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The Principal's Role; Distributed Leadership, Kathryn R. Hermann
The Principal's Role; Distributed Leadership, Kathryn R. Hermann
Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations
The role of the principal role has become very complex with the increased focus on accountability and student achievement. Principals can no longer do their jobs alone. Distributed leadership has been the subject of considerable educational research and discourse in recent years. This study explores how principals employ or do not employ distributed leadership with their staffs. The study found that the school principal plays a key role in supporting the school by communicating a common purpose, that distributed leadership is developed within a school climate built upon collaboration, the principal models leadership using tools and routines, and situational decision …
Examining The Relationship Between Principal Leadership And School Climate, Eric Stephen Lane
Examining The Relationship Between Principal Leadership And School Climate, Eric Stephen Lane
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the relationship between transformative school principal leadership and school climate. The population of this study consisted of two middle schools with grades ranging from six through eight and one high school with grades ranging from nine through twelve. These schools are within the state of Texas. Quantitative data were obtained by using two instruments, the Principal Leadership Questionnaire (Jantzi & Leithwood, 1996) and the School Climate Assessment Instrument (Alliance for the Study of School Climate, 2014), and evaluated to determine if (a) correlations exist between the factors of transformational leadership and …