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Mead, Carlton R. 1963. "Encouraging school leadership in elementary schools." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8293.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to conduct, as a participant observer and district-level regional administrator, three exploratory mini-case studies of elementary schools in the same district attempting to meet the same district improvement goal, imbedded in individual School Improvement Plans (SIP) during the same period of time in the school year. In order to document how each leadership team identifies strategies to meet the goal, how strategies are implemented, how each leadership team interacts with me as their district administrator, and how performance toward meeting the goal is perceived by key actors in the school this research was conducted as an action-research case study. The inter-relationships between school goals and school leadership team behaviors in a large suburban school district and the influence of these teams on the practices of the individuals on each of the three different school teams were the primary focus of this study. This study took place beginning in December 2007 and culminating in March 2008. The researcher kept a field journal of team meetings and staff development activities at each site. Interviews were conducted with principals, teachers, and parents at each site to gain multiple perspectives of school improvement and leadership. Findings of this case study may reveal a close connection between the practices of the regional administrator and school leadership teams and the outcome of school improvement initiatives. Recommendations are made for changes in practice and for future research studies.
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Mead, Carlton R. "Encouraging school leadership in elementary schools /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8293.
Full textTypescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-112). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
Kgwete, Ephraim Matala. "Understanding school leadership : a study of the ACE school leadership programme and leadership practices." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44145.
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Seaton, Daniel M. "School board leadership." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80019.
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Hamid, Jamaliah Abdul. "Agency in school leadership." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368769.
Full textAnderson, Anne. "Leadership for school improvement." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2016. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/cf341520ed4e7b127c8126c5d751581e3ea112f20082fdcc672012d29d217b3a/10920837/Anderson_2016_Leadership_for_School_Improvement.pdf.
Full textLucas, Stephen Earl. "Transformational leadership : principals, leadership teams, and school culture /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3013000.
Full textSharp, Charis Eirene. "Small School Leadership: A Q Method Study of Elements of Leadership Specific to a Small School Setting." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1221152535.
Full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 26, 2008). Advisor: Jon Wergin, Ph.D. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy March, 2008."--from the title page. Includes bibliographical references (p.137-142).
Abrams, Eric Regier 1955. "Perceptions of successful elementary school principals of effective school leadership practices: A portrait of school leadership." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282606.
Full textMalasa, Donald Papaku. "Effective School Leadership: An exploration of the issues inhibiting the effectiveness of school leadership in Solomon Islands' secondary schools." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2429.
Full textTaylor, R. John. "Urban school leaders' perceptions of transformational leadership /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11848613.
Full textTypescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Frank Smith. Dissertation Committee: Jeannette Fleischner. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-174).
Pathomporn, Oumthanom Lyman Linda L. "Principal leadership behaviors differences in perceptions /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064497.
Full textPart of Appendix A in Thai. Title from title page screen, viewed March 21, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Linda Lyman (chair), John Rugutt, George Padavil, David L. Tucker. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-130) and abstract. Also available in print.
Hendricks, Clarence Nowellin. "Integrated leadership : a leadership approach for school management teams." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018610.
Full textSeptember, Phinias. "School management teams’ understanding of collaborative leadership in primary schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25823.
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McCormick, Paul R. "Leadership in a Democratic School." Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10603433.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of a democratic school leader and understand how his conception of leadership is congruent or incongruent with notions of democracy and democratic leadership. This small, participant-observer case study follows a democratic school leader and his staff for a year and examines those challenges and opportunities. Specifically, the research addresses how a school leader’s belief system impacts their approach to school governance. It also examines the tensions leaders in this context encounter and how those tensions are navigated. The data uncovers unique opportunities that similarly situated democratic school leaders encounter, and the best approaches for practitioners in the field.
The research traces the history of democratic schools and the diverse set of ideas that define the broad spectrum of these types of schools. This work also examines recurrent leadership themes in literature and pairs them with some of the defining characteristics of democratic schools. It then looks specifically at research aimed at understanding democratic school leadership. It creates a conceptual understanding of democratic schools based on an intimate and practitioner-based understanding of the research site: voice in decision-making, curriculum, and community.
