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McKibben, Sarah – Principal Leadership, 2010
This article presents an interview with Sheila Kahrs, principal of Haymon-Morris Middle School in Winder, Georgia, and the 2010 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year. Haymon-Morris Middle School has 815 in enrollment, 50 teachers, and 33 staff members. She talks about her leadership philosophy with her teachers and assistant…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Teacher Student Relationship, Middle Schools, Principals
Sieveke-Pearson, Starla – Principal Leadership, 2010
Being an assistant principal can be difficult, but using a professional learning community (PLC) to explore and capitalize on the aspects of the job that give one energy can help. The author shares her experience in serving as an assistant principal in a suburban school district in Colorado that supports the professional learning and growth of…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Professional Development, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice
Bonnici, Charles A. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
"Creating a Successful Leadership Style" gives practical applications supported by real experiences. It presents the actual situations a principal or assistant principal faces on a day-to-day basis and provides strategies to address them. These strategies derive from a leadership style that is people oriented and designed to elicit positive…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Strategic Planning, Leadership Styles, Principals
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
This article reports on a national study examining the characteristics of effective school principals which reveals that high student achievement is directly linked to "collective leadership"--the shared influence of educators, parents, stakeholders, and community members. The five-year study, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Assistant Principals
Shani, Michal – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Inclusion policy refers to a reform where diversity among all learners, including those with disabilities, is supported. In order to implement this policy, schools have to undergo a process of transformation toward inclusive education where children receive equal education with learning opportunities for all. In an ideal school, where inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Policy, Phenomenology, Disabilities
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Moorosi, Pontso – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
This article explores the notion of leadership identity construction as it happens through a leadership development programme. Influenced by a conception that leadership development is essentially about facilitating an identity transition, it uses an intersectional approach to explore school leaders' identity construction as it was shaped and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Professional Identity, Educational Experience, Learning Experience
Shirk, Kymberly M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation was to discover the perceived effect that eliminating instructional coaches has had on teachers, professional development, and student achievement in one elementary school in the Southeastern Georgia School District. The methodology for this study was qualitative using a basic qualitative design. This study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Instructional Improvement, Coaching (Performance), Elementary School Teachers
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Kamler, Estelle; Dodge, Arnold; Walker, Joan M. T. – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
The National Association of Secondary School Principals' Selecting and Developing the 21st Century Principal program is a formative assessment identifying skills linked to effective leadership, and it is based on a simulation designed to replicate a school principal's day. The Long Island School Leadership Center became a site for this program in…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Pilot Projects
Olson, Mark E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this study, the researcher sought to determine whether Nebraska teachers and administrators agreed about what constitutes sound grading practice. The results of this study indicated that Nebraska teachers and administrators working in public schools in 7th-12th grade settings did not always agree about what constituted sound grading practice.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Grading, Public Schools
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Dulaney, Shannon K. – NASSP Bulletin, 2013
This article discusses a qualitative case study examining one middle school's response to intervention (RtI) efforts. Study participants included the principal, assistant principal, and members of the school's leadership team. A description of the RtI consensus and infrastructure-building processes, consideration of the RtI facilitators, and a…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Response to Intervention, Middle Schools, Educational Improvement
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White, Melissa Eiler; Fong, Anthony B.; Makkonen, Reino – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2010
This study explores the differences among California's counties and regions in their needs for new school-site administrators in the coming decade, as driven by a combination of projected administrator retirements and projected student enrollment changes. The projected need for new school-site administrators, based solely on these combined…
Descriptors: Retirement, Labor Market, Enrollment Projections, Labor
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Reed, Latish; Johnson, Les T. – Journal of Negro Education, 2010
This qualitative case study probes one African American school leader with a conservative religious upbringing as she works in a high school with a self-identified population of African American lesbian, guy, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students. The findings demonstrate that the participant's leadership practices were guided by her spiritual…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Social Justice
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Eadens, Daniel; Bruner, Darlene; Black, William – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
This article reports findings from a study that examined Florida universities' masters-level educational leadership students' intentions to pursue assistant principal positions in relation to demographic and self-assessed leadership characteristics. The study examined the influences that self-assessed leadership behavior, gender, number of credits…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Graduate Students, Credits, Teaching Experience
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Harriger, Diane; Lu, Wenhua; Lisako, E.; McKyer, J.; Pruitt, B.; Outley, Corliss; Tisone, Christine; McWhinney, Sharon L. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe a school district's experience of implementing its School Wellness Policy (SWP) and examine school personnel's knowledge and perceptions of the SWP implementation. Methods: Thirty-one school personnel from five elementary schools in a school district in Texas were recruited, including…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Familiarity, Wellness, Case Studies
Whitaker, Todd – Eye on Education, 2010
Make positive and immediate changes in your school with the support of your entire staff. New from acclaimed speaker and bestselling author Todd Whitaker ("What Great Teachers Do Differently, Dealing with Difficult Parents"), Leading School Change provides principals, assistant principals, district superintendents, and other educators with…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Change, Superintendents, Principals
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