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Rebecca A. McDaid – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Problem of Practice: School principals have a powerful effect on student achievement, school culture, and teacher turnover. According to the National Association of Secondary School Principals (2020), the average career of a school principal is four years, and one in five school principals leave their schools annually. These numbers are even…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Labor Turnover, Educational Environment
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Armagan, Yasir; Öz, Muhammed; Sever, Mustafa – Educational Administration: Theory & Practice, 2020
The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of what human relations mean for school principals. The following questions were examined in the present study: "On what bases are human relations established by school principals both inside and outside the school?" and "Which meaning patterns are apparent in these…
Descriptors: Principals, Human Relations, Foreign Countries, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Seale, Oliver; Cross, Michael – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
In recent years, deanship in universities has become more complex and challenging. Deans in South African universities take up their positions without appropriate training and prior executive experience, and with no clear understanding of the ambiguity and complexity of their roles. This paper calls for appropriate leadership development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deans, College Administration, Administrator Qualifications
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Anderson, Joan B. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
This article examines the effectiveness of observable and quantifiable traits in and approaches of school principals in enhancing student achievement. Data were gathered on 2,048 fourth-grade students in 96 public primary schools in Leon, Mexico; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile. The UNESCO/ORELAC (United…
Descriptors: Discipline, Teacher Persistence, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Glass, Thomas E.; Franceschini, Louis A. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
This book presents the largest and most comprehensive look at the men and women leading the nation's public schools. This profile of the school superintendency offers a close examination of: (1) superintendents' personal characteristics, professional experience, and professional preparation and training; (2) superintendent/school board relations;…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Public Education, Superintendents, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglas, J. Rex; Johnson, M. Claradine – 1987
The purpose of this paper was to examine an approach to assessing educational needs for school board members, superintendents, and principals and to do that in a way that counteracts the remarkable amount of trivia that has been written on this particular topic. The EASI instrument--Educational Administration Skills Inventory--was used to produce…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Lashway, Larry – 2003
While the shortage of qualified administrators is not as serious as the shortage of qualified teachers, some schools continue to fail to attract qualified leaders. Referred to as "hard-to-staff" schools, they are often characterized by high-poverty students, low test scores, high staff turnover, and under qualified teachers. This ERIC…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection