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School Size And Instructional Leadership Of Elementary School Principals, Daniel E. Packard
School Size And Instructional Leadership Of Elementary School Principals, Daniel E. Packard
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Elementary school principals face a balancing act between managerial responsibilities and instructional leadership. With increasing accountability and responsibility, many principals find themselves overwhelmed, lacking the time, resources and support to be instructional leaders. In relation to school size, little has been written regarding the elementary principal and instructional leadership. This paper examines the effects of school size on instructional leadership of principals in ten elementary schools. Three of the case study sites were small schools (350 or fewer students), while the other sites were large schools (500 or more students). Serving as the unit of analysis, each principal was interviewed …