The present study uses the qualitative meta-synthesis to provide insight into elements that diminish teacher wellbeing and relevant school leadership practices that promote it in K-12 educational settings. Qualitative meta-synthesis is a type of systematic review that integrates the findings from qualitative studies with a common focus. Using…

Distributive leadership is often associated with teacher autonomy, decentralisation and effective schools. This article aims to investigate how distributive leadership is practiced by principals and is connected to teacher autonomy within the context of federal schools in northwest Nigeria. Adopting a quantitative analysis method, this descriptive…

Instructional quality is a hot topic in education. Among the possible factors that can influence instructional quality, distributed leadership has emerged as a particularly influential factor at the school level. This study argues that distributed leadership relies on teachers taking autonomous responsibility and engaging in innovative practices.…

The articulation of school autonomy into practice nationally, regionally and locally is highly situated in terms of what it enables or impedes with regard to the professional autonomy of principals and teachers. Principal autonomy does not necessarily mean greater teacher professional autonomy. In this paper, we draw on a three-year qualitative…

Purpose: This study examines whether the research-practice partnership (RPP) model supports preschool education leaders in navigating the new power dynamics of collaborative decision-making introduced by recent public reforms in Sweden and, if so, how it facilitates this process. It examines decision-making processes within a Swedish RPP focused…

The extent to which collegiality conflicts or merges with managerial ideas and practices has recently given rise to a lively scholarly debate: have universities surrendered to managerialization or, on the contrary, do they continue to exhibit collegial traits? Part of this debate arises from the lack of a clear definition of…

This study explored the development of teacher leadership in collaborative online spaces, also called virtual communities of practice (vCoP). Employing a phenomenological research design with semi-structured interviews as the primary data collection method, participants were drawn from a single vCoP. The findings underscored the pivotal role of…

Distributed leadership is propagated internationally as an effective means to improve teaching and learning in schools. Increasingly it is acknowledged that practices of distributed leadership depend on their context and governing conditions. Based on ethnographic research, this article discusses how distributed leadership is put into practice…

The study focused on the impact of autonomy and decision making on the morale and motivation of TVET college lecturers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study also exposed the autonomy and decision-making factors affecting the lecturers and it gave possible ways to minimise the negative impact on the teaching and learning…

This study examined the impact of school leadership on teacher autonomy (TA), with teacher professional collaboration (TPC) and teacher self-efficacy (TSE) playing the mediating role. Distributed leadership (DL) and instructional leadership (IL) are the most employed leadership styles. Data collected from teachers and principals nested within…

Why do some schools have high levels of teacher turnover, but others don't? This powerful book explores the question of what makes a resilient teaching community in which teachers want to stay and thrive. Author Michelle Hughes embarks on a journey, including school visits and conversations with teachers and school leaders, to uncover the…

This study, using data from the American Teacher Panel survey given by the RAND corporation in 2017, examined teachers' experiences with teacher leadership (TL) in the United States. Geographic features like urbanicity and teacher demographic characteristics were used to predict different components of TL. Black, Indigenous, and people of color…

Background/purpose: This study examines the extent to which academic department heads at Jordanian universities practice transcendental leadership and its relationship with faculty members' self-management. Transcendental leadership, a contemporary model emphasizing moral growth, collaboration, and alignment with institutional and individual…

Despite the importance of understanding teacher empowerment and silence to help address issues of teacher shortage and well-being and improve school-based consultation, research on the topic has been understudied and undertheorized, particularly for new teachers. To fill this research gap, we carried out a constructivist grounded theory-based…

Background: Nationwide, teacher attrition remains an ongoing issue (Tan et al., 2024) which is exacerbated within the special educator workforce (Billingsley & Bettini, 2019; Mason-Williams et al., 2020), with estimates of over 13% yearly turnover (Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond, 2017). Special educator (SET) turnover has negative…