A non-experimental correlational quantitative study identified leadership practices managers can employ to support collaboration between instructional designers and faculty to design high-quality online courses in higher education. The findings address the problem of faculty resistance concerning collaboration with instructional designers. A…

A positive learning environment can be achieved if all the school members follow the principal's learning process. The paper aims to study and analyze the principal's implementation of innovation and entrepreneurial leadership in creating a learning environment. The research is conducted qualitatively through a case study. The research subjects…

Background: Competency models provide useful frameworks for organizing learning and assessment programs, but their construction is both time intensive and subject to perceptual biases. Some aspects of model development may be particularly well-suited to automation, specifically natural language processing (NLP), which could also help make them…

Leadership within the New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) sector is both positionally assigned and a practice required of all teachers. Within this context, distributed leadership, where all team members have the potential to lead through intentional practice, is increasingly seen as an effective leadership model. This article focuses on…

The objectives of this research were to: 1) Study the suitability of the indicators to be included in the model, 2) Test the consistency of the model developed from the theories and research studies' empirical data, 3) Evaluate reliability value of the main components, the sub-components and other related indicators. The population used in the…

Drawing upon social information processing theory, the study examined how ethical leadership shapes creative performance. Specifically, we tested a theoretical model integrating the sequential roles of psychological safety and creative self-efficacy. A two-waved sample of 512 supervisor-subordinate dyads from frontline employees of three service…

The purpose of this mixed method sequential design research study was to examine the relationship of primary leadership styles of superintendents with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Annual Performance Report (DESE APR) scores. The role of the superintendent has traditionally been viewed as one of manager instead of…

Teachers discover that their love of children draws them to teaching, or that their own love of learning makes them passionate about teaching. Both my love for children and my own love of learning are two key factors that originally persuaded me to become an educator and researcher. Being raised in a district composed of rural and suburban…

In an ever-changing environment, higher education must be able to adapt with the times, and key players will be administrators who are prepared for the future. Artists have special skill sets and perspectives which uniquely prepare them for leadership roles, so the purpose of this qualitative dissertation in practice was to identify traits of…

School leaders play an essential role in their school's overall performance. Their leadership involves educational instruction, teacher and school staff collaboration, rapport with stakeholders and most importantly, how they shape academic growth among students. The research problem addressed the lack of leadership capacity among North Carolina…

In this era of educational accountability, achieving and maintaining high levels of student academic performance is the goal of every school. State accountability models serve as the measure to determine if school districts are successfully educating students, and the responsibility of student academic success rests on the principal of each…

In higher education learning environments, critical thinking is often an assumed skill; however, many students require explicit support to effectively achieve in this area. This research focuses on the application of scaffolded learning experiences to promote reflection and critical thinking in a post-graduate educational leadership course. It…

On a global level, COVID-19 has shaken the foundations of every sector. In the South African education context, the traditional methods of teaching, learning, and managing schools changed drastically overnight and management roles and responsibilities were pushed to unprecedented levels. Moreover, the roles of middle leaders and managers took…

This study focused on the impact of principal leadership strategies on student achievement in three academically challenged rural schools in Northeastern North Carolina. The problem is that some rural schools still struggle to increase student achievement in spite of the availability of leadership strategies that lead to improved academic…

Purpose: Recently, a confluence of factors has focused elementary school leaders on early education. One factor is that nearly 60 percent of all public elementary schools in the U.S. today have a Pre-K program in the building. Yet, prior research reveals that leaders are often not prepared to effectively lead early education programs. This study…