This paper reports on the extent of policy implementation on strategic planning in secondary schools in Kenya. To achieve the aim of the study, all the 41 sary schools in Rangwe sub-county were included. The targeted respondents were school principals and deputy principals. A purposive sampling method was used to select the respondents from each…

The purpose of this mixed methods collective case study was to explore the utilization of assistant principals as instructional leaders to identify and explain factors that influence instructional leadership effectiveness of assistant principals, and the potential effect on school performance in northeastern Pennsylvania secondary schools. The…

Assistant principals are essential to the campus leadership team as instructional leaders. However, many assistant principals spend most of their day participating in noninstructional leadership duties and responsibilities. This can drastically reduce the assistant principal's ability to fulfill instructional leadership duties, thus negatively…

In educational institutions, school administrators play an important leadership role in the effective and efficient implementation of technology integration. The standards developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) provide a comprehensive framework to guide administrators in this area. This study aims to assess…

This study highlights how health insurance predicts the job performance of secondary school teachers in Cross River State, Nigeria. Using a descriptive survey design, data were collected from 190 public secondary school teachers and 72 principals, vice-principals across the three senatorial districts. Instruments employed were structured…

This case explores the challenges faced by educational leaders at Maple Middle School, a rural school in a diverse community, involving a physical altercation between two students, subsequent student protests, and an investigation by Child Protective Services. Amid growing community unrest, a divided school board must address student discipline…

Indiscipline remains a persistent issue in schools worldwide. The preponderance of literature associated with indiscipline highlights its severity and the frequency of its manifestation, rendering it a global problem. The frequency of indiscipline on the African continent has also been a focus of educational research undertaken by various…

Global challenges require the government to organize learning in schools that are more up-to-date following episodes in the times. The independent curriculum learning promises flexibility for teachers and students and replaces the relatively new curriculum-13. In implementing the independent curriculum, differentiated learning is a concept that…

This article provides insight into digitized school leadership practices in Irish schools, and the making of the school leader in mediations with the sociomaterial relations emerging from these practices. Drawing on actor-network theory, the study illustrates how school leaders' subjectivities emerge through relations and attachments to VSware, a…

This study examines the leadership characteristics and skills of school principals who work within the franchise model framework. This model consists of a successful flagship school principal who is given the charge to be the principal of nearby schools while attempting to align practices and structures of the newly adopted schools to that of the…

The way in which school leaders implement professional learning communities (PLCs) is important for realizing sustainable school improvement. The assumption is that school leaders act based on their interpretation of the PLC, which is based on their underlying educational beliefs. In this study, we explored these latter aspects by interviewing six…

Protecting children and investing in their education and wellbeing can often feel like a battle. The seat that the author now holds at the proverbial education table is crucial in not only developing a well-rounded and well-equipped student body, but it is also in seeing herself as a role model to future leaders--both women and future leaders of…

The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to explore the lived experiences of K-12 education leaders who serve as the technology leaders charged with leading their schools' implementations of adaptive learning technologies for mathematics. This study was positioned at the intersection of technology leadership, standards-based teaching…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how administrators and teachers perceive JROTC instructors leadership qualities in order to identify factors of teacher leadership that they consider in supporting teacher leaders in their schools. Administrators and teachers require knowledge of JROTC instructor skills and how those skills…

Students' academic success within most schools depends on retaining highly qualified teachers, instructional leadership practices, effective management systems, and various forms of community support. Additionally, the role of the assistant principal is now even more of a pillar and necessity for school improvement while fostering student…