The findings uncover a school leader who is pulled in many different directions, but one who remains committed to the democratic process of deliberation and listening. The findings also elucidate a tension with autonomous teaching and curriculum writing, as well as the process of terminating students from community. While revisiting existing research, this work explains some new understandings about leadership in a democratic school context and contains some practical suggestions for leaders in similar situations.
Hardie, Lorraine. "Successful primary school principal leadership /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09EDM/09edmh262.pdf.
Full textWargo, Elizabeth Sue. "Hyperconnected school leadership| Shared experiences." Thesis, University of Montana, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10256108.
Full textLeaders remain perpetually connected to their work because of the rapid advancement of information technology. This research, using a qualitative approach, explored how increased connective technology is affecting school leaders with the central question: How is hyperconnectivity experienced by school leaders? Using personal interviews, the lived experiences of fifteen international middle and high school principals with one-to-one student-to-device programs were collected. Raw transcriptions of their experiences were analyzed using the descriptive phenomenological approach as outlined by Giorgi (2009). This approach allowed for the data to be reduced into a single narrative description shared by all participants indicating the essences of their lived experience as hyperconnected school leaders.
This shared narrative highlighted complex and paradoxical experiences associated with how these school leaders interact with technology. Their experiences indicated that work-life balance for hyperconnected leaders required strong personal boundaries and skillful use of connective technologies. Examples of effective leader development of self and community highlighted, paradoxically, the need to unplug to effectively deploy connected technology within their leadership practice. Conversely, this study also showed how leaders can be controlled by connectivity. They associated their roles as responsible school leaders with perpetual connectivity; in consequence, they fused their work and home lives, experienced increased stress, and struggled with work overload. These results imply that international school principals are impacted by increased connectivity in different ways. Findings from this study indicate those leading hyperconnected schools must pay attention to how connectivity is affecting themselves and members of their school communities. Principals must protect themselves from the increasing demands upon their attention that constant connectivity presents in order to make mental room for the self-reflection and creativity needed to provide novel solutions and approaches towards their leadership work.
Sarasola, Bonetti Marcos, and Carolina da Costa. "Evaluating learning centered school leadership." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117939.
Full textLa investigación indica que el liderazgo educativo afecta los resultados de la gestiónde los centros educativos en general, y en particular, incide en los aprendizajes delalumnado. Este artículo presenta y analiza el VAL-ED (Vanderbilt Assessment ofLeadership in Education) como un instrumento de evaluación de la gestión, apartir de la investigación sobre liderazgo centrado en los aprendizajes.
A pesquisa indica que a liderança educacional afeta os resultados da gestão dasescolas em geral, e em particular afeta a aprendizagem do aluno. Este artigoapresenta e analisa o VAL-ED (Avaliação Vanderbilt de Liderança em Educação)como uma ferramenta de avaliação da gestão, a partir de pesquisas sobre liderançacentrada na aprendizagem.
Lawler, Nancy L. "The examination of the Missouri Leadership Academy and principal leadership effectiveness /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3091942.
Full textSmith, James David. "Urban school principal leadership preparation [electronic resources] perspective of urban school principals /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
Find full textStreck, Mary Theresa. "Distributed leadership and shared decision making leadership practices that promote collaboration /." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://library2.sage.edu/archive/thesis/ED/2009streck_m.PDF.
Full text"A Doctoral Research Project presented to Professor of Education James Butterworth, Doctoral Research Committee Chair, School of Education, The Sage Colleges." Suggested keywords: distributed leadership; shared decision making; leadership. Includes bibliographical references: (p. 69-74).
Ruiz, Ernesto. "A study on cultural flexibility, leadership style, leadership style flexibility and leadership style effectiveness among Mexican-American principals in Northern California." Scholarly Commons, 1995. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2795.
