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Olatomide, Onijuni Olufemi; Shobola, Adeola Ayodeji; Omoyemiju, Michael Adeniyi – World Journal of Education, 2012
The family is a paramount source of happiness, giving individuals a sense of place that is relevant to developing satisfaction and fulfilment. Consequently, this study examined the attitude of retiring HeadMasters and Assistant HeadMasters' towards family involvement in pre-retirement preparation in Ondo State, Nigeria. Using descriptive survey,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Retirement, Preretirement Education
Howard, Rex Ivan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As student accountability models have become the norm in the United States, first in individual states such as North Carolina and then throughout the nation with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the implementation of inclusion as a curriculum delivery model for students with disabilities has been explored. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, National Standards, Inclusion
Murphy, Gregory J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative study explores the 2010 recommendation of the Educational Funding Advisory Board to consider the Evidence-Based Adequacy model of school funding in Illinois. This school funding model identifies and costs research based practices necessary in a prototypical school and sets funding levels based upon those practices. This study…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Breaux, Monica LeBlanc – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Elementary school principals today are expected to be instructional leaders of their schools all day, every day. As the instructional leader, they provide direction and exercise influence on teachers and other professional staff members in their buildings at all times. This qualitative study focused on the perceptions of teachers and principals on…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Principals
Online Submission, 2012
Based on spring 2012 survey results, Austin Independent School District (AISD) teachers' most commonly mentioned professional development need was using technology in instruction, while campus administrators' most commonly mentioned topic was academic rigor.
Descriptors: School Districts, Professional Development, Technology Integration, Special Education
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Barnett, Bruce G.; Shoho, Alan R.; Oleszewski, Ashley M. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
This study examined the perceptions of a cross section of new and experienced assistant principals regarding the realities of their jobs. Findings indicated that their challenges pertain to workload and task management, conflicts with adults and students, and curriculum and instruction issues. Novice and experienced assistant principals' responses…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Faculty Workload, Administrator Education
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Madhlangobe, Lewis; Gordon, Stephen P. – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
This study describes how a culturally responsive school leader promoted equity in a racially and linguistically diverse school. The authors shadowed Faith, an assistant principal, and did follow-up interviews with her after each day of shadowing. They observed teachers in their classrooms, conducted multiple interviews with teachers and parents,…
Descriptors: Caring, Leadership, Assistant Principals, Teacher Attitudes
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Moore, D. Chanele – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
Based on qualitative analysis from 22 semistructured interviews, this article explores how Black women principals and assistant principals experience educational administration, with attention to issues of race at work in suburban school settings. Findings suggest that because they may be perceived as race tokens by White educators, Black women…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, African Americans, Women Administrators
Beem, Kate – School Administrator, 2010
Ron Dickson knew he needed a terminal degree. In the early 2000s, he was toiling away as an assistant superintendent in a suburban Phoenix school district, but he had higher aspirations--a superintendency. Yet with a family and a demanding job, he wasn't sure how he could swing a doctoral degree. He diligently checked out the traditional Ed.D. and…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Finance, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees
Brown, David Byron – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In an era of accountability and high standards for public schools, some African American principals decided to work in predominantly white schools. Their experiences were challenging because they were racial newcomers in schools with students different from their own race. In this case study, 12 African-American principals and assistant principals…
Descriptors: African Americans, Principals, Racial Composition, Case Studies
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Munoz, Marco A.; Barber, Houston M. – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2011
This study addressed the topic of job specifications and school characteristics since there is a shortage of quality AP applicants in high-stakes accountability environments. It is important to learn about allocation of duties from educational administrators with on-the-job experience as well as to learn why current APs would consider applying for…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Research Design, Discipline, Academic Achievement
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Kalule, Lawrence; Bouchamma, Yamina – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2014
We examined teacher supervision practices (supervision models, phases, and professional development guidelines) of in-school supervisors (principals, vice principals, and study program directors) in Uganda, the supervisors' efficacy perceptions regarding teacher supervision, and supervisor characteristics associated with the choice of supervisory…
Descriptors: Teacher Supervision, Supervisors, Supervisor Qualifications, Educational Practices
Herman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; Ong, Christine; Straubhaar, Rolf; Schweig, Jon; Hsu, Vivian – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2013
With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST researchers conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. We found the one-year teacher retention rate at GDL in 2010-2011 was 79%; Green Dot Locke teachers,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Charter Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Landry, Ted J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Throughout the literature, leadership and culture are intertwined. Organizational and leadership theorists alike hold that a leader's perceptions and behaviors are significant, if not primary, determinants of an organization's culture and climate. Given that the assistant principal is exceeded in positional authority only by the principal at a…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, School Culture, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Environment
Walston, Bradford – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research focused on the school turnaround process in six turnaround elementary schools located in urban and rural areas of the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the study was to learn about the challenges facing the six schools, the process of improving student achievement, and, more specifically, the degree to which adaptive leadership…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, School Turnaround, Instructional Leadership, Academic Achievement
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