearly two decades of research from districts of 2,000 to 200,000 students, Honig and…

Meaningful improvement in schools and districts is just small shifts away. How can administrators and teachers work together in ways that lead to significant--and sustained--improvement over time? How can schools accomplish this goal without adding to the work of overstretched educators? This practical guide answers these questions with…

The purpose of this study was to report how principals describe their role as marketers for their school and examine how these perceptions influence the ways in which principals engage in their daily work. To investigate this phenomenon I conducted 30 interviews with 10 traditional public school principals in the U.S. state of New Jersey.…

This study explored the experience of Catholic school principals in Ohio whose schools have participated in the EdChoice Scholarship program. The researcher employed the lens of principal time usage to examine the experiences of Ohio Catholic school principals with EdChoice, with a focus on the direct experiences of principals participating in the…

The purposes of this research were to study and compare a competency in school administration of school administrators as perceived by teachers in school under the BSESAO. The study employed a survey research design with samples consisting of 308 teachers in the academic year 2022. The samples were categorized by using the Cohen' sample sizes…

This study identifies how a teacher's entrepreneurial behavior (TEB) changed when promoted to higher positions in a school. It distills her experiences over time to uncover the symbiotic relationship between teaching and administrative entrepreneurial behaviors in promoting school innovation. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with…