Full textNewman, Mairette T., and n/a. "Practitioners' Meanings of School Leadership: Case Studies of Jamaican High School Principals." Griffith University. School of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040910.144727.
Full textNewman, Mairette T. "Practitioners' Meanings of School Leadership: Case Studies of Jamaican High School Principals." Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366988.
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Meyer, Kathleen A. "Catholic School Leadership and the Role of Consultative School Boards in Catholic Elementary Schools." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2009. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/558.
Full textMoriah, Mishel Patrina. "School leadership and inclusive education practices in Caribbean secondary schools." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2017. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=232401.
Full textIvery, Daphney Denise. "Why are women with leadership certification not pursuing school-level leadership positions." Click here to access dissertation, 2008. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/fall2008/daphney_d_ivery/ivery_daphney_d_200808_edd.pdf.
Full text"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Directed by Abebayehu Tekleselassie. ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-129) and appendices.
O'Sullivan, Casey. "Character education and school leadership: building a school community." Thesis, Boston University, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27734.
Full textPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Cain, Maureen Elizabeth. "Inside the primary school leadership team : an investigation into primary school leadership practice and development as an integrated process." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/inside-the-primary-school-leadership-team-an-investigation-into-primary-school-leadership-practice-and-development-as-an-integrated-process(6bbedb79-7646-4b37-b396-8b155ce27bb1).html.
Full textTaneja, Anishiya. "Leadership and mentorship." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39533.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63).
This thesis aims to learn more about mentoring relationships in organizations. Through detailed one on one interviews with mentors and mentees from a variety of different backgrounds, different age groups, genders, races, ethnicities and experiences, I develop a perspective on how mentoring relationships are structured and what met individuals expectations and what failed. The thesis then applies principles of system dynamics to understand the complexities of organizations. Applying the assumption that the demographics in the system are represented by demographics in Fortune 500 companies today, we analyze reinforcing and balancing loops within the system to understand why there is resistance to mentorship policy and why despite good intentions, many formal mentorship policies fail. I explore the case for mentorship through the value proposition of a mentorship relationship from the perspective of the mentor, mentee and the organization through responses collected from the interviews with mentors and mentee about why they enter into mentoring relationships and what motivates them to seek them out. The thesis uses system dynamics principles to understand mentoring policies and the barriers posed by the system.
(cont.) I examine examples of mentorship policy that have worked and aim to understand their success through the framework of the model. Using learnings from the model and interviews, I try to build a list of useful elements to consider when designing effective mentorship policy. Mentorship policy like all other policies feels the tension between equity and efficiency. On one extreme, too much regulation leads to bureaucratic policy and mentoring relationships that exist long after they stop working but a lack of any regulation can leave a whole group of employees that provide diverse voices and experiences without a supportive environment to realize their potential.
by Anishiya Taneja.
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Vicari, Sandra K. Mogilka Judith Ann. "Spirituality in educational leadership." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3108313.
Full textTitle from title page screen, viewed October 12, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Judith A. Mogilka (chair), Patricia H. Klass, Paul J. Baker, Sharon Hull. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-125) and abstract. Also available in print.
Clonch, Sandra U. "A School Improvement Success Story: A Qualitative Study of Rural School Leadership, Culture, and the Change Process." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458847983.
Full textJohnson, Peggy E. "Exploring relationships and interactions between district leadership and school leadership teams." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3296858.
Full textTitle from first page of PDF file (viewed March 25, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-304).
Hibbs, James D. "Leadership, change and the school principal." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ36133.pdf.
Full textSmith, Angela Powers. "The Leadership Potential of School Librarians." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557505.
Full textSince their origin in 1925, standards for elementary school library programs have outlined role expectations for the school librarian. As the passage of time introduced new technologies into the world of education, these standards were reviewed and revised. After each revision, the standards, which were later referred to as guidelines, reflected an updated view on the school librarian's position with additional responsibilities listed in the form of roles. Researchers have explored perceptions of educator groups regarding these roles, to determine if they were accepted by the members of the school community (Church, 2008; Dorrell & Lawson, 1995; Gustafson, 1982; Kaplan, 2006; McCracken, 2001; Mohajerin & Smith, 1981; Person, 1993; Roach, 1989; Schon, Helmstadter, & Robinson, 1991; Scott, 1986; Shannon, 1996; Shelton, 2002). Repeatedly, findings indicated disagreement among the educator groups and an overall lack of support of these roles from teachers, administrators, and even school librarians themselves, in some cases. If a lack of support for the fulfillment of these roles exists, the school library program cannot develop to its full potential. Consequently, the school librarian cannot fully contribute to student achievement, and a valuable resource is wasted. This study explored perceptions held by educators at the elementary level on the roles of the school librarian, in light of the latest revision to the guidelines (American Association of School Librarians, 2009) which added the role of leader to the list of expectations for school librarians, to determine if a lack of support for the fulfillment of these roles persists.
Robinson, Courtney Brooke. "Instructional leadership for high school principals." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3708304.
Full textInstructional leadership for high school principals is becoming more important as principals are being held increasingly accountable for student achievement results. Principals are next to teachers in impacting learning in the classroom. The problem for high school principals is that they do not feel prepared to be instructional leaders for their school. There are many tasks a principal must handle throughout the day and these tasks take time away from principals acting as the instructional leader for their school. Principals are also not always supported in their development as an instructional leader. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how high school principals have developed into instructional leaders, the obstacles they encountered during this process and their perceptions of the types of external support they received in instructional leadership. The participants in the study included six high school principals from four different school districts. The principals had all been on the job for at least one year. Interview and document data were collected and analyzed for common themes. The findings of the study suggested that when principals receive external support in instructional leadership, there are indications that they begin to develop in this area. District support, mentoring and coaching, team support and reading with purpose were important in the development of the principals. The findings also suggested two obstacles, time and people, for principals as they lead their schools in instruction. Finally, the study’s findings indicated the principals who receive support had positive views of that support. Based on the results of the study, recommendations were made for providing a strong system of support for high school principals in the area of instructional leadership.
West, Sylvia M. "Values in school leadership and management." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240854.
Full textWaterhouse, Joanne Caitlyn. "School leadership in context : three portraits." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610771.
Full textDycus, Linda Gail. "Leadership Practices of School Nutrition Professionals." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2160.
Full textStrickland, Jessie S. "Leadership Perspectives of Tennessee School Leaders." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1992. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2978.
Full textMatthew, Sonia Amarisse. "Exploring Leadership in a Multicultural School." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2559.
Full textPendleton-Brown, Saroya N. "Teacher Job Satisfaction and School Leadership." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7250.
Full textKellogg, John R. "An examination of distributed leadership in a public school district /." View abstract, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3234225.
Full textHarris, Mary Judy. "Effective leadership by department chairs in educational leadership / administration departments /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3164512.
Full textIrvin, Janice L. "School TVAAS Rank and Teacher Perceptions of Elementary School Culture in East Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2294.
Full textMaziejka, Stanley W. "Future system leadership." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://library2.sage.edu/archive/thesis/ED/2009maziejka_s.pdf.
Full text"A Doctoral Research Project presented to Associate Professor Daniel Alemu, Doctoral Research Committee Chair, School of Education, Sage Graduate School." Suggested keywords: superintendent shortage; job satisfaction; leadership capacity; pathways to leadership; knowledge of superintendency; mentoring. Includes bibliographical references: (p. 67-71).
Nye, Gary D. Adkison Judith Ann. "Principals' leadership beliefs." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9747.
Full textTillman, Gerald David. "Teachers' and principals' perceptions of the variables school leadership, school curriculum, school building facilities, teacher expectations, parental involvement, and school discipline in the Dekalb County School System." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2001. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1458.
Full textAl-Farsi, Said Nasser. "Omani school head teachers views of effectiveness of school leadership of secondary schools in Oman." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2007. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2611/.
Full textDunn, Michael C. "School board service : how modern school board members engage and understand their leadership role." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/m_dunn_041309.pdf.
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