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The Relationship between Professional Environmental Factors and Teacher Professional Development in Israeli Schools
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Hilel, Anat; Ramírez-García, Antonia – Education Sciences, 2022
(1) Background: This paper examines the elements essential to effective teacher professional development (TPD) and the relationship between various professional environmental factors (professional learning community perceptions, self-efficacy, professional identity, principal's transformation leadership patterns), TDP in primary education schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Work Environment, Faculty Development
The Construction of a Leadership Identity Based on Empathy, Care, and Participation: María Eliana's History
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Carrasco, Andrea; Díaz, María E. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
Recent academic research highlights the role of leadership identity when thinking about the improvement of the educational field. Based on this research, this article aims to identify and analyze the elements that affect the development of leadership identity in female school principals within the Chilean context. This is achieved by working from…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Empathy, Caring
Vocational Identity and Career Construction in Education. Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL)
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Fidan, Tuncer, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Over the years, careers have transformed to be flexible and changing rather than stable, life-long commitments to an organization. As such, making work meaningful, controlling the work environment, and taking the opportunity to get required training for the next job are as important as the financial advantages. Educators' careers cannot be…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Change, Career Choice, Professional Identity
How Building Principals Made Sense of Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment
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Sumbera, Meagan J.; Pazey, Barbara L.; Lashley, Carl – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2014
Confusion among school leaders regarding how to interpret and implement special education legislation, and specific federal and state policies and mandates such as a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), in the least restrictive environment (LRE) at the school-site level has existed since the 1970s and continues to exist. This…
Descriptors: Public Education, Principals, Educational Facilities, School Buildings
Employing Professional Identities: Case Study of a High School Principal in a Reform Setting
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Scribner, Samantha Paredes; Crow, Gary Monroe – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
A problematic trend in the nature of work in educational settings has been the declining emphasis on a professional orientation to work and a growing emphasis on more technocratic approaches. This international trend has led to increased attention on skills and competencies and lessened attention to values, beliefs, motivations, energy, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Environment, Work Environment, Professional Identity
Severed Heads and Compliant Bodies? A Speculation about Principal Identities
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Thomson, Pat – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
When I had to reapply for my own position as principal I felt as if I was facing the prospect of losing a part of myself. Conversations with other women colleagues confirmed that I was not alone in this response. Taking this as my cue, I explore the notion of principal "identification" practices--that is the continuing process of forming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Job Applicants, Instructional Leadership